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Happy New Years 2020!
~Morgan~
01 Wednesday Jan 2020
Posted Visually Lyrical
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Happy New Years 2020!
~Morgan~
21 Sunday Apr 2019
Posted Visually Lyrical
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Posted Just Me Musing
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Speak in tones that are Hushed and Still,
In Quiet Transition and Lingering Blaze,
While the Quickening Breeze lends a corporeal Thrill,
The Luster of Autumn’ Sweet Golden days.
Cherry-cheeked apples fill cask and crate,
While pumpkins Smile a toothless Grin,
Crimson and Russet Dance in Unified State,
While Garden Spiders Laboriously Spin.
These Restful Days all too Fleeting Pass,
As November Strides in with hoarfrosts Waiting,
Shifting life’s waters as a looking glass
Finding Reflection, Perfection Creating.
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In the glorious shimmers and russet tones of Autumn, we revel in warm colours and sweet scents; tempting our pallets with tantalizing spices as the lush splendour of summer transforms into the stillness of winter. Colours fade like the hours of daylight diminishing; Shadows lengthen in the clustering dimness, and as the frolicking jubilee of summer settles into the quiet repose of winter I find myself considering how very much like Life are these transitions.
Autumn brings the shifting season of life into sharp detail for me, much like the colours of Fall. The gentle transformation from taxing summer to seductive autumn encourages me to reflect and allow Change the opportunity to whisper of new and different possibilities. A season of transformation, Autumn reminds me that internal alterations are often as necessary and Life-Renewing as external ones. It suggests that how I relate to the world, as well as to myself through Mind, Spirit, and Body, can be as ever-changing as the seasons.
As simply and as beautifully as leaves transforming from glorious green to radiant umber and glittering gold, that which makes us reflective and opens our minds to possibility speaks to each of us. It’s a conversation, not a lecture. A chorus meant to be shared. A rhyme intended to be enjoyed. So in this magnificent season of transformation, when colours are converting and all of nature prepares for renewal, perhaps we should pause as well, breathe deep, and open our thoughts to the conversation waiting all around us.
We might be surprised by what we hear!
~Morgan~
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Beautiful Original Artwork: Autumn Farm by Paul Landry
30 Monday Apr 2018
Posted Guest Bloggers on BnV
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Hi! I am really excited to be guest writing for Morgan’s blog! I am nowhere near as talented as she is but I thought I would share a piece that is already currently on my blog and something that I have been dealing with recently.
A little about me, my name is Amberlyn and my blog is called Lovely Dysfunction. I cover a little bit of everything over there. From hikes, to mental health, to makeup; I cover it all! I’m not the best writer but I feel like I get a little better with each post. I just moved from Georgia to Colorado for a new career in Marketing and that transition has definitely thrown me through a loop. The short essay below is about what I have been going through recently. If it resonates with you at all, please let me know. Thanks!
Post-Grad Depression…wait, that’s a thing?
A modernly renovated and beautifully decorated 2 bedroom apartment. It’s not the penthouse but spacious and affordable. It’s in the perfect location where I can walk to my favorite cafe and I’m only a block away from the subway stop. My job is so much fun, I am pretty damn good at it, and I get paid more than the average fresh graduate. I have loads of open-minded new friends and even an attractive and friendly stranger who I encountered at a bookstore one weekend that may be interested. I have started working out more and getting healthy. Life is beautiful and I am happy.
That is how I envisioned post-grad life for the entirety of my senior year. It’s probably one of the sole things that kept me motivated and marching toward that cap and gown. Don’t get me wrong, post-grad life is wonderful for many reasons but my vision was also terribly misleading.
At first, I was too busy to notice it. My parents were helping me unpack, I was meeting my coworkers, starting my initial work training, decorating my apartment, and so on. Then my Dad left and I felt a twinge of something, but I sucked it up and moved on. I am an adult now, right? My mom stayed a little longer. We are both control freaks so we butted heads quite a bit in that time period. To the point, that I found myself counting down the days until her departure. Then she left. I was fine for about a week. Drunk with new-found freedom that was literally like nothing I had ever experienced. I was self-sufficient, in a state hundreds of miles away from home, in my OWN apartment with an amazing job.
However, I had a ton of time by myself. I have my dog, who I am incredibly thankful for, but I had no one to talk to when I got home. This was especially damaging after a bad day. Yes, I could have called someone and I did some days but I slowly stopped this practice. It was easier to direct my energy to self-loathing and hiding in my bed than calling my mom. I was beating myself up over the smallest mistakes and overanalyzing every critique my manager gave me. I was miserable.
On top of this, all my closest friends were still in college, living happily in the comfortable bubble that I had left behind. They would send photos to me of them hanging out together and it would hurt because I knew I had no one like that in my new home…and because I missed them, obviously.
I went from being an extremely motivated individual to one who didn’t even want to get out of bed in the morning to go to work. I went from being so excited to hike every inch of Colorado to deciding to stay in and watch YouTube videos.
