A poem for when you’re feeling the need to let go and let life flow naturally: …✨
See what comes
Let the wave wash over and through
Let the dream become reality
See the lighthouse ahead
And know the calling is coming from within
See what comes
©Ashley Castle Barnes ~ Cat Lady Poet
Allow the journey to unfold and let your inner light guide you. 💫 ✨
On the horizon
A distant star
Lighting up the night
Unwavering in its direction
A guide for her path home
©Ashley Castle Barnes
We all need a north star. An anchor.
Something to point back to when we feel ungrounded or unsafe.
Something that reminds us of where we’ve been, and where we’re headed.
It could be an object, a touchstone, something physical to hold onto.
It could be something intangible yet inspirational. An idea, a quote, a memory.
It might be something bigger than us, like the sky, the stars, or our faith.
It can be many things.
I have a large selenite heart stone that I hold when I need focus or grounding.
I am enamored with sunrises and sunsets, especially those really magical, awe-inspiring arrays of light and clouds and color.
And my most grounding place is the ocean. Any body of water will do in a pinch, but nothing makes me feel more connected, centered, or meaningful in a world that often seems like the opposite of these feelings than the ocean.
What north star guides and grounds you?
What’s it gonna be?
What’s she gonna say?
When is her heart gonna melt
Into the dreams and waking thoughts
That will guide her every day?
©Ashley Castle Barnes
Every day, I wake up with what feels like a million thoughts and ideas.
And every day, I try my best to sort through them. To identify the ones that are urgent, the ones that are important, the ones that are fun, the ones that will guide me and move me forward.
Because they’re all needed.
It’s no easy task. It’s rather exhausting really.
But I wouldn’t know how or want to be another way. A million thoughts means there’s a chance for one or two to become reality.
And then more tomorrow!
What thoughts and ideas are guiding you today?
In all her days
And wandering ways
She never found the answers
She thought would guide her days
Instead she lingered and played
Until the answers found their way
Into her prayers, unanswered
And unswayed
©Ashley Barnes
Will her vision
Ever be clear
Guiding her
No longer hiding
But revealing
What just a short time before
She couldn’t see
And if it’s clear and simple
Will it still be intriguing
Or will it just be part of
Who she is
©Ashley Barnes
The Angels remind us that when all seems lost and hopeless, there is a guide by our side, a whisper in our heart, a wing wrapped ‘round us tightly.
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