Steps to Awaken Your Inner Force

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Kindness Matters Series, Steps to Awaken Your Inner Force, Writing

Nature Calls Us, Are We Listening?

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Nature has a subtle way

to call on us in its own unique way.

Have you seen that baby deer

that poked its head out of the clear?

Time stands still –

when we allow ourselves to chill.

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These are gentle reminders

that we can still be wonder finders –

to not lose track and not forget

to take time to relax;

not strain your mind to its max

and take off those blinders.

In this world where there are plenty lost,

let’s be finders of a new world

in which people

learn and grow kinder,

and decrease the “never minders.”

It’s important that you stay true

and whatever words you say are you,

you need to come to realize

it’s good to cut lies and drop the disguise

no need putting on a facade,

hate to tell you there’s no prize.

It’s good to learn to work things through

which takes much time, it’s hard to do –

but nothing good is done is haste

time spent to grow is not times’ waste.

…

…The other day,

a white squirrel passed my way

as I was almost to work

to begin my day…

There was a white squirrel

at the edge of the street –

by the tree line

where our eyes me(e)t:

“don’t see me as a threat,

stay aware of your mindset,

you won’t be late don’t sweat,

it’s good to get lost for a sec

you won’t regret,

life is not a game of roulette:

going on a jet, getting out of debt,

what is it that you net?, instead

listen to the simple sounds of nature

they will take you away on any day.

This encounter was free, no need to pay!”

As I’m wading through my stacks of “to-do’s,”

I stop to be calm, it’s like heavenly balm:

I realize I enjoy being part of the news –

my passion of poetry, comedy and the “un-blues,”

is certainly my deepest desire it’s true!

Don’t wait for a blue moon

to listen more and become more attune –

forever it won’t stay the month of June:

Go ahead and use these gentle signs

as a way to take you back

to a much quieter time;

a time when clocks still seemed to go slow,

a time when people were valued much more,

a time when folks would go out the door

because they know there is more

to explore outdoors.

…Enjoy your open doors!

Love, Peace and Kindness,

Evana.

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One step, Two step – Try Yourself a New Step…

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One, Two – Try New…

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Hi everyone,

💖

So many, many things

there are to get done

in life.

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I hope you’re enjoying these writings

as much as I am writing them.

Writing is an outlet,

this is definitely true for me.

How about you?

How do you feel about writing?

Feel free to check out my post:

“Why it’s always right to write”

and leave a comment anytime.

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EvanaLife is all about sharing your gift,

as I share my stories and poems

I aim to uplift and empower

people to seek higher thoughts

and not give up hope

because as long as there’s still air

to breathe,

we can conquer anything.

I am in your corner

on your side

and in your court

looking forward to hearing

from You!

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Hope is what holds us up,

but without faith

hope is like a table

without legs.

Love holds us together –

the glue that keeps

hope and faith.

Kindness makes a person

human. It teaches us to be

humble and patient.

Stop, be patient,

listen and

hear.

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Steep your life in love –

live in faith

and cook in some kindness.

Things can’t always go our way

and if we carry the expectation

that they will,

we will be disappointed –

throughly.

It doesn’t hurt to be kind

unfortunately, it’s easier

to just think of ourselves

and our own selfish minds.

The less you have

the more you enjoy

the little things

that were always there

but overlooked

from daily haste –

a wasted race of chase.

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Time is always right

to hug someone tight,

pray at night

and share your light.

Don’t shun the unknown.

Life is full of them.

Keep your chin up –

and smile on.

You might be surprised

to discover magic there

just take that first step –

what’s the worst that

could happen?

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Once you start

you will amazed

that you can’t stop yourself

because after one step

comes the next

and you might think

“no way” but Oh, YES!

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One step…

and you’ve moved more

than where you were before

there will be another door

open for you to explore…

encore, encore…

Two steps…

more ahead

there’s much more to life

than just getting out of bed,

imagine a life

that excites you to your core

and makes your spirit roar!

Three step…

this is real –

the life you wanted and didn’t know

you come alive with zeal,

it’s surreal

unbelievable but makes you kneel,

no longer need to conceal

your passion and how you feel.

Life is beautiful.

Everything worthwhile

takes time and many a mile

and nothing does well in haste.

Haste is a waste

and leaves a bitter taste.

Friends, family and loved ones

need embraced –

love one another

and seek grace.

If you heard the word

of the smallest bird,

then you know –

you deserve.

You deserve loving people

in your life

patient, friendly and kind,

the people who care and uplift

support and listen –

the ones that see your shine.

You deserve

everything your heart

is dreaming of –

for you know his help

comes from above!

Celebrate You as You are!

Be blessed and Keep shining brightly,

Evana.

Steps to Awaken Your Inner Force

🙌 Light of Life, Light up the World 🌎

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Light of life

light of the world,

is stronger than the dark,

is alive even with a spark.

The spark is always there,

some chose to dim it

but when you reach it

there’s no limit –

it goes and goes

and goes and grows.

We tend to keep it to ourselves

but deep within we know.

