Spreading My Wings Like A Butterfly

Photo Credit Unknown

Have you ever felt that you were going through a transformation?  Where circumstances beyond your control changes your life situation. We think we can keep control of our life at all times, trying to keep a tight control on everything around us.  But there comes a time when we have to eventually decide if we are going to let fear keep us from growing and causing us stress or muster up the courage to be all that we can, no matter what life throws at us.  To truly let our spirits live we have to spread our wings and fly, like the butterfly. 

~Melise~

Butterfly – Mariah Carey

When you love someone so deeply they become your life
It’s easy to succumb to overwhelming fears inside
Blindly I imagined I could keep you under glass
Now I understand to hold you I must open up my hands
And watch you rise

Spread your wings and prepare to fly
For you have become a butterfly
Fly abandonedly into the sun

If you should return to me
We truly were meant to be
So spread your wings and fly
Butterfly

I have learned that beauty has to flourish in the light
Wild horses run unbridled or their spirit dies
You have given me the courage to be all that I can
And I truly feel your heart will lead you back to me
When you’re ready to land

Spread your wings and prepare to fly
For you have become a butterfly
Fly abandonedly into the sun

If you should return to me
We truly were meant to be
So spread your wings and fly
Butterfly

I can’t pretend these tears aren’t over flowing steadily
I can’t prevent this hurt from almost overtaking me
But I will stand and say goodbye for you’ll never be mine
Until you know the way it feels to fly

Spread your wings and prepare to fly
For you have become a butterfly
Fly abandonedly into the sun

If you should return to me
We truly were meant to be
So spread your wings and fly
Butterfly

Spread your wings and prepare to fly
For you have become a butterfly
Fly abandonedly into the sun

If you should return to me
We truly were meant to be
So spread your wings and fly
Butterfly

So flutter through the sky
Butterfly, fly
Spread your wings and fly
Butterfly

It’s Not Far Down To Paradise

My time is so enjoyable at the beach, it is when I can relax the most.  The sound of the waves and the seagulls de-stress me.  When I took these I was thinking of the song “Sailing” and that I could easily sail away on a beautiful day like this!  I have to come back to Florida for a touch of paradise.      ~Melise~

Sailing 

It’s not far down to paradise,  At least it’s not for me

And if the wind is right you can sail away
And find tranquility
The canvas can do miracles
Just you wait and see
Believe me

It’s not far to never never land
No reason to pretend
And if the wind is right you can find the joy
Of innocence again
The canvas can do miracles
Just you wait and see
Believe me
                                                                                                                                                                                                    
Sailing
Takes me away
To where I’ve always heard it could be
Just a dream and the wind to carry me
And soon I will be free

Fantasy 
It gets the best of me
When i’m sailing
All caught up in the reverie
Every word is a symphony
Won’t you believe me

It’s not far back to sanity
At least it’s not for me
And when the wind is right you can sail away
And find serenity
The canvas can do miracles
Just you wait and see
Believe me

Fairy Tales

Photo Credit Unknown

Ah, Cinderella.  What little girl has never dreamed of becoming Cinderella?  I loved fairy tales as a child. Well, I’ll admit..I still do.  I always like the beginning and the end.  ”Once Upon A Time & They Lived Happily Ever After.”  All stories seems to have a pattern that there is a major crisis but then love conquers all and they go from that point on to live happily ever after.  If real life only worked this way but reality is reality and must be faced. We can conquer one battle just to go on to the next battle.  So let me whisper in your ear a secret…. Sssshhhh, no matter how old you are it’s okay to indulge in the secret pleasure of reading, watching and even dreaming of our own fairy tales. Sometimes it’s just nice place to escape and keep hope alive.   ~Melise~

Highland Beauty In Montana

A Sunday Evening Drive Through The Highland Mountains In Montana

I Loved How The Sun Gave The Appearance That It’s Rays Were Touching The Ground. It Was A Breathtaking View.

