Author Archives: April Lee

the summer of strength

Posted on July 29, 2015 by April Lee • 4 Comments

mental strength begins when i step out of bed.
it continues while i sip my morning coffee.
mental strength accompanies me throughout my movements.
it sees me through until day’s end.
 
 

 
 
it’s been quite a summer.
for me, for my whole family.

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the summer of silence

Posted on July 22, 2015 by April Lee • 16 Comments

SILENCE.

not the soothing, peaceful kind.
not the stillness we all crave,
when we’re feeling overwhelmed.

i’m talking about silence that is deafening, unwelcome.
the kind that roars in your ears when you’re wishing
to hear answers instead.

the kind that makes you want to
scream and tear your hair out and crush
the indecision and fear and bewilderment and waiting.

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Home is your essence.

Posted on July 15, 2015 by April Lee • 12 Comments

A friend of mine recently shared: “You can give a kid roots even in a family that moves a lot. We do this by keeping traditions, keeping some routines the same, and taking some important objects with us wherever we go.

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Goodbye, noise.

Posted on July 8, 2015 by April Lee • 8 Comments


 
 
Goodbye, noise.
Turning off the oh-so-loud chatter in your mind.
Saying a final farewell to the “I’m not good enough”s
And the “why can’t I just”s.

Goodbye, noise.
No longer wishing for a world that doesn’t suit you.
Searching instead for your reason for living,
Your personal pinnacle of transformation.

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capture! celebrate! calibrate!

Posted on July 1, 2015 by April Lee • 5 Comments

“Man is not born perfect. He is born incomplete, he is born as a process. He is born on the way, as a pilgrim. That is his agony and his ecstasy too; agony because he cannot rest, he has to go ahead, he has always to go ahead.

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to the point

Posted on June 24, 2015 by April Lee • 10 Comments


 
 
yes, there is just one life for you.
and not surprisingly . . . it is your OWN life.
 
 
the to-the-point reminder of the week then?

dazzle yourself.


that’s it.
carry on.
 
 
*******
 
 
what makes you uniquely you?

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face that mountain.

Posted on June 17, 2015 by April Lee • 5 Comments

there are days, sometimes weeks, even months . . .
i just feel tired.

sad, old, a bit used up.
off my rhythm.

i don’t eat well or exercise enough,
my health is compromised,
my hair lacks luster.

and there are no new ideas.

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the fluidity of clouds

Posted on June 10, 2015 by April Lee • 8 Comments


 
 
“I think clouds are beautiful, don’t you? It’s just that their beauty is missed because they’re so omnipresent, so commonplace that people don’t notice them . . .”

~Gavin Pretor-Pinney
 
 

 
 

 
 
when i was young,
i used to lie on the grass with my artist mom.

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rung by rung

Posted on June 3, 2015 by April Lee • 10 Comments

start climbing the ladder,
beginning the painful journey.

the bottom rungs.

disillusioned.
deflated.
despairing.
defeated.
depressed.
 
 
feeling less uncomfortable,
with each step up.

the middle rungs.

disappointed.
doubtful.
discombobulated.
defiant.
discriminating.
 
 
closer to the trees, to the clouds, to the sun.

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reflections on my semi-solo retreat

Posted on May 27, 2015 by April Lee • 16 Comments

after reviewing my scrawled and copious notes,
reflecting on my five days away from home base,
i can sincerely say . . .

it was good.

ample time and space in order to
sort through my thoughts and emotions, goals and regrets,
at times jumbled up into one messy chaotic puzzle.

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