Interesting
The first thing I learned this year: Canada and the US have the same country code for international phone calls (it's 1). It makes sense, since long distance calls are the same for US numbers as for within Canada, but I honestly never thought about how that would translate to calling either place from outside North America. How did I learn this? I got a text message from Australia! :D
According to my horoscope in the paper, 2007 shall be a positive year:
Surprise becomes your middle name this year, though it must be said, you seem to surprise yourself as much as others. You need to relax. Understand and know that what no longer represents you will be shed away. The authentic person will evolve, creating a happier life for you and those around you. Major new life landmarks become a possibility. Enjoy this special moment in your life. June 23 to Nov. 24, 2007 gives you time to look back on all that has happened.
That does seem quite on target, doesn't it? Here's hoping there's some truth to it. :-)
I also wanted to share this poem:
The Resolution
~Shauntay Grant
eternities of silence have bled
unmoving tomorrows
but my heart aches for my tomorrows to move
my yesterdays are past tense
and my here and now
affirms that my soul is in
search of
a resolution
a southern hemisphere to
warm the frigid exteriors of my
consciousness
this out-of-mind-out-of-body-out-of-self-type-thinking
that kept my voice from moving
hung it like strange fruit
and fixed it loosely on air
but today...
today I will realize the intangible
today I will fold into myself
only to unwrap effervescent
wings that yearn only to fly
and to challenge the world and
its permeable boundaries
today
I am unafraid of claiming my
voice
calling it my own
and discovering its infinite
beauty
today I will sing from the tops
of everest, kilimanjaro and every high point on this earth
so that my words might spill
over the sides of mountains
and flood the world with the
purity of sound
the knowledge of truth
the assuredness of a voice
beginning to be
this voice that I now recognize
as my self
my voice
my truth
my free
She's a spoken word artist who writes for one of the local papers; sometimes her articles are her own poems and I just love this one.
I didn't get nearly enough sleep so I expect I'll be napping later! In the meantime, I have a library book due back tomorrow and a comfy squishy couch to read it on. I'm feeling quite introspective, though, so I'm sure I'll be posting again today! *laughs*
According to my horoscope in the paper, 2007 shall be a positive year:
Surprise becomes your middle name this year, though it must be said, you seem to surprise yourself as much as others. You need to relax. Understand and know that what no longer represents you will be shed away. The authentic person will evolve, creating a happier life for you and those around you. Major new life landmarks become a possibility. Enjoy this special moment in your life. June 23 to Nov. 24, 2007 gives you time to look back on all that has happened.
That does seem quite on target, doesn't it? Here's hoping there's some truth to it. :-)
I also wanted to share this poem:
The Resolution
~Shauntay Grant
eternities of silence have bled
unmoving tomorrows
but my heart aches for my tomorrows to move
my yesterdays are past tense
and my here and now
affirms that my soul is in
search of
a resolution
a southern hemisphere to
warm the frigid exteriors of my
consciousness
this out-of-mind-out-of-body-out-of-self-type-thinking
that kept my voice from moving
hung it like strange fruit
and fixed it loosely on air
but today...
today I will realize the intangible
today I will fold into myself
only to unwrap effervescent
wings that yearn only to fly
and to challenge the world and
its permeable boundaries
today
I am unafraid of claiming my
voice
calling it my own
and discovering its infinite
beauty
today I will sing from the tops
of everest, kilimanjaro and every high point on this earth
so that my words might spill
over the sides of mountains
and flood the world with the
purity of sound
the knowledge of truth
the assuredness of a voice
beginning to be
this voice that I now recognize
as my self
my voice
my truth
my free
She's a spoken word artist who writes for one of the local papers; sometimes her articles are her own poems and I just love this one.
I didn't get nearly enough sleep so I expect I'll be napping later! In the meantime, I have a library book due back tomorrow and a comfy squishy couch to read it on. I'm feeling quite introspective, though, so I'm sure I'll be posting again today! *laughs*