Where are you?

Where are you?

Are you still looking for things that no-one else can see?
Are you surrounded by things I cannot penetrate?
Is the cage you love the home you also hate?

The world is yours and mine, just reach for my hands and I will guide you over the clouds.

I don't think, words are hard; but I can show you the pieces of your heart that are broken and mend them. You can see this through, you are already there.

Where are you? Yes you...I am talking to you.
I am here, can you see me? 

Remember Who I was

I'm just waking up now, in the tears of the ones I love

It's quiet, I'll bet that everybody thinks I'm done

I need to get up now, I've been down here far too long

Two years I've been lost, now I remember who I was

Who I was, who I was...

I am the one who beat me black and blue

No one can hurt all your feelings like you

Whoa, I know it, or validate

See, if you're a misfit and feel out of place

Or you don't like how you look, it's okay

'Cause someone will, but you need to love yourself

Don't end up like me, don't end up like me.

James Arthur

Joie de vivre

Sometimes it is the little things that bring joie de vivre. Never underestimate the power of thoughts.Everything starts with a thought. Whether you decide to create something or just seek pleasure within yourself.

Thoughts are extremely powerful; far more than they are given credit for. Negative thoughts can impact your every day life with devastation results. Don't let the thoughts overcome you and lead you into depression. You absolutely control all of the thoughts. They are fueled by your fears.

Obviously, not all of those thoughts are conscious. And, not all of those thoughts are unique. Fear-based thought is one of the most prevalent thoughts that pervade our minds. On the other end of that spectrum are thoughts that are founded on the purity of love, honesty and forgiveness. Yet, not enough of our thoughts are love-based thoughts. Much of them are fear based. The problem with living in a fear-based mindset, is that those fears have a tendency for transmuting themselves into reality.

Time to refine your focus and let the past behind at the cemetery of the not wanted. That does not mean that wonderful memories should be erased. Those memories make us smile and we need to treasure them always. Negative thinking will lead us nowhere fast. Do what it takes to avoid negativity. Remember that all of reality is merely an illusion.

Change and be conscious when the monster of negativity eats at your brain and wants you to be miserable.

Even when things are foggy, they can be beautiful.The true pathway to achieving anything is to stay persistent no matter what. No matter how many times you fail or feel like giving up, don’t throw in that proverbial towel. 

Stay strong. Stay persistent. And keep pushing.

The Retreat's Annual Pumpkin Hunt

It is almost that time again to get ready to come on over to the Retreat and hunt for pumpkins. The parcel will be all ready by September 23, 2018

The Hunt consists of finding 10 pumpkins throughout the parcel for 5L each. Inside the pumpkins you will find some goodies for you to enjoy.

I also recommend to take pictures here at the Retreat and enter them at the Retreat Flickr Group, I occasionally pick some winners of most creative pictures and select them for the gallery.

Distance

Every night I come here to Drocsid and talk to him. When stars illumine the sky, I gaze upon each orb of light, and wish that thou were by...'.

I'm already there, take a look around.

I'm the shadow on the ground. I'm the whisper in the wind. It's in your dreams I belong. It can't come soon enough for it seems like forever. See you in the clouds :)

As a season ends...don't get stuck in time

As the days grow shorter and summer takes its last warmth of sunshine, I embrace the last days of laziness and daydreaming. Soon the colors will change and the cooler air will call the earth to sleep. 

Every day that passes and every week that flies by eases the memories as they fade just like the green color in the grass we loved running in. Soon Winter will come and the smell of snow fills the air.

Oh, the trigger of time it tricks you, so you have no way to grow. And everything deleted like the past, it will be gone. 

I don't explain the world to you

and I don't explain how women are

what you want to see

you got to look for yourself by far.

I don't wake you, I don't ask you

I don't wear your skin

and for the silence in your tent

my heart beats with a wide grin.

       I am at the water

       and if you want to be with me

       then bring your boat down to the sand

       and for the storm and night

       you got my hand.

The Frog Prince

"If thou wilt my sweetheart be,

Clear, clear water I'll give to thee; 

But if my love thou wilt not be, 

I'll make it as muddy as muddy can be."

I am sure many remember the story of the frog and the princess and all he wanted a kiss so the spell would be broken?

Well the original Brother's Grimm fairy-tale was not as pretty as you may know. There was a moral in the story to always keep promises and not judge anyone.

Frogs symbolize new life in many cultures and thus often appear helpful or kind in folklore. However, frogs also have connections with witchcraft, often as witches' familiars.

Perhaps there is more to a frog than you may realize. Think about the transformation that takes place, from tadpole to frog is quite a task.  The earliest versions of the story have the princess committing an act of violence which breaks the spell instead of the now famous kiss. Maybe sometimes someone needs to be slapped into reality so they understand and see what is right there.

