Trusting my intuition, I felt like changing it up!! These quote are beats of my heart and a little peek into my week. The Universe in me has been teaching me a lot lately, and I truly want to say thank you. I am grateful for every little heart beat, as it lets my heart sing.
What’s your favorite quote? I’d so love to hear!! Lean into your heart’s beat, soak in the rhythm of life and be fearless and free. -Ace
Slow motion
begs for speed
Speed
begs for stillness
There’s a scale
searching for
deeper memories
and echoes
in the lost
dream
Sensing this
pull
I lean in
gazing
in the dark
basking
in the light
There’s a dance
I can hear
the sway
I can feel
the rhythm
So, when you
offer your gentle hand
And ask me
to dance
I smile
we’ve done this
before
and this won’t be
our last
Ace
I always love awards because we get to know each other a little better! So, let’s dive in!
Thank you so much to the amazing, Grace for nominating me for this award! I always enjoy her soul soothing, deeply alive and beautifully weaved poems! Grace is such a gift in this community!
If you could change one thing in the world, what would that be? – That we are only shown the truth and nothing but the truth.
What is your favorite movie? – The Sun Is Also A Star or Sing Street
What is your favorite quote? – “Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.” – John Wooden
Who has in influenced your life the most? – My parents. Honestly, I could write a whole post about them but, in short, I wouldn’t be the person I am today without them. To say I am grateful is such an understatement.
What has been the biggest lesson you learned this past year? – To never settle for a lower vibration in people, places or experiences. This also comes with trusting my intuition, because my intuition always knows the frequencies I am meant to align with.
• Hemalatha
• Benjamin
• Elle
• Saba
• Timeless Mind
• What moment changed your life?
• What’s the last thing you do everyday?
• Do you envision the future or reminisce about the past?
• What’s the most powerful paradox you can think of?
• Do you believe in magic?
Thank you so much to the incredible Geet, Anushka and Filarance for nominating me for the Sunshine Blogger Award!! I am so touched they thought of me for this special award, truly means a lot to me! I am so lucky to call each one of them a dear friend! All of their blogs and spirits are pure sunshine in every way! Do go check them out!!
What are your opinions on my (Geet’s Society) blog? – I love your site!! I am always empowered and inspired after reading your beautiful work! I love how you take big topics and explain them in a simple and authentically YOU way. I feel very lucky to have found you and your incredible spirit!!
How would you describe yourself as? – I am a fearless and free soul, athlete, writer, dreamer and creator.
What made you realize you wanted to be a blogger? – In 2020, I had this drive to create and get my voice out there. So, I originally was sharing quotes and poems on a small platform. And then I got censored a lot, even once for an image that only said, “Love Yourself”. It was kind of crazy to me, but it all worked out. I started craving a place where I could truly be free, and this blog was born! It has blossomed into something I had never dreamed of and I am eternally grateful.
What’s your favorite sport? Why do you like it? – Tennis!! I am a competitive tennis player and have been playing for 12 years. I love the game because whenever I play, I get to experience the zone. The zone is that flow where thinking disappears, all distractions evaporate, and you lean into the adrenaline of every moment. It’s the zone where you feel most at home, most alive and most free. And I am addicted to it 😊
What song speaks to you the most? – Tough question!! Alamo – Alec Benjamin or Intuition – Maejor. Note – I love these songs, but they’re not my favorite, more so what speaks to me.
What’s the one thing that you miss when you were little? – My brother and I used to play restaurant in our play kitchen with our stuffed animals. We’d spend countless hours “cooking” and “serving” away!! It would be cool to go back to that me and experience it one more time.
What is a quality in yourself that you hate? – I don’t hate anything about myself, I love who I am and who I’m becoming. But, I am working on overthinking. It’s gotten so much better over the years, but still a nagging thing in my mind. I keep learning and I know my intuition is all I need to listen to.
How do you practice self care in your worst days? – I talk out loud to the Universe (me) and rely on my foundation that always reminds me “all is meant to be and always ok.”
What are your pet peeves? – This is weird, but the sound of metal on metal really drives me crazy.
Which one has been your most favorite post on your blog so far? – Omg, I have no idea!! I could go on and on about my favorites. If I had to choose one right now, it would be: more than a word. It was my first spoken word and I truly had to be fearless and free in releasing it. And the feedback was just beyond touching and amazing, something I never dreamed of.
What do you do in your free time, when you’re bored? – Listen to music, create, daydream, sleep or talk to a friend.
What is the best thing about my blog? (Anushka Stories) – Your poems!! I absolutely love your poems and the meaning, depth, imagery, beauty and dreamy flows you create! You are so talented and just such a beautiful creator!
