Not ready to goShe said her goodbyes Uncertain Hesitantly Like a childShe waitedShe resisted PleaseOh pleaseCan I stay longer Two more minutes I’m not ready to goShe waited She wanderedShe wonderedExperienced many thingsHer gaze fixed On the sunsetHer mindOn collecting TreasuresRocksShellsMore memoriesThe sightsThe soundsThe smellsRenewed her soulShe foundHer happy placeA place where she belongedA place …
Tag Archives: beauty
How Beautiful You Are!
How beautiful You are! Do you Not see The beauty That I do? Your spirit Your light Your smile A delight! To be In your presence… A friend Just right! Encouraging Inspiring Your wings Have Taken flight
More Beautiful Than You Know
How is it You speak to yourself? Did I hear You Talking negatively? Highlighting The flaws? Pointing out What’s wrong? My dear Do you know How beautiful You are? Expressiveness Vibrancy Confidence Personality Laughter Smile I See more Than You see God He made you Beautifully Unique Shine like the sun Radiantly
With God I Do Believe
God knows what’s best. Perhaps this is a test, finding out how strong I have become in my faith. Emotions in check. Deep love of Christ. A love, His love and peace I feel inside. He has given me the wisdom and the strength to rise up and find beauty in every circumstance, situation, experience …
God, Swings, A Notepad & A Pen — Magnificent Meraki
(Originally published September 17, 2019) Looking back, I realize how far I have come. My journey continues as I learn to become a more faithful follower of Christ. As His daughter, I am proud to say the good things He has done in my life! Perhaps there is something that will resonate with you too! …
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All in His Timing
Living a Better Life
You called out to me to be your vessel, to be your scribe, to be your servant. I take pride in the gifts you have given to me. Lives, yes, lives are being changed for the better thanks to your messages of hope, inspiration and healing. Seeking you out, learning to hear your voice, silencing …
He Strengthens Me
Have you ever wondered how you can strengthen your relationships and become healthier in life? You do? Wow, that’s great! Me too! All silliness aside, let me share something He brought to mind on April 6th when I was exercising. For much of my life, I struggled with relationships. You want to know why? Because …
Do Good
Words Run Deep
The Beauty in You
Beauty After the Storm
Dream
Dream beyond What The eyes Can see Go places In The mind Imagine Believe Some day Conceived visions Become Real
You Rock!!
In case nobody has told you lately… You Rock!! You are AMAZING! You are BEAUTIFUL! You are CREATIVE! You are DESIRABLE! You are EXQUISITE! You are FABULOUS! You are GORGEOUS! You are HEAVENLY! You are INCREDIBLE! You are JOYOUS! You are KIND! You are LOVEABLE! You are MAGNIFICENT! You are NOTEWORTHY! You are OPTIMISTIC! You …
Who We Are
When All the luster Is gone Will you Still care When My hair Grows out Natural colors Light brown Highlights of gray Will you Still love me My body Signs of aging Youth Felt inside What Is it You do see My youthfulness My spirit My passion My …
Depth of Your Beauty
Love Knows no color A Sweet embrace Taste Of beauty Sounds Of everlasting Behold For that which is beyond What The eyes can see
‘Extra’ordinary
Find beauty In Ordinary things The spark In One’s eyes Color variations Between You and I Raindrops On leaves Tears falling Upon goodbyes Beauty unfolds In The most common Of things Every place Every world In life Can be seen
A New Season
The harvest Is over Time To prepare The ground For the new Growing season The roots The stem The leaves The vines Served Their purpose Provided A bountiful harvest DIVINE! Blessed Am I Blessed Are we For the growth That Has taken place Beauty Lay dormant Revealed …
Becoming
Allow me To be The bright spot In Your day Highlight Showcase Beauty Is more than Skin deep His love So pure Emanates from The Source Imprints Impressions Upon you Soooo BEATUTIFUL! You too Have become!
Freedom
May The memories Become So fragmented Falling apart Into A million pieces No longer Do faces Do memories Hurt or pain Paint a picture Rather Breaking down Barriers Tearing down The walls A new life A new beginning No longer A prisoner A captive Set free A warrior By …
Designed By God
Who am I? Depending on Who You ask Answers May vary Pick up The Bible I know I am God’s Precious and masterfully created Child His daughter How beautiful To know I am Of His breath His spirit His vision
Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder
Be quick Not To judge To compare God He gave You Me All of us Unique gifts Talents Abilities To notice To appreciate Feel Not so alone Make one wonder Another think Ponder Our world Our differences BEAUTIFUL! Don’t you think?
Expressions of Love
The Beauty in Today
Appreciated
What does CeraVe’ Daily Moisturizing Lotion and a 3-Pack of Chapstick Moisturizer, have in common? Two things my teen appreciates me for! We took the time to go shopping together as she was really excited about getting gifts for us and using the money she had earned. This year has been an especially challenging …
Will You Let Him In?
