Ramblings of Silver Blue

Love is anterior to life, posterior to death, initial to creation, and the exponent of breath. – E. Dickinson

Silver Blue here (duh, right? Who’d you expect, Roxette Bunny™?) with series of questions: 1. If you meditate, do you use music, and if so, which artist/album do you recommend? 2. Do you have an preferred reading material when it comes to enlightenment? (I’m steering clear of the traditional Christian Theology at this point — [...]

Words from Helen Steiner Rice that have gotten me through some storms in my life: “If I can endure for this minute whatever is happening to me No matter how heavy my heart is or how dark the moment might be… If I can but keep on believing what I know in my heart to [...]

Not having faith in yourself, or other people not having faith in you? Discuss.

A dear friend cornered me today, complimented me on my weight loss, wanted to know my secret, and then told me something about myself that I really hadn’t considered. Before each major, life changing event in my life, I’ve lost weight. Lots of it. Enough to make up an entire person. From when I went [...]

We will discover the nature of our particular genius when we stop trying to conform to our own or to other peoples’ models, learn to be ourselves, and allow our natural channel to open. – Shakti Gawain

Moonglow, whom many of you know as the purveyor of fine jokes you’ll often read here on the Ramblings sent me something I must share immediately (it’s in the comments section to Fortune Cookies, Part Deux). Her wisdom: Remember one thing…. Everyone dies, but not everyone LIVES! ….. Y’all are just making me feel sooooo [...]

Dear readers: I’ve been formulating this post for most of the day; parts of it were written pre-”Piercing the Veil” from this morning. As you will see, the potential book title actually came from the following events. I’ve added a new category to the blog, one that I feel is very important to me. After [...]