I loved the drive through here.  I wasn’t sure what to expect but it ended up being more than what I expected.  The colors were beautiful to see, listening to the creek gurgle it’s way through, feeling the gentle cool breeze, with the smell of rain in the air that only those in Montana would identify.  It is different than Florida rain with the smell that comes sweeping through.  I took these photo’s before I flew out again.  I was unable to take any pictures before as I had left my camera during traveling.  It felt so good to get it back.  Photo’s capture the memories for us, where we get to experience it all over again.   It is nice to take a break, to just relax the mind and do nothing but soak up nature around us.  I hadn’t had much of a chance to do that in the last several months. This little trip was well worth it.    { Montana has had a very rough summer with the smoke from all of the wildfires.  It has been extremely hazy with very low visibility.  You will see in the clarity of these photos the haze that surrounded everything, but to me it was still beautiful.}  :) 

This song perfectly describes how I felt during this drive. 

~Melise~

Believe And You Will Find Your Way

 

“May It Be”

May it be an evening star,
Shines down upon you.
May it be when darkness falls,
Your heart will be true.
You walk a lonely road;
Oh, how far you are from home….

Mornie utulie (darkness has come),
Believe and you will find your way.
Mornie alantie (darkness has fallen),
A promise lives within you now….

May it be the shadows call,
Will fly away.
May it be your journey on,
To light the day.
When the night is overcome,
You may rise to find the sun.

Mornie utulie (darkness has come),
Believe and you will find your way.
Mornie alantie (darkness has fallen),
A promise lives within you now….

A promise lives within you now….

Lyrics by Roma Ryan

I can so identify with this song.  I feel I do walk a lonely road, but I have such a passion for the cause I’m working for.   I’m far away from home as I’ve known it, but I’ve been learning home is where you believe in your heart.  I do believe that I will find my way and that my efforts will come to pass.  That gives me the drive to continue to work so hard on what has been laid upon my heart.  I have to cling to that promise and allow it to always live within me.    I encourage you to believe and for a star to shine down upon you  so you will find your way through whatever road you may be journeying on in your life.  

~ Melise ~

A Secret Garden

Photo Credit Unknown

A Secret Garden

I wish I could go to a garden and rest.  A place that is safe and true. Where the world as we now know it has not been allowed to go inside and intrude.   Where beauty awaits and fragrances seduce to let down my guard and breathe.  A time to relax and empty my soul of all of the worlds misdeeds.   To bring myself back to the place I need for my well being of peace and harmony.  To soak in the wisps of sunlight dancing through the trees, which I know will bring strength to face the world again with ease.  If I found a place so true, I would keep the key and hide it away unless I shared it with you.   

Melise

It’s been a hard road and tiring journey, I just needed to express myself.  The world seems to be changing so fast and it seems there is always something and someone to stand up for.  I have to continue to have faith that I am making a difference.  ~ Peace ~

Come Away With Me

I was suppose to take a flight today from Montana to Florida.  Only to return to Montana next week.  We have fires going on all around us in Montana right now.  At the same time, we have a major tropical storm that is hitting Florida.  Thus the reason for my trip being canceled. I have truly been learning to live in the moment.  I have eliminated expectations.  Right now, in my life, with the work that I am doing, it requires that.  I literally at times do not know what is going to transpire within the next hour.  It has taken time for me to get to this place in my soul, it did not happen over night.  I am always one that liked to know what schedules might be in advance.

 I am learning to embrace this new way of life as I see amazing things happen when I allow things to happen in a way that is bigger than me or what I could have done. I am becoming more experienced in listening to my gut instinct or that still small voice inside of me.  At the same time,  I am still trying to honor the time that I need to be just me.  It is hard sometimes, to take that extra pampering that is needed for the soul and rejuvenation. 

  At least I am on the path of continuing to remind myself, just to get away. 

Come Away With Me In The Night

Come away with me in the night
Come away with me
And I will write you a song

Come away with me on a bus
Come away where they can’t tempt us
With their lies

I want to walk with you
On a cloudy day
In fields where the yellow grass grows
knee-high
So won’t you try to come

Come away with me and we’ll kiss
On a mountaintop
Come away with me

And I’ll never stop loving you

And I want to wake up with the rain
Falling on a tin roof
While I’m safe there in your arms
So all I ask is for you
To come away with me in the night
Come away with me

-Norah Jones