I feel bad even writing about this because I am incredibly blessed. I was blessed with the opportunity to go to and graduate college, I am blessed with a well-paid job with what I consider to be a very caring company. I have an apartment that fits my needs, and I have a family and friends that keep in touch despite our distance. However, I still feel sad. Some days are better than others and some days are really, really bad. Leaving the bubble of school and the world you create there is difficult. I’m sure some struggle with it more than I do and I am sure some people don’t struggle at all. I thought it would be a breeze. I thought I had it all figured out.
There are several reasons I think post-grad depression is a thing:
Most of us have been in school for 17 years (+-). School is what we are good at; it’s what we know how to do. Leaving that comfort zone filled with friends, a routine, and a purpose is hard.
In school, we have a definite purpose. No matter how miserable that one professor is you know it’s temporary and you are doing it to ultimately make yourself a better human. After college, most of what you do is to better your employer. You may be inadvertently bettering yourself but that’s often not your main purpose in your day-to-day life unless you make time for it.
Let me tell you, electing my benefits was one of the most stressful things I have done. I understand how incredibly blessed I am to be offered benefits but the amount of money that leaves my paycheck every other week should be criminal. In addition to benefits, I have had to deal with taxes, apartment hunting, driving a U-Haul 1600 miles, appliances breaking, emergency vet trips, credit bureau security breaches, and bills on bills on BILLS.
College was a pain in my butt at times but a lot of it was focused on learning about topics I enjoyed. In fact, college is really about what you want. While my job is in marketing, my major, I can admit it isn’t the type of marketing I ever really wanted to do. There are other positions in the company that align better with my passions but I’m not there yet. I am here. It’s hard waking up to do something every day that you may not necessarily love but I am smart enough to understand that not everyone gets their dream job straight out of the gate and I am willing to work hard to get there one day.
I still deal with this ‘depression’ every day. A lot of this post was written in past tense but it’s still very much an issue. This post wasn’t meant to discourage any current college students. I love being independent and not having to worry about finals or buying books. However, I do wish someone had warned me. I don’t know if there is really a way to prepare but take it as reassurance.
Post-grad life may not be everything you dreamed it to be, but life is about adjusting and overcoming and you will.
I will.
Thanks for reading!
Link to my blog: https://lovelydysfunction.wordpress.com
Link to my ‘About me’ page: https://lovelydysfunction.wordpress.com/about/
Link to this post: https://lovelydysfunction.wordpress.com/2017/10/20/post-grad-depression-wait-thats-a-thing/
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~Amberlyn ~
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27 Tuesday Mar 2018
Posted Poetry
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BnV, BooknVolume, Change, Changing Perspectives, Desire, Light, Longing, Love Poems, passion, Poem, Poetry Blog, relationships, Uncertainty, ~Morgan~
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Breath of Morning Light
Beating Pulse
Of something
Not right
In the Subtle Shifting Hours
Blossoming like gilded flowers
Unsorted Melancholy
Uncensored Blaze
Passion Invoking
A Breath of Change
Breathing in the Deep Morning Light
Shifting
Lifting
From what was Unright
Marked transition from
darkness to light,
as these emotions tumble,
As we stumble,
in the shadows
of Diminishing sight
Into the Embrace of
what is
unright
While all within Delights
How Right is
this Unright!
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~Morgan~
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Beautiful Photograph found on Flickr via Pilottage. Credit Gratefully Acknowledged to the Original Photographer. Thank You!
14 Sunday Jan 2018
Posted Poetry
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Subsistence
Insistence
Gentle Persuading Inspiring Persistence
Building Bridges from Darkness
To Light
Shifting Perspective
Consistence
In Existence
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~Morgan~
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Beautiful Photograph by Omur Kahveci
05 Sunday Nov 2017
Posted Just Me Musing
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“How it is that animals understand things I do not know,
but it is certain that they do understand.
Perhaps there is a language which is not made of words
and everything in the world understands it.
Perhaps there is a soul hidden in everything and it can always speak,
without even making a sound, to another soul.”
~Frances Hodgson Burnett
This beautiful quote is something I have always believed, but could not express in quite such a poignant and beautiful way. This Spirit of Harmony; this Essence of Unified Understanding lives and breathes within each of us. It Speaks softly in whispers we often overlook or ignore. It sings gently in lilting tones and shifting hues that sparkle in our smiles and warms our hands when they reach out to Give. It reigns in the unselfish offerings of charitable help we offer just as it abides in the balm of a morning breeze and nestles amid the lavender shadows of twilight, seeking to soothe, if only we would allow it to touch us.
We rush ‘hither and thither in restless haste’*; we fill our thoughts, our vision, and our hearing with a jumble of noises that usually neither build up nor restore what is torn down through the day to day struggle of existence; yet given a moment’s pause to gaze upon something relatively simple, we are enthralled. Why should it be that a beautiful sunset speaks to so many with a wordless reverie? Why is it that the ocean’s sigh captures our breathless stares? What is it about the crackle of a fire, the smell of the smoke, that is so intoxicating that it draws in man, woman, child and furry creatures alike? Is it merely a primal memory of comfort and safety or is it something more?
