Tag: liminal

• Daily Bliss – November 20

  

  A poem for when you’re feeling echoes of the past and the uncertainty of what’s ahead… ⛈️ ✨ 

  What comes after the time 

  When the waters become shallow 

  And floating is no longer an option,

  When she has to walk

  On her own two feet again, 

  Even as the stones grind 

  Between her toes 

  Leaving her soles to bleed, 

  Leaving storms behind her

  For storms ahead? 

   ©Ashley Castle Barnes ~ Cat Lady Poet

  In the journey of life, we must eventually trade the resilience of floating for the uncertainty of walking, sometimes despite a harrowing path. Here’s to finding strength in every step.✨ 👣 🚶‍♀️

  November 20, 2023

  float, journey, liminal, pain, resilience, storms, uncertainty

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• Daily Bliss – October 10

  

  A poem for when you’re feeling the pull into the messy middle…✨

  The space in-between 

  Beckons and calls 

  Luring her into the messy middle

  Where despite her desperate howls

  The deep, cool waters overcome her

  And finally, finally her life starts anew 

   ©Ashley Castle Barnes ~ Cat Lady Poet

  What might happen if we embrace the chaos of the in-between? 🌪️

  October 10, 2023

  allow, chaos, embrace, in-between, liminal, messy, middle

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• Daily Bliss – September 5

  

  A poem for when you’re feeling bold enough to venture out of your comfort zone…✨

  What if she steps out

  From the shore which provided 

  Both safety and stagnancy,

  What if the water is deep and cold 

  And what if she warms it 

  With her burning for change,

  What if she keeps going

  Deeper and deeper

  Until she’s in over her head,

  And despite the filling of her lungs with fear

  And the filling of her ears

  With cheers to turn around,

  What if she doesn’t drown?

  ©Ashley Castle Barnes ~ Cat Lady Poet

  September 5, 2023

  bold, burning, change, drown, fear, liminal, risk

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• Daily Bliss – August 17

  

  If you’re on a journey of becoming, this is for you… ✨

  What if it was never about fitting in 

  Or trying so hard that she lost herself in the planting

  Instead of allowing herself to grow 

  Like a seed planted barefoot and desperate

  Making its way through the dark chaos

  Becoming 

  Becoming 

  ©Ashley Castle Barnes ~ Cat Lady Poet

  August 17, 2023

  becoming, fitting in, growth, journey, liminal, plant, seed

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• Daily Bliss – August 11

  

  What if you just float? ✨

  She swims in deep waters 

  Of magic and mystery 

  Colors popping 

  Ideas dropping

  Until the day she learns 

  That to avoid drowning in her own depths 

  She only has to remember to float 

  ©Ashley Castle Barnes ~ Cat Lady Poet

  August 11, 2023

  drownign, drowning, float, liminal, magic

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• Daily Bliss – May 12

  

  Rest, she hears

  But — 

  Allow rest 

  No ifs, ands, or buts

  Float in liminality

  Allow rest to wash over and cleanse away 

  Every pull to Do instead of Be

  Allow rest 

  ©Ashley Castle Barnes

  May 12, 2023

  being, cleanse, doing, float, liminal, rest

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• Daily Bliss – March 2

  

  No words emerging 

  Through her pencil 

  To guide her restless mind 

  As she floats between spaces 

  Of knowing and not knowing 

  No whispers of clarity 

  Guiding her toward the shore

  What if no direction 

  IS the direction? 

  ©Ashley Castle Barnes

  March 2, 2023

  direction, float, liminal, whispers, words

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• Daily Bliss – February 10

  

  What if she’s an artist,

  A poet,

  A singer of songs

  And a writer of words,

  What if she’s also more than that,

  More than meets the eye,

  What if she falls between every line? 

  ©Ashley Castle Barnes

  February 10, 2023

  artist, liminal, poet, singer, weird, writer

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• Daily Bliss – January 13

  

  Her view once obscured

  Now coming into focus,

  Like the glass she once gazed upon

  For answers,

  And the unspoiled stream

  Which flows through 

  The foothills of her mind 

  ©Ashley Castle Barnes

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  Sometimes the path looks pretty hazy.

  The fog is thick and heavy and we can’t see much more than a few feet ahead, if that far.

  And other times, it’s clear as a mountain spring.

  I cherish these times of clarity, but I’m also learning to value the fog.

  It’s uncomfortable, unsettling – liminal space.

  And it has its own gifts.

  Learning to find solid ground – or to become comfortable with instability.

  Trusting yourself with only a bit of tangible clarity.

  Enjoying the beauty and wisdom that comes with a different view.

  Creating from ambiguity – or allowing for needed rest.

  Today, the path is looking clearer. Tomorrow may be different.

  How are you navigating the in-between today?

  January 13, 2023

  clarity, focus, gifts, healing, liminal

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• Daily Bliss – December 13

  

  Black, white

  Tears of gray 

  Are falling 

  And she feels them 

  Anyway 

  ©Ashley Castle Barnes

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  Although the world will pull us toward black and white thinking and feeling, it is not, in fact, black and white.

  It is gray.

  Gray spaces are everywhere, and in those spaces are where we can feel sad and be happy.

  Feel defeated and be strong.

  Feel unsure and be confident.

  Feel angry and be loving.

  All at once.

  And so much more.

  How are you feeling into the gray spaces today?

  December 13, 2022

  feelings, liminal

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