Category: paradox

balance

March 17th, 2023

Be who you are, not what you’re sold
Achieve your dreams, break the mold
Listen within, be your own gold
Actualize your visions, young and old
Names and labels are controlled
Character and authenticity will always hold
Even the invisible moments are yours to be told

Breathe without any fear
Access a new internal gear
Laugh when you’d rather shed a tear
Assurance is always there to hear
Not a worry when you forget how to steer
Call the heart no matter how severe
Each day creates your chosen year

Bettering thyself is the only thing true
Action inside lets it all brew
Love always stays, yet it still flew
Acceptance is easy when you know it’s the glue
Natural highs bid “tougher” days adieu
Caged fires are fires we always knew
Ease into the sprint, be your own breakthrough

-Grace
a piece of a puzzle

February 24th, 2023

Open book with a stash of bookmarks
Sky of blue with a crimson hue
A winter day with a heated night
A warm meal with a cold drink
Written pages with an unfinished title
A story with an ending still waiting for the beginning
An emotion without a thought
A solution with a hidden mystery
Steady with surprises
Wild in peace
A laugh with a deeper meaning
Listening with a talking heart
A magnifying glass staring into nothing
Nothingness full of life
A full circle with an open maze
A word with an undefined definition

Am I story written or read
A mystery with a solve or a solved mystery
Am I the yin to my yang
Or am I looking for the yang to my yin
If life is my palette
Am I all the different colors
Or the piece being painted
If life is paradoxical
Where do we come up with certainty?

-Grace

Just some random authentic thoughts compiled into what you’d call “ a whole piece”. In a world of paradoxes, I call it a “piece of a puzzle”. 🙂
creator consciousness

January 10th, 2023

structure and flow
fast and slow
boundaries and love
below and above
listen and speak
new and antique

We find comfort in believing in opposites
Until we look from a different consciousness
We say opposites attract and leave it at that
As if life isn’t a rhythm of waves, but just flat

Although we prefer a would you rather
Opposites are a collection of what we gather
Life isn’t a series of different opponents
Much more a recipe of specific components

I’d pick structure over flow, fast over slow
I’m finding a middle with boundaries and love
Living in moments below and perspectives above
I’d listen over speak, starting to love new over antique

There’s a common opposite, strength and weakness
Those words work together becoming your uniqueness
But that’s the truth with every opposite, they blend
Opponents are not the enemy, but the deeper friend

Without the flow, life would be the distracted kind of slow
Without love, there’d be no life to live below or above
Without a way to speak, connection would be antique
Without opposites, there’d be no creator consciousness

-Grace
simply intricate

December 16th, 2022

If every thought that lived in my head took material form,
it’d be one intricately woven web.
Crisscrossing in emotion, intertwining in depth
shrinking and growing at the same time.
Designed like a messy whole of dancing strands because
an “intricately woven web” doesn’t mean “a flawless web of perfection”.

I’m learning more and more how beautiful the “messiness” is,
it’s where the self is found.
The messier and the more imperfect my mind is,
the more I can truly see.
There’s something so pure about the so-called “mess”,
something so touching about being internally direct.

I often wonder what a web that’s never quite complete
but always somewhat far along in progress could look like.
It’s like feeling an emotion so deeply,
that you realize how truly alive you are,
yet how much more new emotion there is to feel and experience.

Intricacy is what we are in the mind,
yet simplicity is who we are in our core.
So, does that make our individual webs of thought complex or lucid?
Are we intricately woven or clearly spoken?

-Grace

Author’s Note – I don’t usually add punctuation to my poetry, but this piece originally started as a giant paragraph of random thoughts that were floating through my mind. And I let it keep flowing that way because it’s fun to see how the mind will tie everything together in the end.

I often play around with the paradox of life being truly complex or deeply simple, and this piece is like a physical web of all those internal conversations I’ve had about it. In the end, we’re alive to truly LIVE no matter how it feels or what it looks like or how it constantly changes – life is simply (and intricately :)) about living.
Remembering

July 12th, 2021

Memory is a funny thing to me. Some days I wonder, “What would life be like if I had no memory of anything in the past?” Other days I wonder, “What if I could remember my soul’s entire past?” And then there are the days where I have this bursting gratitude for each memory I have – it’s as if I’m watching the best movie.

If I lived life without memory and treated each moment with a fresh, blank perspective, I think life would be boundless – almost like a dream. You know when you’re in a dream and you have no idea where it’s going, but you also know, you can take it anywhere you wish? That’s what life would be like, an unknown space of reality and a label-less world ripe with excitement for every moment — it would be like I just arrived here over and over again.

If I could remember my soul’s entire past, this journey, this life, would be so much more clear. I’d have answers, I’d have eternal experiences to learn from, I’d know my soul’s mission and most of all – I’d know who I truly am and what this reality really is. I know this life is not forever and I know my journey started way beyond the day I was born here, but I still have so many questions. In a reality where I knew my soul’s entire history, I would have all those answers.

And on those days when I dwell in my memories and soak in their emotion, I know this journey is perfectly meant to be. I smile at all those experiences that shaped me into the person I am today. I laugh at all those days I took things way too seriously. On those days I lived close to fear, I can look back with love and compassion instead of regret because I am truly grateful for that version of me.

