Sometimes I wonder

what my life is worth
And yet I see

the miracle of my birth.
How astounding it is

that I came to be
For that I can thank my deity.

I was generated from one single cell
And grew in my mother, oh so well.
Welcome to the world!

And then I cried.
(We all cry, I'm told)

And my mother sighed.

I was healthy and strong

and fully intact.
What a beautiful start...

except for the whack.
And then...an event..

not a soul could rehearse...
God whispered the secrets

of the universe.

Those words were imprinted

inside of my soul.
Though instantly forgotten,

they made me whole.
I was born to travel

my entire life
Searching for meaning

amidst all the strife.

Then there were times

I knew not what to do

And I'd draw on that voice...

I instinctively knew.
And peace would enfold me

and make my heart still.
By lifting the troubles,

with Love it would fill.

The moments that pass...

they do leave a trace.
If we listen, we journey

to God face to face.
We seek Him, We love Him,

We worship Him, it's true.
But if we don't we are lost...
doomed through and through.

Our days are all numbered

like the hairs on our head,
But they needn't be filled

with misery and dread.
For to journey to Him

is the reason I find
That we're here to begin with...

He had that in mind,

When He made us to love HIm

and each other as well
Life itself is the meaning,

as far as I can tell.
We must learn our own lessons

and do them with love
And surely we'll be graced

with blessings from above.

He is Our Master to love,
honor and obey.
Nothing matters except this.
Believe this, I say.

So no more do I wonder

what my life is worth.
I've discovered its meaning

from my life here on Earth.
There's just one thing to remember

when everything fails
I'm a treasure because my life is worth...

A Crown of Thorns
and
Three Nails

(c) 2011 Sally Rose

A Feather Tale

My writing career this time around (as opposed to two decades ago) began with a story about birds in a flower pot. Doves, to be exact. It was a grand love story for the heart. And when I decided to end the blog, I posted a bird in a pot to honor the impact that the opportunity to write the story had on me.

It seems the birds have struck again!

I received this story from a friend. And what better way to symbolize another beginning than to post about a dove one more time? The dove is the universal symbol of peace. I now make peace with that segment of my past which has afforded me the luxury of moving on... to other things, perhaps better things.

I give you NOAH - one special bird.

These little bunnies, about six days old, were attacked by a dog and orphaned. Two out of the litter of five did not survive, and these three were not doing very well either.

Noah is a non-releasable, one-legged homing pigeon/rock dove that is in the rehab center. Noah kept going over to the bunny cage and looking in - even sleeping in front of the door to the cage.

Then, suddenly, there were only two bunnies in the cage. But when Noah moved a bit from the front of the cage, to everyone's surprise, there was the tiny bunny under Noah's wing... sound asleep! That little bunny rabbit had crawled through the cage, preferring a feather bed, no doubt, to snuggling up with its litter mates.

Soon they all came together and are now doing GREAT! When the bunnies scoot under Noah's feathers, he carefully extends his wings out to surround them and then they snuggle. When one of them moves and begin sticking our here and there, he gently pushes them back under his him with his beak. It is beautiful and most amazing to see.

This is what God does with us when we need the warmth and love that He offers. He gathers us under His loving wings to a cradle of protection. All we need to do in return is give Him thanks and praise for being with us.

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I had been struggling with how to begin again. Ideas ran through my mind as if they had a life of their own, but I couldn't seem to focus on just one. A writer's life is one of hit and miss, here and there... and out on the edge sometimes.

When I received the email, I thought, "This is such an awesome story. I need to send it to everyone." But time passed and I never did send it. Yet every time I went to my inbox, there it was almost glowing at me.

And then I thought, "I wonder if it would be cheating to post something that some else had written?" It wouldn't be the first time I had done that - on those lazy days when I didn't really feel like writing.

"But this was my big comeback! I should write something myself," I thought. But then I realized that it was the doing that was important rather than who wrote what. I wish I could credit this story to whoever created it. Sadly I cannot. It wasn't included.

But I would like to add this. The first bird story unleashed a whole new world inside me, a world I had no concept of and one which I didn't even know existed. It's been three years now. Three years of pouring out my heart, complaining about everything I felt was unjust and reaching new levels of creativity that I wasn't aware I possessed.

I thank the persons who gave me that story, the story that touched my very soul. So I believe it is fitting, no, destiny that another new beginning would involve a bird. It has come to be symbolic for my own personal journey.

I wonder though... if they will ever know the impact they had on me?

I adore the fact that Noah didn't mind (or notice) that his bebes had fur. It's all right though. They didn't care that he had only one leg either.

God bless you all... It's so good to be back.

　

I Changed My Mind

OK... so I changed my mind. I hear that is a woman's prerogative. I have never really exercised that right. I always felt like if you changed your mind it was kind of like you had lied the first time. But then I realized that my thinking was flawed and rigid; that change can be good. And so the story goes today.

I changed my mind. I missed blogging here, however sporadic it was. And to my surprise, others missed me too. And so it is for them, more than for myself that I announce...

I'm baaaaack... By Popular Demand!

I will try not to have any more lapses in judgment, but you know how it goes. I am human... I have glitches. Hoo hoo for the glitches, I say! It sure makes life interesting.

So there's nothing on my mind today to report, chew on or divulge. I just wanted you to know I was tired of being miserable. And just writing this today has made a lot of things better...

Expect anything. Be surprised by nothing. Life has a way of coming round... and round...

Love you... and thanks for the nudge!