Tag: cliff

• Daily Bliss – March 18

  

  Looking at her whole life

  Through a new lens

  This cliff she stands upon

  And the blue water below

  Look inviting

  What if she dives to the bottom

  And re-emerges a mermaid

  Or a shark

  Or the girl she’s always

  Wanted to be

  The possibilities are endless

  ©Ashley Castle Barnes

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  Who would you be if you didn’t have obligations, responsibilities, expectations?

  If you had the opportunity to see life in a whole new way, what would you want to see…do…be?

  A magical creature? Something fierce?

  Or simply a fierce and magical person with a story to tell?

  The blue water is waiting.

  What are you jumping into today?

  March 18, 2022

  cliff, new, possibilities, possibility, water

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• Standing at the Edge

  

  Standing at the edge
  I feel the familiar fear of movement,
  The sting of failure,
  The desire to lie low instead of being seen,
  To run to the safety of the life I’ve always known

  The softest path is well-worn
  And rarely brings me to this place,
  Yet on this darkest night
  Here I find myself again at the crossroads
  Of continued passage along the familiar
  And this steep and jagged ledge

  Stepping out has risks
  And implications unseen
  The edge has no railing
  And the crevasse below seems bottomless,
  With darkness as far as eyes can see,
  No way to tell how far I’d fall
  Or if I’d ever rise again

  Standing at the edge
  I know my chances of survival are greater
  Unless simply surviving means missing out
  Unless my own survival isn’t even the goal

  Standing at the edge
  There below me in the dark
  The spirits of my ancestors beckon,
  I feel the brush of angels’ wings
  And a voice deep inside whispers,
  “You won’t have this chance again.”

  And so I take deep breaths
  A few stumbling steps backwards
  Raise my arms to the night sky
  And take a running leap

  ©SpiritLed 2016
  www.ashleybarnescoaching.com

   

  December 12, 2016

  angels, cliff, courage, crossroads, edge, fall, familiar, fear, inside, night, opportunity, risk, safety, spirits, survival

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