What is your favorite character in a story book? – Katniss Everdeen (The Hunger Games)
Who do you love the most? And why? – My family because they are my forever team, and I wouldn’t be the person I am today without them; I am so grateful we walk this journey together.
Would you rather help a person or ask a person for help? – I’d definitely rather help a person.
Mention some weird things you usually do? – I think for myself, I daydream, I don’t see limitations, I live beyond labels and I have out loud conversations with the Universe.
Do you like reading in the library or would you like to read online? – I’d rather read in the library but my first choice would be in my cozy orbit chair!
What’s your favorite recipe? – Oh boy, this is impossible to answer! I love to cook and have too many favorites. Some of my favorite recipes can be found in my virtual cookbook, Acing The Kitchen.
How important is your blog for you? – Very important! It’s a place where I can fulfill my purpose, be fearless and free and express my deepest thoughts/wonders/dreams. It’s also where I get to connect with so many amazing friends, I will always be truly grateful for that.
Did you meet an old friend recently? – Yes, actually.
How happy are you today? – Very happy! Authentically happy!
What’s your dream in life? – To fulfill my purpose of raising the frequency of this Universe and to inspire others to truly be fearless and free.
What do you like most about the country you are living in now? – The size and how each state is unique and different.
If you could travel anywhere, what would your top 3 places be? – Sedona AZ, the future, and the beyond that I often refer to 😊.
Name the first 5 things you see right now? – My computer I’m typing on, my mom, my dog, my hands and the light.
If you open your fridge, what food did you hate as a child but love now? – Bell Peppers.
Without phone one day, what will you do? – Enjoy the device break, daydream, train in the gym and on the tennis court, write in my journal and probably sleep more.
• Love all or perish
• Aarushi
• Kritika
• Annmary
• Vani
• Cassa
• Aanchal
• Rabbia
• Kat Br
• The Typewriter
• A Beginner’s Dream
• What does love mean to you?
• If you could only listen to one song for the rest of your life, what would it be?
• What keeps your soul alive?
• Do you think destiny is already created or being created?
• Is silence scary or comforting?
• Read or write?
• What are 3 things you see in your future?
• If you had the chance, would you experience childhood again?
• What inspires you?
• Is reality happening to you, or are you creating reality?
• Do you appreciate depth or simplicity more?
Thank you once again to Grace, Geet, Anushka and Filarance for nominating me for these awards!! And thank you for reading and supporting!! Be fearless and free -Ace
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
Push and pull
Empty and full
Ebb and flow
Learn and know
A balance of inwardness
And outwardness
I wish I could explain
The twists and turns of this lane
Dark and light
Day and night
Observing and living
Receiving and giving
There’s a dream to be at peace
There’s a knowing it’s within range
With a smile and a breath of release
This feeling is a message no longer strange
Ace + Benjamin
Another duet (or should I say, universal song 😉) with the incredible, Ben!! We hope this reminds you to let your inner balance sing!
I’ve thought about this poem all day
There’s just too much to say
Won’t be perfect, but I’ll let my heart splay
Hoping it’ll take away confusion’s stay
I love when I can play in mystery
Because clarity is history
Most days I love the up and down
Today, that love has yet to be found
This world is a cage
Perpetually lying on its stage
People are being controlled
Free thinking has been sold
Listening to what they’re told
Love, power and freedom is old
Maybe I’m the weird one
For stepping out of this stun
The world isn’t all of it
Simply just a bit
I don’t live in this world, I live in mine
Reality is missing my design
And not quite ready to re-align
When the clutter ends
I’ll remember it’s meant to be
Presenting themselves as friends
Tests are what I choose to see
I’ll miss you on this specific date
We used to walk through this very gate
I hear your voice
As I make every choice
I know you’re still watching
It’s not that shocking
We get to talk in my dreams
Then our realities split at the seams
Thank you for being on my path
Today it feels so new, the aftermath
I knew this wouldn’t be flawless
At least I could sit in my solace
Emotions are gifts
Embracing my shifts
Ace
And here’s the image version 💛. This piece is a mixture of my state of mind, remembering the tests are meant to be and missing a soul who’s passed on. I hope it reminds you to be fearless and free in embracing all your shifts -Ace
I wish this page could write itself. Maybe it would tell me the answers to my never-ending questions, maybe it would speak the future, maybe it would be one line or maybe it would become alive in a way I’ve never known. But, maybe this page has always been writing itself, because I’ve been on adventures I never knew existed – adventures through the beyond.
It’s funny when there is so much on my mind, that it’s tricky to write about one single thing. I wish I could get it all out, or maybe the page could do it for me. I’m starting to realize the page has always been me, the keyboard has always been me, the delete button has always been me, the space button has always been me – the expression has always been me.
