Today, I Remain Obedient…

“Lest Ye Become As Little Children…” – Window Altar Arrangement & Photograph by Toni Roberts

I

maintain

a

stance

of

obedient surrender

to

the

MAGNIFICENCE

of

LIFE…ITSELF…

 

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When The Many Work…

Sunset In The City – Photograph by Toni Roberts

for

the

   “ONE…”

all

then

FIND

their

APPOINTED

PLACES…

 

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Letting Go…

Grandfather Wisdom – Photography by Toni Roberts

Lead me

step by step…

breath by breath…

thought by thought…

The Many Guises of the Divine Feminine – Altar Arrangement & Photography by Toni Roberts

word by word…

action by action…

Crossing the Waters of Life – Artist Unknown – Photography by Toni Roberts

through

the

murky waters

of

my

life

to

the

Ultimate Fulfillment

of

my

Divine Purpose

in

being

  Here-Now…

Ase!

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As I Follow the Lead of the Divine Mother…

I Am Mother…Earth…Giver Of Life… – Artwork & Photograph by Toni Roberts

I

UNCLENCH…

and

FEAR

evaporates…

 

PREFERENCES

and

DEMANDS

dissolve…

 

and I am filled with

GRATITUDE

and

   DEEPER

   UNDERSTANDING…

 

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Today…I Surrender To…

Rising…Rising…Photography by Toni Roberts

 

all

things…people…situations…circumstances

and

events

without

preference...prejudgement

or

   fear…

 

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“…As Little Children…”

“…As Little Children…” – Photograph by Toni Roberts

Am realizing the full impact of spiritual surrender…

of becoming once more as a child…

   innocent…

   forgiving…

leaping off

yet another of

   life’s

   cliffs…

 

trusting

that there is

indeed

SOMETHING

to catch me

before

I

smash

into

the

rocks

   below…

 

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Ode To The River…Ode To Oshun…

Moody River & Sound – Photo by Toni Roberts

 

   Just took more photos of the river…

   the river and sound have such a hypnotizing pull on me…

season after season

   year after year…

day after day…

Distant Tugboat…Cloudy Sky – Photo by Toni Roberts

 

my son says

“but ma…

you keeping on taking the same photo

over and over again…”

   he does not see the subtle changes from photo to photo

from day to day…

season to season…

the shifting shadows…

the shimmering light…

seasons marked

by the

absence or presence of sailboats on the sound…

 

the stillness or gentle flow of the waters…

the tugboat far off in the distance…

the mood of the sky…

the shifting shapes of dancing clouds…

 

Oya Blowing Up A Storm Over The Long Island Sound, NYC – Photo by Toni Roberts

 

no…

he does not see the subtle differences

from year to year…

for he sees only with eyes

while I see with heart and soul

this river and sound that are kin to me…

this river that has held-rocked-soothed-nourished-and-healed-me

through twenty-four years of

pain

sorrow

loss

agony

and the

deepest-of-soul-stirring

joy...

 

Storm Clouds Over The Wetlands & Sound – Photo by Toni Roberts

no…

he does not see this

gift-from-the-“GODS”-view

with

   eyes-of-love

  as I do…

for it is

my

life itself

that is

reflected in the waters below…

 

 

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The Last Stages Of Surrender…

View From The Window: Hutchinson River & Long Island Sound On A Cloudy Day – Photo by Toni Roberts

 

this

miracle-making

amazing

know-it-all

do-it-all

omnipresent

omniscient

omnipotent

PRESENCE…

that permeates all that is…

 

this

mystical

mysterious

PRESENCE

that I cannot control…

and do not understand…

 

it is to

THIS…

 

the

UN-NAMEABLE 

that I now

surrender…

allowing

IT

   to possess me…

body

mind

   soul…

 

permitting

IT

to

flow

in…

through…

and

as...

all

that

I AM…

letting

IT

manifest

as

FORM

in this

3rd dimension of being...

according to

IT’S

WILL…

and

IT’S

PLAN…

not

   mine…

 

 

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It Is The Letting Go…

Surrender – Pencil Drawing/Photo by Toni Roberts

of all that one holds as

      TRUTH…

and

   REALITY…

it is the learning to be

   IN…

but not

   OF…

this

MAN-MADE

world…

it is the

TOTAL

SURRENDER

to that which one cannot

touch…

taste…

smell

or

   see…

and can only

hear

as a faint

echo

within one’s

   HEART…

these are but a

sprinkling

of the

difficulties

one encounters

upon the

JOURNEY

to

   WHOLENESS…

so be ye of strong

SPIRIT

and great

COURAGE

as ye embark upon this

   SACRED

INNER

   PATH…

 

Today I Said YES To The Letting Go Energy…

Photo by Toni Roberts

And

Heard

The

Note-I-am

In this

Divine Symphony

Of

Life

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