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Blessed Words of Songbirds…

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Have you heard birds sing lately?
Let your words and actions ring greatly
every day you are alive!

~E. Lang

Some of us are singing in the car,

doesn’t matter who you are,

let your world resound with joy –

go ahead and revive

your deepest desire to thrive!

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There’s no reason we shouldn’t strive

towards our highest potential

derived from the inside

brought out to arrive and jive

a trillion miles high.

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Have you heard birds sing lately?

Let your words and actions ring greatly

every day you are alive!

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So keep the flame inside alive

even if you feel off track,

even if you feel held back:

There’s no one else on earth like you,

only YOU can bring to life

your biggest dreams, it’s true!

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Be patient and humble –

life is full of tumbles,

but no need to grumble,

we all at times stumble.

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Have you heard birds sing lately?

Let your words and actions ring greatly

every day you are alive!

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Make sure you keep a journal

for dreams and goals internal

it helps gather thoughts

and ideas become organized,

making them more apparent on paper

so plans can be comprised then realized.

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Goals and objectives,

strategies and tactics

are effective directives

it’s okay to sometimes turn full detective

as long as you have a connective objective

that is of God and You reflective, not circumspective.

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Have you heard birds sing lately?

Let your words and actions ring greatly

every day you are alive!

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Problems come and problems go –

they’re part of life as we know,

what can be done is circumvent,

there are many ways to repent!

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Problems are opportunities in workpants

see the “lesson learning” chance,

everything is “figure-out-able,”

it’s time to head to the round table,

put all your cards on it

and always keep your heart safe and stable.

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Have you heard birds sing lately?

Let your words and actions ring greatly

every day you are alive!

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Be insistent

to stay consistent and persistent.

We all have the need to achieve –

no time to grieve but be relieved

it’s vital to believe not self deceive

why not find the ace up your sleeve?

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At this hour

it’s time to grow,

and time to empower

so you can show your glow

and accept your superpower.

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It’s time to let it shower of Love, Peace and Kindness!

Blessings,

Evana.

Steps to Awaken Your Inner Force

The Creative Life Force…follow your heart to the son’s shine!

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When you know

you’re not always

gonna be around;

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You just gotta gotta gotta do

what you neeeed to –

Daddy said:

“Do what you can’t live without,”

so get to work and stop the pout.

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Many a day seems like

we’re waiting to get back –

back to our masterpieces

so we don’t lose track.

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Lose track of who we are inside,

lose track of the plans and dreams alive.

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Alive we are most when at work

deep in thought in overdrive

trying so hard to thrive

and always when getting back to it

having to revive what we are living inside,

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Every time it seems I try –

I start, I begin.

It starts as a thought, a reflection,

a vision that’s full of meaning.

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I get in second gear,

get all excited –

and then –

then duty calls

to go –

again.

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We are all living it.

it’s in the life of artists,

dreamers, creators,

writers and music people.

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In everything that is created,

God is there so elated,

being patient in our court,

cheering us on in support.

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When we get back

to our expressive work,

what comes natural to us.

again he is there

always in his ways

he is there for us,

this we can trust.

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We are closer to him

when we do go(o)d works.

He works through us

and helps us through too.

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The older we get,

the more we may

understand –

ourselves and him

if only we let it in.

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The paths we chose at first

may not be the chosen ones.

but if we find it –

what’s ours and begin

to go where it takes us

with no thoughts of a win,

where we feel the most

heart pull and strength

from within,

that’s the place you’ll be in tune

without being plugged in.

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When we figure out how

we can help others of sin,

God’s road may come with some spin,

to him we’re all his children akin

so find your place within.

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The push, the pull, the tug,

the struggle is real.

God asks us to give it to him –

surrender and kneel.

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The guidance we need is right there

as long as we follow his light,

for his children he always cares,

his light shines very bright!

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He won’t ever let you down,

goes where you do

knows all the towns

and can shine through You too.

Be blessed on your journey,

you’re loved more than you know,

remember with God

you’ll be ever aglow!

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Blessings,

Evana.