I can’t shake this weird feeling that I’ve written this before. Maybe in another land, maybe in a dream, maybe in a past, maybe in a different time, but for sure as this me. I love riding every impossible through the vast oceans of daydreaming, I love watching my beliefs dance in the wind and drift off into each sunset. And then a little bird rests on my shoulder and grounds me in the roots of truth once again, then I feel at home in the meadows of my wonders.
When I write, this page listens. When I write, this page speaks. When I write, this page is. There’s a beauty to the beingness of this page, it goes beyond the divine. I can feel its thoughts as I type and delete something, I can feel its smile as I keep writing through my “mistakes”. I wish I could feel its future, I wish I could feel its clarity. But that’s one thing about this page, it is never crystal clear because crystal clear takes away the adventures.
So, would this page be truly whole if it had an ending? Would this page be complete if it had a concrete beginning? Or is this page cemented in time because the unknown flows through?
For now, this is just another musing of a curious soul who lives in the adrenaline of the beyond.
Ace
When I was created
The stars and space awaited
My soul chose this body’s suit
Together, we’re on this route
I wish I knew why
But maybe it’s in the eye
Something in me is waiting to fly
I can see the envisioned sky
Love chose me
I chose the key
Unlocking a deeper fate
Opening destiny’s gate
There’s a longing to be home
To forever escape this dome
I live in the beyond
Right now, we just correspond
Skin cloaked my divine glow
Bones clasped my eternal flow
When I chose this place
I savored the chase
Ace
You’re the waves, reality is the sand and I am the ocean in-between. You’re the ups and downs, the whitewash and the clear blue – the rises and the falls. The sand is always there, keeping everything in perspective. And I am just all that comes between the two; maybe I’m the creatures, maybe I’m the shells, maybe I’m the abyss, or maybe I’m just the air in-between every wave. But this beach is always mine. No matter what the perceived label is, I get to create every ounce of my vision.
Even though I am creating this dream of life, I am still living it just as much. So, as every wave hits me, I experience it as something new. There is that little twinge of nostalgia, but it’s nothing more than a distant familiarity. I could live each rise over and over; I could live each fall over and over. Without those “falls”, I would’ve never known how good each rise felt. I just wish I could remember that when I’m in the fall.
So, the next time the waves come crashing down, I’ll be there for my intuition. I’ll listen at its first call, and I’ll let the blurry whispers of fear float away. The next time the waves come crashing down, I’ll breathe in the opportunity. I’ll remind myself the rise is coming. The next time the waves come crashing down, I’ll say thank you. After all, freedom is in loving the fall.
So, the next time I ride the waves with ease, I’ll breathe and soak it all in. I’ll savor every moment and take my time riding. The next time I ride the waves with ease, I’ll pay attention to my emotions. I’ll watch the flow create its waves in me. The next time I ride the waves with ease, I’ll clear out everything else. I’ll forget the external clutter and the internal hustle – I’ll lean into my peace.
Every “next time” is just my ever-changing “now”
Be fearless and free -Ace
A little caterpillar on a big oak tree,
Falling in love with the hide and see,
(finding the best spot for shade,
blending in with the bark, making a small mark).
Turning over a new leaf
Or at least trying, adding belief.
Tumbling from branches, hitting the ground,
Life’s great adventure lies in playing around.
(No creature could have been stiller
when it came to pursuing the big dreams)?
Inching to crawl,
Hearing the call,
(Beyond words and thoughts, it was coming)
Something so deep,
A cry to evolve, a deafening weep.
(A dance within, change was looming in place).
With another slither,
The cocoon whispered, “come hither”
Everything became s l o w,
Sky and sight disappeared.
(All was blank, in this blanket’s show).
Ace + Aarushi
Hugging its skin like gentle fluff,
The cocoon became soothing,
Breaking the warmth, becoming rough,
Cold air brushed the new body – blooming.
Like a flower that came to life,
Testing its wings like they were petals,
The butterfly took a flight,
A new world went into view,
The flapping wings appeared blue,
Something ineffable, only divine,
As if nothing could take away its sun-kissed shine,
It floated over the trees,
Tasting nature’s nectar, finally free.
Ready to make another leap,
Fear started to weep.
The adrenaline of truly being alive,
Was such a magical dive.
Something inside was afraid fear would arrive,
But through a smile of the eyes,
And a breath of love,
So many more surprises
Awaited these wings delicately above.
Ace + Aarushi
Thank you to my awesome pal, Aarushi for doing this collaboration with me!!! We had a vision for this post and it came to life so beautifully…better than I could’ve ever envisioned! Which piece is your favorite? Which image do you like best? We’d so love to hear!!
Fearless Free Soul 