Toni Roberts&#039; Photojournal of Self-Transformation

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I Have Finally Surrendered…

Altar To My Ladies – Arrangement/Photograph by Toni Roberts

The futility of trying to teach my language to those just learning to speak…

I will instead wait in patience for the day that my ears ring with familiar words…

Uttered by strangers…

Then…I shall know that I have reached the “Promised Land…”

Where dwelleth my Soul Kin…

My Family…which art on Earth…

Ase.

Toni Roberts

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“God” Has A Plan…

On A Clear Summer Day In My Neighborhood – Photograph by Toni Roberts

As one surrenders every millisecond of one’s Life to Divine Management…

Truly “letting go and letting ‘God…'”

Releasing all Ego-generated Fears…Imaginings…Prejudgements….Prejudices…and Preferences…

One’s True Life Purpose can then begin to unfold from within…out…

Organically...naturally...joyfully…as one’s everyday experiences in the material world…

One is then WHOLE…and truly FREE…

And that is the Purpose of all of this BEING…and DOING…

Toni Roberts

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Sitting Out The Storm…

Sitting Out The Storm – Photograph by Toni Roberts

sometimes…

there is nothing more that you can do…

but

sit out the storm…

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On Becoming Whole…

The River At Winter – Photography by Toni Roberts

The river at winter…

Makes me weep…

“Black” boys killing each other…

Makes me weep…

The genocide of my people…and other people-of-color…

Makes me weep…

And, how well I know: “Of mine own self…I can do nothing…”

And that…

Makes me weep profusely…

Double Rainbow Over the River: Hope – Photograph by Toni Roberts

As it also gives me hope…

For it is only when I give up the illusion of personal human power…

It is in that moment of surrender: body…mind…soul…life…ego...

Surrender of my very Beingness…that I am assured that all is well…

And I…and my dusty world are made Whole…

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Overcoming The World…

Overcoming the World – Photograph by Toni Roberts – Plant Life Growing From Between the Rocks – Central Park, NYC

Life is a series of adversities followed by abundant blessings…

which cycle right back into adversity…

the sun rises and then darkness descends…

such is the rhythm and nature of human existence…

we who would hope to emerge unscathed from Life‘s ups and downs must learn to bend…

NONRESISTANCE…ACCEPTANCE...SURRENDER…

lest ye be BROKEN by the ill-winds of misfortune…

(Copyright: Toni Roberts 1/8/2019)

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Words Of Courage…

Companions In-Spirit – Window Altar Arrangement & Photograph by Toni Roberts

come drifting into consciousness as I sit here at my window altar…

turning the focus of my attention inward:

ARDOR...ZEAL…STEADFASTNESS…

now is not the time to be faint-of-heart…

hold steady…my girl…as you proceed along this Journey to Wholeness….

let LIFE carry you…let IT flow from within…out…

relax…

lean back into the WATERS of LIFE…

float…

trust LIFE to carry you wherever you need to go…

breathe…release…trust your own INDWELLING WISDOM…

know that you are a cherished part of a purpose beyond the scope of all human imaginings and suppositions…you are loved…you are needed…just as you are…

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Life Shows Me…DAILY…

River Gazing… – Altar Arrangement & Photography by Toni Roberts

that

LIVE TRULY

not

about

what I want…

desire…

think I need…

but about

where

best

SERVE…

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Against All Odds…

Plant Growing in Crevice in Dark, Filthy Bronx, NY Subway Station – Photograph by Toni Roberts

Despite the filth and darkness of it’s home…

This baby plant keeps on…keeping on…

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Close-Up of Above Photography by Toni Roberts

growing…

climbing…

overcoming all obstacles…

the

INTELLIGENT LIFE FORCE

that keeps this baby plant thriving…

against all odds…

also flows

within

you…

ponder that…

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Yesterday…

Reflections…Photography by Toni Roberts

I swam against the current…

attempting to change the current to my rhythm and flow…

Today…

I am flexible…adaptable…

I bend and flow with the current…

Allowing It’s Wisdom…

It’s Knowledge of the Way…

To carry me to Joy and Fulfillment…