Endurance and Evolution: Raindancing on the Walkway

By Lori De

This is a gathering of poetry, perception, personal philosophy, residual effects of childhood, dark experiences, and all of life lifting, comforting, and in spite of it all, managing to survive and grow, honoring the names and quotes of those I hold in great regard.

I appreciate every animal companion; they all saved me. Many survivors of violence turn to animals, for after that sledgehammer of reality, that appreciative presence is remarkable.

You, reading these words, feeling the midnight fear, the fragrance of the flowers in the depth of my psyche, I dedicate it all to you.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Balboa Press
• Release date: Jun 12, 2019
• ISBN: 9781982228491

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ISBN: 978-1-9822-2848-4 (sc)

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Balboa Press rev. date:  06/11/2019

                         A life on paper, unvarnished

                         circumstances that writing forces

                         one to revisit, a flurry of tears and

                         words splattered on the pages

                         This book is my song………………

This is a gathering of poetry, perception, personal philosophy, residual effects of childhood, dark experience, and the all of life lifting, comforting, and in spite of it all managing to survive and grow, honoring the names and quotes of those I hold in great regard.

I appreciate every animal companion, they all saved me, and many survivors of violence turn to animals, for after that sledge hammer of reality, that appreciative presence is remarkable.

You, reading these words, feeling the midnight fear, the fragrance of the flowers in the depth of my psyche, I dedicate it all to you……….

         A survivor of violence carves her path,

         Midst the dust and fury, encountering

         disparity, the welcoming of relief..

         Discovering the force of probability

         along the road of life…the omnipotence

         of light, love, hope, and belief

Charles Haanel Author of what they called 100 yrs. ago or so

New thought, way before the so called law of attraction

Amelia Earheart American aviation 1897-1937 her disappearance still haunts many today

Margaret Meade 1901-1978 controversial & respected anthropologist

Eleanor Roosevelt 1894-1962 more than married to President Roosevelt she was known for herself, she spoke not so much eloquent as she spoke with great sincerity

Albert Schweitzer 1875-1965 He answered a calling and became a medical missionary and with his wife opened a hospital in Cape Lopez in Africa to serve patients near and far in the region 1952 Nobel Prize Winner

Jacques Cousteau sailed his research ship The Calypso known for his love of saving the oceans and the creatures of the sea

Carl Sagan 1934-1996 American author and Astronomer We are all made of the stars

Holy teachers-Mahavatar Babaji, Yogananda, Dalai Lama, Jesus, Djwhal Khul, St.Francic, St.Pio, St.Anthony, Mother Teresa

Many more I admire, these are some of them

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The Path

Beginning a journey one sets a path, there are textures, layers met with the obvious, there are mysteries that surprise and stop you to ponder, the dynamics of childhood define you, as the spirit unwinds you.

I step into the pitch of the darkness, the sun brightens the stage of life, moving my feet forward, the songbirds, and crickets, the languid rustling of leaves orchestrate the background music, my eyes hold my tears, my heart, sadness and laughter accompany me, with my past in my backpack I forge ahead into the evermore that lies ahead………..

Shoot for the moon if you miss, you’ll land among the stars