
Shift your energy
Smile at yourself
Sing a happy song
Skip around the room
Pray for a friend
Think of God’s light
Filling your heart
Cleansing your thoughts
And before you know it
You will be feeling
Uplifted and bright
E.A. Fussell
5/25/2019

Shift your energy
Smile at yourself
Sing a happy song
Skip around the room
Pray for a friend
Think of God’s light
Filling your heart
Cleansing your thoughts
And before you know it
You will be feeling
Uplifted and bright
E.A. Fussell
5/25/2019

Love
Passion
Some of my
Most elaborate forms
Of self-harm
E.A. Fussell
5/24/2019

I saw him standing there
Watching the dance floor
Propped against the bar
Sippin’ whiskey
Long legs, boots, and hat
Too many times I’ve fallen
For a man like that
Cool, and crisp, and lean
Hands rough and calloused
From workin’ cows or
Runnin’ a heavy machine
My heart has a weakness
For that look
It will fall in a minute
Regardless of the risk
But my mind knows better
Knows the pleasure
Is never worth the hurt
Tells my heart to be careful
He’s just another heartache
In a pearl snap shirt
E.A. Fussell
5/17/2019

It’s been a while since I was able to stroll on the beach of southwest Florida. I would go for sunset walks and try to capture a picture of the sun as it kissed the Gulf of Mexico goodnight…..Oh don’t get me wrong, I’m not complaining, I’m thankful for my work and wherever it chooses to take me….but sometimes I miss the beach….and I wonder if the beach misses me.
E.A. Fussell
5/11/2019

May the transformation of Spring
Bring you what you long for
May your inner being bloom
As beautifully as the flowers
Growing wildly outside in nature
May your thoughts be fresh and crisp
Like the air after a Spring rain
May you find new meaning in life
More vibrancy
More energy
May you take that step
You need to take
To enjoy your life
In this month of May
E.A. Fussell
5/1/2019

Some mornings the sunrise plays peek-a-boo with me.
The Lago Vista hills are the perfect play-ground for this game. Thursday morning on my drive to work the sun kept peeking out but didn’t let me fully see it until I reached my office door and was about to go in. At that moment I turned one last time and the sun revealed it’s full beauty as it crested the hill across the street. We had a glorious moment together and I basked in its wonder. Amazed again at how much the Creator of all things created all things to play and experience pure joy.
E.A. Fussell
4/27/2019

Drugs ruin
Alcohol ruins
Political stance ruins
A closed mind ruins
Religiousness ruins
The ruin is a hardened heart
Eyes that don’t see
Ears that don’t hear
A tongue that speaks froward things
But I still hold onto hope
Hope that the drug addict will be
Completely healed
Hope the alcoholic will overcome the urge
Hope political stances find common ground
Hope that closed minds will be opened
Hope that religiousness will give way
To the truth
Of unconditional love
From God
Who dwells within us all
If we believe
E.A. Fussell
4/27/2019

Got my rose colored glasses on
Ignoring my sore muscles from
Weight training week one
Ignoring my scale
Trying to anyway
Chilling on my sofa chewing kale
The pain will get easier
The scale will get lighter
The kale will get swallowed
Patience girl
Patience
Just show up for yourself
Every day
E.A. Fussell
04/25/2019

Beauty can show up in the smallest packages as we walk through life. A few weeks ago, just before the countryside became peppered with wildflowers, this tiny bloom screamed loud enough for my soul to hear it. This tiny bloom was so full of energy it would not, could not, be ignored. I was walking along lost in thought when it caught my eye and reminded me to push pause on my overactive mind. Nature is filled with beautiful finds, even on a neighborhood roadside walk, if we broaden our observation and quiet our mind.
E.A. Fussell
04/20/2019

Down
Up
Down
Up
Yo-yoing along
So very tired of fighting
This battle with the scale
Maybe I’ll just let
The weight stay on
E.A. Fussell
4/8/2019