Is it, perhaps, the connection point of our corporeal reality and the intangible whisperings of the Essence? Is that quiet moment, which draws us out of our restless haste, that speaks loudest to us because it is, in fact, the place where we are, at last, in Harmony with everything? Is this moment capable of transcending because it is the fulcrum between flesh and spirit?
Perhaps it is at this pivotal moment, when Harmony is Unified, that we should be seeking the Peace for which we yearn. Perhaps if asked when our bodies are quiet and our spirits are still, the power of this coalescence of physical and spiritual could be unleashed. Perhaps….
How often have you heard it said, “If only we could all just get along.” What if we really could? The only true way of achieving Peace is by becoming Peace, so is it up to us to take that first step? Are we, in fact, the responsible party? Consider for a moment if each and every one of us, or at the very least a great majority, would take that consequential step towards a lasting Harmony? How, one might ask, does one take that first step? What can a single person do to shift the tide of hatred and violence flooding over our planet?
It is said a journey begins with a single step. Perhaps that step is simply a change of mindset. Choosing to smile, rather than growl. Deciding to let the other guy go first, even when we are in a rush. Patiently waiting when another is not as speedy as we might be. Perhaps it is also a daily reminder to self of the change we’ve chosen; in the form of a meditation, or prayer. One that holds the power of positivity.
Universal Love, Spirit of Harmony, Essence of Peace, Guide our Perceptions as a people; a nation; a world, to blend in a Unified Consciousness of Harmony and Peace. Teach us to Share the Love that lives and breathes all around us through acts of Kindness we do not turn aside from; through Gentleness of Spirit and Enduring Patience. Shift our desires from all the cruelty and selfish motivations that overwhelm the innocent and the mild so we may Abide in Love and Peace, Hope and Joy.
Blessings to you my Friends~
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~Morgan
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26 Thursday Oct 2017
Posted Daily Haiku Challenge
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Transitory Time
In the echoing Stillness
Stands still and Listens
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To take part in the Daily Haiku Challenge see The Original Post from Day One
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Day 351 / 365
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~Morgan~
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Beautiful Photograph found on Pinterest. Credit Gratefully Acknowledged to the Original Photographer. Thank You~
25 Wednesday Oct 2017
Posted Daily Haiku Challenge
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Changes Tumbling
Through the cascades of brief Time
Linger in the Heart
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To take part in the Daily Haiku Challenge see The Original Post from Day One
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Day 350 / 365
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~Morgan~
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Beautiful Photograph found on Pinterest. Credit Gratefully Acknowledged to the Original Photographer. Thank You~
06 Friday Oct 2017
Posted Friday FeyDay / Fantasy
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Time Unspiraling
Usurping the Mind
Tracing forward
What Lies Behind,
Beguiling the senses
With Everything Unseen,
Bending Perception
What Lies Between
The Here and Now
The Rational and Strange,
Enchanting,
Mesmeric,
Intoxicating Change,
From All that Was
To What Now Shall Be,
Time Unspiraling,
Hideously!
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Since Halloween is approaching 😉
~Morgan~
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Artwork found at: 7art-screensavers.com
03 Tuesday Oct 2017
Posted Daily Haiku Challenge
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The Transposition
Of Light to Dark, Dark to Light
Guides us into Hope
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To take part in the Daily Haiku Challenge see The Original Post from Day One
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Day 333 / 365
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~Morgan~
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Beautiful Photograph found on Google. Credit Gratefully Acknowledged to the original photographer. Thank You~
05 Tuesday Sep 2017
Posted Daily Haiku Challenge
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Blazing shadows fall
Slanting light as seasons shift
Perpetual change
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To take part in the Daily Haiku Challenge see The Original Post from Day One
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Day 308 / 365
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~Morgan~
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Beautiful Photograph found on Pinterest. Credit Gratefully Acknowledged to the original photographer. Thank You~
10 Monday Jul 2017
Posted Daily Haiku Challenge
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Swells of verdant Growth
Glorious Undulations
Guiding us towards Home
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To take part in the Daily Haiku Challenge see The Original Post from Day One
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Day 254 / 365
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~Morgan~
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Beautiful Photograph found on Pinterest. Credit Gratefully Acknowledged to the original photographer. Thank You
01 Thursday Jun 2017
Posted Daily Haiku Challenge
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Shifting tides Transport
Sweeping us up and away
The blue Beyond Calls
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To take part in the Daily Haiku Challenge see The Original Post from Day One
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Day 220 / 365
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~Morgan~
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Beautiful Photograph found on Pinterest. Credit Gratefully Acknowledged to the Original Photographer. Thank You~
17 Wednesday May 2017
Posted Daily Haiku Challenge
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Beautiful Photographs, BnV, BooknVolume, Change, life, Memory, Nature, Poem, poetry, Poetry Blog, spirituality, Writing Challenge, ~Morgan~
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Wall of Memory
Leading Beyond the borders
Into what May Be
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To take part in the Daily Haiku Challenge see The Original Post from Day One
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Day 206 / 365
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~Morgan~
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Beautiful Photograph found on Pinterest. Credit Gratefully Acknowledged to the original photographer. Thank You
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