Author: lizaaitken

Mother, daughter, sister, cat owner/slave. Thoughtful about life and trying to make it worthwhile.

Don’t Hesitate

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Don’t you hesitate to call on me,

if you’re feeling down.

You can just pick up the phone,

if no one else is around.

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Of course I will drop everything,

if I am needed by your side.

It doesn’t matter how I feel,

if I’m sick or feeling tired.

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That’s what friends are here for, 

just call and they’ll come.

Wanting to make you happy again,

bring you back the sun.

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If you find that you are hurting,

They will cancel their plans.

Knowing it’s so important to you,

that someone understands.

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When the shoe is on the other foot,

will I find you when I call.

I imagine you’ll be too busy for me,

and won’t pick up at all.

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So I’m changing how I do things,

you’ll learn the hardest way.

The very next time you need me,

you’ll find me busy or away!

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Daily Prompt – Hesitate

I can honestly say I am blessed with friends. I used to have friends like this, but I stopped picking up the phone and now I’m left with the most wonderful friends who have seen me through the best and darkest of times. Of course I will always be there for them too, I joke with one of them that she’ll never go in a nursing home, although we laugh and joke that we will probably be there together causing havoc, I mean it.

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Visiting the Past

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Do you travel back in time in your day dreams, do you ever visit your memories?

Memories are often precious because of the experience of feelings within them. The feelings of love, laughter and safety being the most powerful memories for me. When I think back on my life, the most prevalent memories I pull out are of laughter and love, the feelings of being loved and cared for and among friends and family.

I’ve had my ups and downs in life like anyone else, but the memories from those bad times are never as powerful as those of the good. For me I view the more difficult periods of my life in a detached state, I observe what was happening but don’t associate with the feelings as I survived them, they won’t occur again at least not in the same way because I have learnt from them. But to view those happier moments I’m back there, I step right in, I’m loved and laughing, I get every one of the feelings as if I am reliving the event.

I can close my eyes and walk back into my childhood home and feel as loved and safe as I ever was, when I do my mum is still alive, I can speak to her, smell her and hold her. I usually find myself sitting at the kitchen table and watching her as she cooks, at other times we might be on one of our long walks.  Sometimes these dreams are so real it is as if I have crossed time, I observe the most intricate details, things I might have forgotten spring back into mind.

I can also see myself, if I try, desolate and lost after my husband left me, standing in a field in Spain, but as I look back, I’m looking towards the future across that field. On going back to what was at the time a painful experience, I take the knowledge with me that I survived and moved on, it was for the best and meant to be. So while the love never dies and can be captured at any moment the pain does in fact fade.

I can step into any moment because it is all part of me, I don’t hesitate, I know where I’m going. For me it only takes a slight change, a mediative or altered state to get there.

We can shudder at the thought of some of those more difficult events but are they the same as those wonderful memories? I bet if you give it a go, close your eyes and reconnect I think you’ll find that the good floats far more easily to the surface.

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A Cleansing Shower

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I feel the blue run through me, cleansing as it does.

The waters washing over me, falling from above.

I close my eyes and imagine, it enters through my crown.

The colours of the chakras now, seeping all around.

A cleansing shower is perfect, just to visualise.

Starts the day off so nicely, why not have a try.

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I always wash any worries away like this, hop in the shower or submerge myself in the bath and just visualise the water doing its work. Water is a powerful element and we are made up of a good deal of this magical substance so it’s quite natural that it is useful in cleansing rituals.

Water is known to purify crystals, washing away any negativity that’s collected and taking them back to their natural state, why would it not do the same with us.

Think of all the things water is used for, washing right? Even when we drink it we are washing out our systems. It dilutes stronger substances, it supports life and it provides a natural song. Think of the lapping of the waves on the beach, the sound of rain or a bubbling brook, can you hear the music?

The key I think is the visualisation, imagining it running through us clearing away blockages, getting into all the dark spots.

Air, Fire and Earth can be used in similar ways, think about planting flowers or vegetables, blowing out the cobwebs or lighting a candle or sending a flame to the sky.

Don’t you think these elements are taken for granted a little when they can be put to so much good use by incorporating into our lives through visualisation?

Let me know how you get on or quite simply if you think I’m mad 😉

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Visit

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I’m screaming at the walls, 

but I still sit here alone.

Tell me when you’re coming, 

I need you back at home.

Surprise me if you want to, 

I’ll manage it if you like.

I’m expecting you to visit me, 

and I’m hoping for tonight.

You left without arrangements, 

just passed without a word.

I’m watching closely for you, 

and it’s probably absurd.

But I’m lonely here without you,

everything is just so black.

Could you please just drop by,

just talk and I’ll talk back.

I’m hoping that you’ll hear me,

maybe show me that you do.

If you want to see some others,

I’ll be sure they are here too.

The walls are now just speechless,

they’ve enough of being white.

Tell me that you’re coming please, 

you’ll visit with me tonight.

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Breakdown

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So what does a breakdown feel like,

does it start off first with the shakes.

When you struggle trying to function,

as you don’t want to make a mistake.

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Then pretending that you’re coping,

will those spiders inside go away.

When you wake tomorrow morning,

will it ever be just another day.

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And what can you do to calm down,

if your nerves have a mind of their own.

If you forget the most bloody obvious,

like the telephone number of your home.

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As you burst into tears on the doorstep,

that’s if you ever get near to that door.

Will it ever really come to fruition,

that you won’t get bashed anymore.

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Then there’s those positive mantras,

about all being part of lives plan.

Sing them and pray to the heavens,

but it won’t really change a dam.

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So what does a break down feel like,

might it be confused with a cold.

Will honey and lemon help here,

as she’s prepared to do as she’s told.

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I’m just thinking about different emotions today, I’m fine 🙂

 

Big Question

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Who is in the centre of all being,

at the root of all that is now.

Who controls the sun and moon,  

they must be moved somehow.

Which religion has it just right,

or are they clutching at straws.

Who is it watching over us,

is anyone keeping the scores.

I ask how the weathers dictated,

what are the reasons for rain.

Who is it that greets our arrival,

is it them that sends us again.

Who is at the centre of being,

are they helped in their task.

Is there a system of assistance,

I do hope and pray that it lasts.

So then I think of a hierarchy,

is there anyone standing in line.

Suppose I’ll see when I get there,

as it’s just only a matter of time.

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Daily Prompt Word – Centre

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At the Centre

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What is real is at the heart centre of each of us, it is the pure self. The self that is emptiness, the self that is timeless and beyond anything else. To be truly aware of oneself, one should attempt to seek the silence within, the pure state of consciousness that is at the centre of everything that is.

Easier said than done with the constant chatter of the mind to distract us. How many times do we put off meditation because of something external that distracts us. The walk in nature interrupted by thoughts of the city or just pure self sabotage. How often do we actually breath with awareness and take time out of life to find ourselves.  

The heart centre is the very essence of being that the mind does not want us to find.

~ Liza

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Daily Prompt Word – Centre

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