Be a Wild Flower

I have a desert garden in my backyard. A beloved neighbor gave us all of her potted plants when she moved out of state and the plants have thrived. This year, some new wildflowers grew next to the pots. They’re not related to any of the potted plants and they are not being irrigated. Yet, they continue to grow beautifully on the little rain they get.

People can be like wildflowers. They are transplanted from some other place and they just grow. They take advantage of the resources available. They don’t ask permission. They don’t shrink because the other plants were there first.

They are beautiful in their uniqueness, their peculiarity, and their originality.

We can all be like wildflowers: wild, courageous, strong and proud.

Be like a wildflower. Don’t look for approval or acceptance. Hold your head up high.

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Awake

June 15, 2017 chungwipff2 Comments

Desert in the summer

means walking the dog at sunrise

rabbits chew and quail run

We cast small shadows

the spaces between needles of the cactus

are the gaps between my thoughts

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Awareness

June 4, 2017June 4, 2017 chungwipff2 Comments

If you can hear the distant wind blowing,

and the birds chirping four houses down,

then you are not listening

to the voice in your head

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Low Tide

June 2, 2017June 28, 2017 chungwipff1 Comment

I strive to be as constant as the sun

but sometimes I am the tide

at the whim of sun and moon

at the mercy of yoga and whiskey

straddling love and fear

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I Love Your Mohawk!

May 8, 2017May 8, 2017 chungwipffLeave a comment

I was driving home and stopped suddenly – a mother quail ran across the street, with her 7 babies running right behind her. A family of quail is usually bookended by parents. After my car passed them, the daddy quail quickly crossed the street and caught up with his family.

Unfortunately, baby quail have an 85% mortality rate. They can’t fly for about 11 days after birth and predators are all over the place. Be safe, little ones!

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Notice

April 3, 2017April 3, 2017 chungwipffLeave a comment

I walked.

I noticed a giant centipede, walking on the garage floor. I swept him away (their bite can hurt a lot).

I walked.

I noticed several rabbits. A groundsnake slithered in front of me. My dog had scared it.

I walked some more.

And the sun went down.

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Perennially Radiant

March 28, 2017 chungwipff1 Comment

The flower does not ask for anything. She simply looks up to the sky and drinks in the sun. She absorbs the water that comes her way. She gives so much: pollen to procreate, nectar for the birds and bees and beauty for all to see.

Can you imagine the flower complaining? Or arguing? Or gossiping?

Do not succumb to insecurity or ugliness.

Be brilliant. Be brilliantly, bravely, unapologetically you.