So, in conclusion, the answer is — of course, all. Each perspective on my memory has its paradoxes, and that’s the beauty of this life. There really are no answers, and if there are, those answers are just your beliefs. I believe living life with a few less labels would be peaceful and living life with the knowing in my bones of all my soul’s past would bring me a lot more clarity. And I believe that all my memories shaped me into the me I am today. So, to every version of the past I’ve met – thank you.

Be fearless and free – Ace
Magical Twinkle

December 24th, 2020

As I start to write this, I feel so grateful to the Universe and so connected to the love frequency. I’ve finally made it to Sedona, the vacation spot I’ve been dreaming about visiting for months!!! As cold as it is here 🤪, the change of scenery is much needed after having been nowhere this year. The energy here is so calm and refreshing; I feel as though this spot exists out of time and in a slightly different reality.

The Universe is seriously incredible, I know in a way I’m saying I’m incredible, because I AM (we all are) the Universe 😂 but, I don’t mean it that way. There seems to be this magical force that’s been following me around since a few days before the solstice; thoughts, manifestations and dreams have been becoming reality so quickly. I feel like all those days I told myself to keep trusting the Universe and all my wishes would come true someday, have been so totally worth it. I think it is important to be vulnerable and raw about the tough moments, and to savor the high moments when they come. That’s what this post is about; this magical twinkle that has touched my aura, is something I feel so blessed to share.

Magical Twinkle

Sparkle in my eyes
Erasing the world’s lies
Including the skies
The special shine in my aura
Due to the miracles the Universe
Has brought to my door
I’m sure it’s been here before
And my eyes weren’t ready to see
But today I’m immersed in it
Don’t know how long this feeling will stay
No matter what I’ll always remember
As I savor each moment like the best meal
I’ve ever eaten
Today I’m not feeling beaten
By the world and its madness
I’m here and alive inside
The twinkle in my soul
Has my vibration elevated
The connection I feel to all
Is answering my heart’s call
Feeling so alive and blessed overall
The best part is that I can choose this feeling
Whenever I want
And so can you
The choice is ours to thrive
I know somedays are hard
When you feel so stuck
But rise out of the muck
And come to this side
Don’t let fear make you hide
The beauty of this life is the ride
It may seem like our world is only dark
But your spark
Is always
The Magic Twinkle
Ace

Wishing you all the feeling of this magical twinkle!! The Universe is you, miracles always surround us, it just takes our open eyes to see and unlocked hearts to feel. Believe in your dreams because they will come true, I promise. The power is in you to thrive and it all starts with our perception! Feel the tough days, savor the high ones and enjoy the ups and downs of this journey we call life. The ups and downs make the adventure that much better! Much love to you all, be fearless and free -Ace
Inhale, Exhale

December 15th, 2020

“Pound Pound,” went the beat of his heart. He took a deep breath, inhaling his gratitude and exhaling his fear.

Another moment passed, he took a deep breath, inhaling love and exhaling worry.

This moment was different, he had no more fear to exhale, so he inhaled peace and exhaled love for the world to receive.

And the same thing happened again, his fear had evaporated. He inhaled excitement and exhaled blessings for each being in the Universe to feel.

But in this moment, the fear came back because it realized it was losing his power over him, so he inhaled light and exhaled the fear again.

This moment, he was free, so he inhaled joy with a smile and exhaled freedom to help the world’s heart beat louder.

In this moment, he took a step back and inhaled the past moments he had just experienced. Those moments were just a few seconds of his day, if he could be this aware of his breath, feelings, thoughts and energy in every single second of the day, then he would live a life of true freedom. So, he exhaled to the future, excited and ready for all the inhales and exhales to come.

Be fearless and free -Ace
The Truth Within

November 26th, 2020

Just the stars and I

No one will lie

Eyes focus on the sky

Mind focuses on the heart

The Universe laughs, it’s oh so smart

My mind wonders what’s so funny

Then I hear it sweet like honey

It brings a smile to my face

A moment spent with grace

The Universe in me waves at the Universe in the stars

I thank them for my scars

They thank me for creating them to be

They’d be nothing without me

I’d be nothing without them

That is what makes us laugh

To the human in each of us we seem so finite

But to the magic

We know we’re infinite

Ace
My Truth

November 18th, 2020

I AM 💜💜💜
This Soul

November 14th, 2020

Now more than ever, it is so important to know your soul. I wrote this poem and posted it on a different platform a long time ago. I reread it today and it was really good reminder for me. I encourage you to sit with your soul and spend some time with it, there is nothing that could be more important. If someone doesn’t see you for who your soul really is, don’t blame yourself and don’t take it personally. You’re soul is unique, beautiful and full of so much love; if someone can’t see that, that’s on them not you. See you for who you really are and don’t accept anything less from anyone else.

THIS SOUL

There was a soul, young and alive
This soul traveled dimensions through time and space
This soul didn’t understand
The constructs and rules
Of this society
This soul lived in its mind
And some days that was comfortable
And other days it wanted to run
This soul knows everything is
Meant to be
This soul craves connection
There isn’t much that means more
To this soul than connection
This soul’s heart is open
It has been broken
But it is stronger because of it
This soul’s emotions run deep
Like the ocean with
Big, strong and loud waves
This soul imagines many things
And waits for them to be reality
This soul dreams
This soul knows
There is more to this world
Than what appears to the eye
This soul journeyed
To being fearless for years
This soul inspires others
To be fearless and free
This soul spreads love where it can
This soul knows it’s the Universe
This soul believes in itself
This soul loves itself
This soul believes in you
So who is your soul?
-ACE 🖤

Category: paradox

Magical Twinkle