Luck is transferable in many ways but first you have to be willing to receive it.

Ein Kuss kann ihn zurück verwandeln

In ihm steckt die wahre Zauberei,

Und weil die Hexen nicht verhandeln

Kommt er nur durch Liebe wieder frei.

Teleport to the Frog Prince Event

Let me take you on a trip....

Around the world and back
And you won't have to move
You just sit still
Now let your mind do the walking
And let my body do the talking
Let me show you the world in my eyes
I'll take you to the highest mountain
To the depths of the deepest sea
And we won't need a map
Believe me
Now let my body do the moving
And let my hands do the soothing
Let me show you the world in my eyes
That's all there is
Nothing more than you can feel now
That's all there is

Let me put you on a ship
On a long, long trip
Your lips close to my lips
All the islands in the ocean
All the heaven's in motion
Let me show you the world in my eyes
That's all there is
Nothing more than you can touch now
That's all there is

Are you coming with me?

A new path

We all have a path that either leads us to a new path. We have to leave fear behind and take that chance, whether the path was the right one or not.

Have faith in the process, take risks, rediscover your courage and improvise to get results...it will all fall in place, it truly will. My path is to heal the soul that hurts the most, not mine, but the one who reaches for my hand.

It does not have to be religious your path of faith. As the people gather for the word, remember nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.

The person who pops up in the back of our minds, the one we're so comfortable with that we can be vulnerable and not fear getting hurt or rejected. We have a person who may be the complete opposite from us, but may get to us better than most. These people are the ones who will never leave our hearts, and that can be both a tragedy or a fairy tale. Either way, c'est la vie.

I guess what I'm trying to say is we have no control, and the sooner we realize that about ourselves, the easier it becomes to have some faith and let go. Don't over complicate something so special. We all experience love differently. Never feel guilty to have fallen in love...be grateful for the opportunity to have felt the wonders of romance and passion.
Now go and love and find your path!!

Likkalism

I hope you will get a chance to come and see my new exhibit at Galicia Art & Cultural Hall. 

The exhibit features watercolor and ink drawings by me imported into Second Life for your enjoyment.

While there pick up a free gift as well.

See him there

Somebody once said you could be in love with anyone
so choose the thread carefully for the linen homespun.
Some are shy and in the dark hours of affliction
plight drowns them in fears and of silent friction.
Standstill! A moment in time and wait for the clouds
for it will be worthwile to drift over tree boughs.
See him there, the man with ears all pronged?

Sitting on a throne of crates where he so belonged.
Mysterious and witty, he is no ordinary man,
does he suspect I may be his hold in awe fan?
Many times I wondered if I cross his mind
as I avoid to speak hello in fear to be declined.
Show me a sign when the world falls apart
and a new journey of awareness can start.

Anjelikka 2018

Bailala

Sleeping in the valley, valley of ill fortune
Waking cross the river, river of delusion
Full moon lures the waves, waves of desperation
Empty hearts and mouths wither away

So close your eyes
Slow your breath
Dream of northern lights
Around this dance of death

No abandones, no llores, busca tu rio
No te sientas perdido
Gira, vuelta y vuelta gira
Danza de la muerte
Que viene a verte
Bailala

Cup your hands to her parched heart, parched and
Broken heart
No water here to drink way downstream
One goes where the water flows and water's running dry
So don't give up no don't cry, don't cry

Just close our eyes
Pretend we forget
North country dreams
Twist this dance of death

Danza de la muerte
Si viene a verte
Que bailando te encuentre
Bailando, girando
Danza de la muerte

Spin round, spin round, spin round
Vuelta, vuelta, muerte

Bailala

Not sure I understand

Not sure I can understand the reason for any of this...

I can't find your silver lining ,I don't mean to judge; but when I read your speech, it's tiring enough is enough.
I'm covering my ears like a kid when your words mean nothing, I go la la la.
I'm turning up the volume when you speak 'cause if my heart can't stop it,
I find a way to block it. I find a way, I will find a way.

“I never knew until that moment ...

...how bad it could hurt to lose something you never really had.”

Even at this moment when I was ready to tell you that I cannot tolerate what you consider just fun, you don't show up and are there. I think I was alone all along.

Getting through a breakup is as much a physical process as an emotional one. After a break up, people are at risk of suffering depression and anxiety, conditions which can bring on insomnia, and are also in turn made worse by a lack of sleep.

Remember that, and know that it will get easier. Keep going. You’ll get there.

'Cause here I am, I'm givin' all I can
But all you ever do is mess it up

but tonight is the night I am walking away.