Steps to Awaken Your Inner Force

Glide or Fly…and the Garden of Evana

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Whether you glide or fly,

don’t let nature’s beauty pass you by.

Photo courtesy of Fernando Gonzalez 💖

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Glide

or

fly

like a bird

in the sky.

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Should I glide,

or should I fly,

pump my wings a little bit

like pedals on a bike –

don’t quit.

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Should I glide,

or should I fly? –

Force like an engine’s power

every day and every hour –

be careful to not be misled.

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When you need to take a break,

glide a while

just let things go

for your own sake.

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Rest to perch on a branch,

use “God’s time” to reflect –

some things take time to figure out

listen to songs of nature to reconnect.

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Should I glide,

or should I fly?

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Set your mind free

of the overwhelm pattern

to release your new mind

from all the chatter

after receiving

nature’s gift of wonder

in a generous lather.

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Do you remember as a kid

riding up a hill?

It can be constant climbing for a while

until you improve your skill.

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Many things that one loses

can be rebuilt –

persist to be enriched

and flip your script.

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When it comes to personal growth

resist to just float instead devote –

Look up and promote your best self

imagine that you’re making an oath

to yourself to lift and shift not drift.

Keep faith, hope and your will

and you can refill

your cup of love

and let go of thoughts of ill.

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Everything that goes up

also comes back down,

keep your feet firmly planted on the ground.

Everything that gets planted –

grows to expose that what you compose.

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Things that are buried

eventually come to surface

so live with purpose and let your best flow.

You can smell it from your nose

and feel it in your toes!

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The energy that surrounds us is ours

let’s use the time we have to empower:

clear our minds of ill and use our hours

to make space for the most beautiful flowers.

Practice planting super healthy seeds

to grow our best possible garden of life indeed!

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Chaos and Inflammation

is in many a nation –

time to manage better control

of what we accept

into our mind, body and soul.

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Should I glide or should I fly?

Is up to you to know

which way is up,

think higher and fill your cup.

Within your soul you know what’s right,

within your minds depth it all aligns,

listen to these inner truths

and you will soar in flight.

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When it’s time to start your day,

you’ll have all the strength God gifted us with

so chose the better way!

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Love, Peace and Kindness,

Evana.

Arts, Love, Listen and Learn, Music

Hanging out Together – Welcome to my Hangout

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A Reflection on Connection

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Playing with words connecting on lines,

thinking deeply and finding rhymes –

pondering traditions of hanging clothes.

Sometimes we underestimate the pros

of spending time outdoors

as our spirit is lifted and grows,

it’s always a good time to be exposed.

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Why do I love words so?
Because they play a melody;
words can be happy,
joyful and magic
when you chose them right,
they can dance like a
mad-in-love couple,
or jump and skip and make it hip.
The sounds, the rhythms,
the awesome vibes,
they help us feel alive.

When I think of the word “line”, I think of ways in which we are all connected. Our bodies are connected by veins that carry blood and oxygen throughout. A phone line, an electrical line, a gas line and of course – the World Wide Web connects people through a web of lines.

Traditionally, people used to hang clothes outside on a clothesline and it was common practice. How many of you have seen your parents or grandparents hanging up clothes on a clothesline? Hanging clothes on the line can be used as a form of reflection of the day, breathing fresh air, getting exercise and saving our resources by not using a clothes dryer. Connecting with nature in any way brings us closer to ourselves and who we are in the inside. This can be a welcome break from our busy lives.

My father enjoyed taking pictures of clotheslines and my mother loved hanging clothes on the line since she was a young girl. In fact, she has such fond memories of this that she remembers singing happily during the chore as the wind was blowing and the birds were chirping. A clothesline can be a very inspirational subject, as it creates interest in form, shape, color, environment and composition. Numerous artists used the clothesline in paintings including Charles Oldenburg, Renoir and Pietro Longhi.

A clothesline offers both intrinsic and extrinsic values for us: we are dependent on wearing clothes and people assess us by the clothes we are wearing. A clothesline can represent daily life as an ongoing process in which we all share responsibility.

Keep shining brightly,

Evana.

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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