I Heard a knock At The front door Who Was it? Who Was there? Unusual I thought I waited I listened Still there I Do see Someone An outline A person For sure Slowly Quietly Cautiously Bravely I Opened The Door A visitor Surprise! …
He Will Lead Us Home
Color is…
Old Young Wrinkles Smooth Age Appearance Really Does not matter White Black Many shades Of brown In between Color Is beautiful Fabulous Life The lens we use How One chooses To “see” Different Unique Individual His masterpiece Sculpted by the sculptor Appreciate
You Are Enough
I Felt like I Was inadequate He said, You Are enough
Thank You!
Today, I reached An Incredible Milestone! So many People To thank My Heavenly Father Above Wow! 200 Followers How grateful I am! All Glory All Praise To Him I say! His words His wisdom Sharing Of His love 52 Of The Followers Within The last 22 days AMAZING!!!! I Wont ask Why I Wont ask …
Discovery
Given The freedom To roam Choose The path Not Beaten down Trodden Life begins Adventure awaits Seek Make Your own path In life Find Your own way Your truths Make discoveries Through The thick of it all Your journey Your path A place Where No one else …
Appreciating Differences
Just be YOU I do see DIFFERENCES Exist I do love APPRECIATE Value Integrity
What Color Are You?
With Him I Can Become
He Knows Best
God’s Will
Your Son, A Star
Soul Awakening
One Step at a Time
Rejoice!
Sunrise
More Beautiful Than You Know
A Beautiful Voice
Apple Of My Eye
7.27.2020 The morning Dawn The rising Of The sun Peeking Winking Shining Sparkling Twinkling A New day Has come As I sat On My comfy sofa Looking out My Living room window His light Shined upon An Apple tree Such delight His way Of Showing love …
The World-is- What We Make It
Let’s heal Our world STOP! All negativity All pessimism All anxiousness And Fears GO! Pray Send unconditional love Speak kindness Focus on a brighter tomorrow There is HOPE There is LIGHT There is PEACE There is JOY Think it Believe it It will happen It is real
Falling In Love
The Eyes Tell a Story
Who Is behind The mask Only Their eyes Can Be seen Is it A loved one A stranger A neighbor A friend Any Of the above Some days Me One thing’s For certain The eyes Tell A story Behold Something more A message A spark A twinkle …
Life’s Greatest Gift
All Things Are Possible
I have Some news To share With you Magnificent Meraki Has reached 100 followers All in part I give thanks Such gratitude To you To feel something Connection Hope Inspiration Love Motivation Whatever your reason Your presence Your following Means the world to me! I appreciate you! I notice …
Give it Your Best
My Father’s Approval
On July 3rd, I listened to a Joel Osteen podcast called, “The Blessing.” Every podcast I listen to, there are messages embedded that I can relate to. In my own life I am thinking deeper, making positive changes that impact not only my life, but those whom I spend my time with, and evolving into …
My Father’s Eyes
I am My Father’s daughter You Can see Him Look Deep Into my eyes Rich Pure Beautiful Filled with Passion Unconditional love The spirit Within me Remains To this day My soul’s keeper Will Forever sustain
Grow Where You Are Planted
My family and I, we went out for a morning walk around our neighborhood. Every part of me was very aware, present and at peace. Such an amazing feeling! A beautiful way to start the day. We were over half way around when I noticed something growing up through the cracks of the sidewalk. This …
Faith Over Fear
Day 2 of 3: Fishing on the Klutina River in Alaska The time was 9:30 AM. We were on no timeline or schedule for the day. I rolled out of bed (literally), and got myself ready for the day. You know how it is when you don’t have any place to go or be at …
I Am
I am Beautiful Just the way I am Loved Me Who I am Important Valuable Unique I am Forgiven Of my sins Renewed In Him I am A child Of God Precious Pure A light That Does shine I am The me That I am
You’re Beautiful
Sometimes Life Catches us Off-guard A word A phrase A message Forever A life Can change Words spoken I Was so Surprised To Be told Something Magnificent “You’re so beautiful!” (I could have cried.) As You can imagine I Had to pause Catch My breath The kindness …
His Light Shines Through Me
The beauty In Writing IS When words Are Written Resonates Awakens The spirit Breathes life Into The soul Of those Who Take time To read Hear God’s voice Undertone Together as one
The Cloud in Me
As I gazed Up Well beyond Into The depths Of The blue sky My mind Floated Like that Of Magnificent White clouds Above me Far greater Than The mountain tops As far as My eyes Could see Yearning For freedom Wanting To take flight Weightlessness Beauty …
We’re All in This Together
While Out in My Backyard A Pile of wood Stood Placed Was stacked In between The Birch trees As I photographed Looked closer Inside Many of The logs I Did see Shapes Designs Growth formation Cutting lines A smiling face The other frowning Some old Some young Some dried Others Fresh cut …
The Gift of Opportunity
Do you know how it feels to have life breathed into you? If not, let me tell you about a recent experience of mine. A while back, one of my daughter’s best friends, asked if I would be interested in writing articles about various hikes in Alaska, my family and I have been on recently. …
Time Alone With God IS Time Well Spent
