~ By Sally Aderton, January 1, 2019, La Salle, IL Photo by Sally Aderton September 17, 2019, Utica, IL For several months before New Year's Day 2019, I kept hearing in my consciousness "365 Days of Meditation". This was the first poem I wrote toward that vision. I wrote 78 poems between January 1 and June 10th in 2019. At some point, I gave up the idea of one per day and gave myself permission to just write 365 poems. My plan is to share many of these poems now in the order they were written here on my blog. All of them will be on Patreon. Some on Patreon will be private just for my Patrons, and some will be public and the same I will post here. I am ready.
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The Law of Freedom The Law of FreedomLay down the law as you know it to be right or wrong we are all free Pick up the promise as all men can see blessed or sinner you are me When does it start? When does it end? Now, it begins! By Sally Aderton, in the air Chicago to San Diego, September 20, 2016 shared on Patreon February 24, 2022 This week I created a Patreon account. At the urging of not one, but two friends for several years, I decided it was time. Patreon is a crowd sourcing platform for artists to share their work. My page will feature my mystical musings, poetry, art, and photography. Patrons then subscribe to the artist to financially support them to continue their art.
As Patreon has the options to show private posts for subscribers only, it also has a public feature. It occurred to me this morning that I could post the same content here on my Blog that I post to the public there. Perhaps that will support my need to share my work with the world besides via the social media channels where I already have profiles – Linkedin, Twitter, Facebook, Yelp, YouTube, Instagram, Tumblr, and Pintrest. Often what I post on one, I do not post on others. The reason I have so many, is that people migrate toward one platform or another. It gives me the chance to touch people I might not be able to. Often a true artist creates not for the support or approval of others. We create for the sake of creation itself. The movie Babbett's Feast was such a perfect dramatic explanation of this truth. For me, that is the reason I create. The blessing has been that others appreciate my efforts to bring to life what has not been seen or heard from my perspectives. I am using the plural of perspectives because what is true is we never see or experience the same thing twice. Enjoy this poetry today, then revisit it years from now, you probably will have a new insight. That might be about how you see the world. Or, it could reflect how you see me. Either or both makes no difference. This truth can be applied to anything. That is the gift of the open mind. It is meant to be free. Forced away from the familiar, the comfort zone shattered
a billion little pieces of habits, ego, story, memory, dreams and thoughts yes thoughts, assuring, kind, supportive full of faith no thoughts that chide, condemn, persecute full of fear Choose to quiet the thoughts and become still to become present to the imperfect searching in the shards to build again, anew, awakening The light will enter as it does, guaranteed in timing held by the ageless clock which does not stop Now is good. I am ready to appear Hello 2021 I am here.
What does "grounded" mean to you? In current psycho-babel including parenting articles I have read, what I hear metaphysical folks chat about a lot, and even I heard a trainer at the YMCA saying it to a client. How often have you heard or been told:
The interests of my youth in the memorabilia stored for decades–from a rock collection, to concert tickets for Head East and Cheap Trick, to souvenirs from my summer in Finland as AFS Exchange Student–are hard evidence I've been true to myself for 58 years. How do you hear your soul song? What does it take for you to have evidence that you are living an authentic life? Do you have your archeological record of the choices you have made?
In the words of Head East, from the soundtrack of my life, "There has never been any reason for you to think about me." This song is about unrequited love. Yet the only person we can really "save for the last time...." is our Self. We do that by being grounded in our faith, our purpose, and our own ability to express the love we already are. Of course as a speaker, author, wordsmith, teacher, and Spiritual Direction Coach...I want you to think about me! Yet, my work is not for you to be me. My job is to help you, and organizations, be more you. In the meantime, I've returned to the ground I landed on as a soul incarnate. Now it is the land of my herstory holds memories on the country roads I travel that awaken a new love in me, for me. The courage to live our dreams is easier when we are grounded. It is also easier when we realize when Cheap Trick wrote "...surrender, but don't give yourself away!" because we are "...all all right!" Finally, it is time. Please celebrate with me the liberation of my dependency on Instagram and Facebook to be my visual and literary diary of The Life & Times of Sally Aderton! This day begins a new way of documenting this story.
Regardless if you are just meeting me today, or if your conscious awareness of my existence began when I landed on the Earth in Freeport, Illinois on March 21, 1961, please know that I am grateful that you are taking time to be with me here. Your time, my time, our neighbors time, heck, the Earth's time is a finite commodity. How do you spend your precious time that will never come again? I spend mine engaged with creation with love, for love, by love as much as possible. The banner of my Blog will be the branded visual message of what I will be sharing here for any person to have as a gift from my Be.ing. My life story falls into every possible literary or movie category I know. It is drama, action, adventure, mystery, romance, suspense, science fiction, horror, documentary, educational, and most important for me...a Divine Comedy! Keep coming back. Know that eventually you will not see my presence on the Social Media Platforms that have become part of the problem, instead of solution, to create Peace on Earth. Our democratic society is no longer civilized. I will be voting for kindness by putting the commodity of my time where it matters. Know you are loved. I ask that you understand the more we say No, that alone will bring us forward toward a better way of being. It is the only direction we all go anyway. The planet only spins one way and I am following the Mystery. It is not to chase the sun, for that will follow me. Going toward the night brings revelation and that is my inspiration to bring to you what will light your heart. If it lights mine, maybe then we can light the world with hope, instead of hate. A heart for a heart makes the whole world shine. I am shining. Are you? |
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