make room for beauty

we make room for so many "things", but do we make a space for beauty in our lives?
it's the everyday extraordinary things that feed our spirit and sooth our soul...

• the way the moon arcs over the skyline at dusk
• a rainy afternoon with no where to be
• the swirl of black ink on a blank page
• honeybees gathering for gold 
• the last bite
• the touch of my beloved wrapping an arm slowly around my waist
• a matinee movie, alone. with popcorn. and soda. 
• the feel of warm sand between my toes
• a furry child sleeping at my feet 
• an unexpected apology 
• the gift of a good day

give thanks to the gods. they bring you beauty everyday.
are you looking? do you see?

state of grace

this sacred place you seek is right at your feet.
it is called "daily life".

beautiful benediction 2011

{May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you’re wonderful, and don’t forget to make some art – write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. 


May your coming year be a wonderful thing in which you dream both dangerously and outrageously. I hope you’ll make something that didn’t exist before you made it, that you will be loved and you will be liked and you will have people to love and to like in return. 


And most importantly, because I think there should be more kindness and more wisdom in the world right now – I hope that you will, when you need to be, be wise and that you will always be kind. And I hope that somewhere in the next year you surprise yourself.}


* quote by neil gaimen via open culture + the improvised life 




copyright 2010 Alisa Barry

a way of life

lately, I've noticed that the way I am living right now is not exactly the life I love. Not that it isn't great and I am not appreciative for all of the wonderful things I am, have and do. It is more about HOW I am living my life. everything I do, from my everyday life at home to the boardroom in business is reflection of my authentic self. Or, at least, that is what I have done in the past naturally and aspire to daily. There has been a slowly creeping change going on in my life that I have somehow allowed to change the way I live.
The stress and strain of business over the last 18 months has diminished my spirit and stolen my energy. How did I let that happen? You see, things just dont happen "to" us. They just happen. We can either get hooked and tossed aside or we can see them for what they are and STILL take care.

So, I had this amazing conversation yesterday. What I came to realize is that I don't lack enthusiasm {and I do believe in the divine}, I just lack the energy that I am used to - the energy that feeds my spirit and nourishes my soul. It is taking time for the little things, inside and out. Not really about balance, more about living the life I am longing for. No more longing, just living.

{who among us does not wish to dare to love life fully and trust the wild and true energies of their heart?} asks, Paula Reeves in her jungian-centered prose called Heart Sense.

throw complacency out the window and let your wildness dance in the dark room with wild abandon.
as Rumi is my muse, my life fulfills my longings. what am I waiting for? time to get movin'.......

here I go.




copyright 2009 Alisa Barry