Neglecting time, I could be spending with my family to spend time with God, doesn’t mean I don’t love them. By doing so, I am placing more respect on myself and my needs to become a better person. I, too, need time alone, sacred and intimate time to hear His voice and feel His unconditional …
Under Construction
Construction zone Under construction Pilot car Slow down Please Heed The warning Be aware Of The signs Watch Listen Learn Obey Creating oneself Authentic and true Road repair Upgrades needed Wear and tear Slow down Take time Embrace The transition The change Worn out Old pavement Old ways Upheaval Removal Disposed of Properly New foundation …
Searching
Who she was She didn’t know Searching In hopes of finding Someone new The person She would become Who was it She hoped to find Uncertain Whomever it was Must be Whole Rich Pure Filled with Compassion Unconditional love Divine Holy Understanding of Oneself …
Handwritten Letters Mean So Much
A few kind words Can mean so much In a letter Handwritten The best kind For One to receive Surprise! A blessing! You made me cry! How sweet The sound Words Of a friend Letting one know Showing you care Expressing oneself With words Extraordinaire In case Someone Failed to …
Little Did She Know
There was something about her She just couldn’t see it The way Others do Her beauty Her shine Her sheer energy Her way Her being Her personality Her style Magnificent Among many Something Deep within her soul Spoke In a way like no other To everyone She did meet Exquisite Her soul …
I Wrote a Letter to God & He Answered Me in the Most Profound Way
Last night I wrote a letter To God To this day I Have been learning To trust In His timing To trust In His ways I needed His guidance I needed To know How best May I serve Him With The story I am writing By publishing My book I asked …
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Who I Am
Today I showed up I arrived I said to myself Without a doubt With a smile Dress up for the day Not my clothes My face My hair For the first time In months I added Some make up A little color A splash of pink Set on top Of my …
Fit By 50
Do you know what I love best about exercising?Take a guess…Come on now, if you know me well enough, you know what I may be thinking. What do you think? I will give you a hint…It starts with the letter “G”Hmmmm….Any ideas? God!Of, course! What else were you thinking? As I was nearing the completion …
Beautiful You!
Look at yourself from the eyes of our maker. Think about what was going through His mind, all the plans He had foreseen for you. Such excitement! Each of us, we are one of His masterpieces! We are priceless! He made us all so special, uniquely designed, with a very important mission and purpose. Seeking …
Days…
Some days Are better than others Some days You make mistakes Some days Everything falls into place Some days I feel like a human being Some days I feel like a robot Some days Are filled with laughter Some days I want to scream and shout Some days I offer up much …
Love Yourself…Be Your Best Friend!
For most of my life I have been challenged in my own life and mindset to see all the good things that make me who I am this day. To love myself seemed so selfish as loving other people came so much more easily. My focus was extremely clouded! Me? A beautiful person? (as I …
Be Kind
If you wanted to be anything in life, what would you be? Do you need some time to think about that? Don’t think too hard for the answer is much more obvious than you may realize or think. Be Kind! In a world filled with more broken people than we will ever come to know, …
Thank You For Reminding Me of Why I Became a Teacher
Today, I was reminded, of the exact reasons why I do what I do for my job. I had been in communication with a parent of one of my students. At the moment, the parent is not able to be with or see their child due to a training out of state. God, He loves …
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Alaskan Beauty
Alaska Your beauty Reflecting On me PINK It is MY FAVORITE COLOR I LOVE YOU SO VERY MUCH!!!!!! Shining down On the earth Shining down On Sleeping Lady You Have awakened her Brought life To her slumber Opened My eyes Brought such awareness Of the beauty that lies Within The darkness of winter Oh, God …
2020 Vision
As you awaken To The rising Of The sun May Your eyes Be opened To A new world Of Opportunities See The many Wondrous things God Has presented Before you This day In people The old The young Those Who are weak Those Who are strong In nature With landscape Weather …
Composting Brings New Life
For All the times You Have been Shit on In Your life May That waste Become The compost The fertilizer For The next Growing season Gardens Become beautiful When You take The old You decompose Bring New life From Pain Burdens The past Just add A little Sunshine A little Rain
Hello Beautiful!
I Felt saddened Then I looked In The mirror I Saw me A Beautiful soul Looking back At me
ABC’s in Life
Appreciate all that you are, everything that makes you unique. Your curves, your flaws, wrinkles, gray hair, baggy skin and your battle scars for without those, you would not be the you, you are today. Behold, for the beauty that is within you, and everyone you meet. Be quick not to judge, and be superficial …
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