Tune in, be up, step up –

there’s no space for lows,

too much to do –

too many rows

of beautiful life

we can sow!

It’s true what they say

that we’re more afraid

of shining and progressing

then we are of stressing

and addressing what’s depressing.

What a miracle we live in,

all of life’s a blessing.

With love,

Evana.

Steps to Awaken Your Inner Force

Which Shoes Shall I Choose?

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Which Shoes Shall I choose?

Which plan do I follow?

Should I just pick a pair,

do I dare?

 

They say if you walk a mile in another’s,

you learn to care.

 

Opening up to other’s views

can be like stars that spike –

radiating from bright light.

It can help loose ties bind

and restlessness of minds –

by stepping into shoes of those ill-defined.

 

They say if you walk a mile…

 

Three sides to every story,

the truth from each is somewhat skewed.

It is a human trait, but time to clean the slate

and change our world anew.

no matter what’s on your plate,

peace of mind awaits.

 

We’re all the same right from the start

and it’s never too late to take our weight

and let the pressure deflate

love is in our fate,

peace of mind awaits.

Can you relate

to wanting to please others

trying to create

the mold they’re desiring

not welcomed to debate?

 

Instead of filling someone else’s shoes;

walk in your own, it’s not rude

no need to complicate, no need to change

your mood to rude in a high magnitude

 

They say if you walk a mile…

 

Instead of die while trying

eventually we’re left realizing

it’s up to us finding

what makes us us and

there’s no need for hiding.

 

If not looked within

to find ourselves redesigning,

we may stay stuck in other’s shadows

never quite shining.

 

Enjoy what you do,

do what you enjoy!

Go ahead and let it annoy

those who have no reason to employ

their conflicted minds of your perceived joy.

 

Blaze your own trail

path of fire –
find your dearest desire

and take your journey higher.

 

Blaze your own trail,

clear your own path,

no need to be a wiz at math,

don’t question, stop stressin’

the world needs your expression.

Anytime you come and go,

enter and leave –

make it count and

make it heard,

leave an impression,

share your good word

soon you’ll have this world stirred.

 

Make it an obsession

through confession

and always keep addressing

that what’s stressing.

It’s not important what’s in your possession,

but it is to freshen your lesson

in perception.

Set a goal, one at a time –

keep a meaningful purpose in mind,

find some friends you can trust,

don’t let your passions turn to rust.

 

Let it out, make a plan

you surely know you can

it’s time to strategize and realize –

keep your eyes on the prize.

Keep shining bright with all your might,

Evana.

Kindness Matters Series

Try a Smile – Has it Been a While?

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A Smile…

A smile is like wearing peace on your face,

showing love in your heart

and it’s doing your part.

Try a smile…

Smiling helps you let go

and enjoy the flow –

relax into yourself

instead of staying tense

as you come and go.

Try a smile…

Something as simple as a smile

can shift ones day

in each and every way:

it’s like turning up the dial.

Try a smile…

It brightens and heightens

the places you go –

you’ll see smiles returning

from strangers you don’t know.

Kindness travels in a smile,

your smiles will spread for miles.

Add kindness to your days

it will return to you in rays.

Try a smile and let it stay a while,

you might be surprised

how much you feel alive.

Keep alive your smiles

in all life’s trials.

Be very blessed and less stressed

in your health invest.

If emotions you’ve repressed,

it’s time for them expressed.

It is then you will get some rest

and your reward will be life zest!

Peace, Love & Kindness,

Evana.

Steps to Awaken Your Inner Force

Connect The Dots…

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We are all connected

like the bubbles in a glass –

we are all affected

by a smile that lights the world,

we are all elected

to show up to our stage of life –

to take a stand,

to fiercely get out

of our own quicksand.

To get out and find –

ways to do good,

speak life

and be kind.

When it’s time to reflect don’t regret

your glitches and miss-takes

we need them to grow,

never lose respect –

of the one you know.

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Blessings,

‘

Evana

Compassion, Kindness Matters Series, New Perspective, Steps to Awaken Your Inner Force

Don’t Ration Compassion…

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I’ve seen through others’ eyes,

suffered many dies,

been there with those suffering pain –

feel with them in their demise,

see in them – shame.

Instead of fearing them as “the other,”

I listen to their stories, and they become real,

then we see them as kin,

so nice to see from them – a grin –

sometimes just being there for them is a win.

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What peoples I’m talking about

need not defining –

everyone who’s fallen down

and not shining –

sometimes too proud to seek help from another,

people like us can stand up to be a good sister or brother.

“Alone, but yet together, we all depend on each other.” ~ E. Lang

Keep shining brightly

with Peace and Love,

Evana.

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Life is…, New Perspective, Steps to Awaken Your Inner Force

Bubbles and Waves, Clouds and Rain –

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“Order Life well in every single act.”

~ Unknown Author

 Bubbles, Clouds and Rain

~ by E.Lang

 

I lived in a bubble,

far from the rubble

of a country going so wrong,

easy to tell stories

of a new countries’ glories,

but not so much the sad song.

