Audio... McKinley High School Band Warming Up by shesonhersoapbox on SoundCloud

The vibrant red leaf drifts delicately to the ground like so many that have gone before it. It falls amongst the others that are in their varying stages of decay. It is but a reminder that death and dormancy of this season continues to approach.

Yet, somewhere else in the world there are signs of spring. Flowers bud and blossom. Life is springing forth. Rays of sunlight prolong each day just a little more...

Such is life. Some of us are winding down. Whilst others still are just beginning. Where are you in life right now? I sit here exhausted yet satisfied. I have turned over a new leaf, and began a new season. I smile at the changes I see. I stare in wonder of the magnificent changes that take place around me. Wherever you are in your life.... find the beauty. This is your season.

Audio clip» Who Can Read In This Environment? by shesonhersoapbox on SoundCloud
I swear to Pete I am 20 feet from the coffee counter. My chatty barista must have no one to talk to at home. She talks nonstop to anyone who passes by! Shhhhh

Good day good people...

Get 'er Dun! by shesonhersoapbox on SoundCloud

Rise

I will rise... above what I WANT to do, in order to do what is best

I will rise... above what I ESTEEM, to operate in what is right

I will rise... above SELFISH ambitions for the good of others

I will rise... above PAIN in pursuit of peace

I will rise... above CONFUSION in hopes of enlightenment

I will rise... above DISAPPOINTMENT in expectation of contentment 

I will rise... above DISSATISFACTION on a quest for fulfillment

I have decided that I will rise to the occasion in the midst of life's difficult situations...

The Crash

As far as the east is from the west, is how great my love is for you...

HOPE was travling south bound, as LOVE traveled east. There appears to have been a malfunction with the signaling device. HOPE and LOVE collide. There sat LOVE, a mangled wreck. HOPE sped away.

What does LOVE do when HOPE is gone?

Staring at the Sky

Sometimes I sit and stare at the sky, and take comfort in the fact that we share the same sun rays and moon beams...