 

I remember when little,

in the closet with riddles,

read stories and fairy tale books –

as I sat there I lived in a magical place,

with daydreams and fantasies hooked.

 

My memory is fading,

as new thoughts invading,

my drive to push fiercely ahead:

my life is a story, a poem in its glory,

and thoughts so very unsaid.

 

I finally figured it out –

though so many years it seems,

now there’s no room for doubt,

my path that has been laid out,

it all feels like a dream.

 

Graced with priceless experiences throughout my life:

joys, happiness and gains –

struggles, set-backs and pains,

and through it all –

I love the rain. 

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I read a quote about rain –

how it starts from a cloud and gathers together

until it returns back dispersed in many tiny pieces.

“Rain makes me feel less alone. All rain is, is a cloud falling apart, and pouring its shattered pieces down on top of you. It makes me feel good to know I’m not the only thing that falls apart. It makes me feel better to know other things in nature can shatter.”
— Lone Alaskan Gypsy

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It’s such a shame,

how there are so many people,

that aren’t seeing it so plain,

that you only have to go inside

to see a reflection of what’s outside.

 

We might get stressed and depressed

and need to expel our hell,

let it out and vent –

once it rains, it’s heaven sent.

 

Rainbows come from tears,

the soul cries out for years

but when the timing’s right,

it’s the most beautiful sight.

 

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Talk Waves

As I sit here at a local restaurant in the village I live in, I notice again as I have so many times before how I truly love to hear people’s chatter. Being a water lover, I like to relate to just about everything to water. It’s very relaxing. I hear a chatter, a murmur and all the sounds coming together as one. To me it resembles the mesmerizing ocean waves that keep rolling up gently to the shore.

Listening to the chatter of people takes me back to the time when I was just a little girl in Germany sitting on a chair or bench with my late Father and his friends at a local cafe. The table they sat at was called a “Stammtisch” which means “rooted table.” I remember sitting there and listening to people just as I am doing now, except I’m not in Germany, my Dad has passed on and it’s 35 years later.

As an artist, I have many creative interests. Helping people learn about themselves and what possible creativity they can dig out and unleash in themselves is important to me. Of course it makes sense that I have a deep yearning to grow, to progress and to live up to my potential, but what does that really actually mean? Potential to me means when someone not only finds what they love doing, but is also actively creating the time needed and using it! The more we work on what’s in us, the closer we get to who we are.

…Waves…

When I hear a crowd of people,

I hear the ocean waves,

I hear their voices high and low

like tides throughout the bay.

 

I feel at home in the waves,

they keep me safe and soothe my soul,

I find comfort here with people

I do not even know –

but I am here with all of them,

as a part of a whole.

I believe that all of us can do so much more, and as the saying goes: “If you do what you’re meant to do, you will set the world on fire.”

“Alone, but yet together, we all depend on each other.” ~ E. Lang

Share your gift,

Evana.

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Steps to Awaken Your Inner Force

Welcome to EvanaLife, meet Evana.

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Ignite Your Force

Hello everyone, I’m Evana and I am here to celebrate life’s journey with you. Most people I know say things like “I’ve always wanted to…” and would love to not have any regrets at the end of their lives.

We are here to create experiences and memories while maintaining positive, healthy relationships. Are we igniting our own passion as we were meant to?” Are we using some of our time focusing on those things that make us feel most alive? Are we creating joy for ourselves and those around us?

We all know that answer. You will know by the shape of your lips in the morning.

Everyone has a passion, something that makes them tick, gets them excited. That passion is best shared so that others can be inspired as well. I have found my passion in writing and enjoy lifelong learning, nature, music, the arts and inspiring others.

My first writing was inspired by fairy tales and when I was five or six, my mother told me that she caught me in the closet writing short stories. I am a lover of words, and all art forms of expressions. Here at EvanaLife, I will share my writing, poetry and present some of my favorite quotes from myself and others.

Most importantly, I created this blog site for everyone because I have a deep yearning to help people ignite their own flame that can set the world on fire. Therefore, I welcome all readers to share their stories about what makes them tick. In addition, I plan to talk to already established writers, musicians and artists to find out what stimulated them to do what they do.

To accomplish this, I will discuss various forms of expressions such as music and art starting with writing itself. For some, inspiration comes through a hardship, a change in life, a mentor that changed your life, an illness, moments of awe and wonder, a travel experience or an encounter with art, books or music. For others, memories of childhood and seeing through your younger self’s eyes again is of great help.

 

Set The World On Fire

~by Evana

Go, do, pursue,

find what’s inside –

can’t keep it locked up,

needs out of the cup,

don’t wait ’till times’ up.

Find that what you feel,

believe that it’s real,

it’s you that needs out,

without any doubt.

Never stop pursuing growth,

Never take anyone for granted,

Always do what you love,

No regrets.

Yours truly,

 Evana

Thanks for joining me!

P.S. To learn more about EvanaLife, feel free to check out these articles:

 

Begin Again

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Steps to Awaken Your Inner Force

https://wordpress.com/page/evanalife.com/27

 

Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter.

— Izaak Walton