A Bump in the Road: Karma in Motion

     What do you do when you're afraid to move forward, hindered by not being able to stay where you are nor having the luxury of going back?   Well today I found out---you fall and fall hard.  Like knees crackin' on the pavement, you hit feeling in every single membrane of your core, the agony of bone connecting to concrete, as you scream out, insert explicative here, concluding with you experiencing the agony.   Other hard hits.  You get run over (sometimes literally, others mentally, emotionally).  You cuss somebody out;  yo girl, yo ace, turns out to be the one spreading the rumor you told her not to tell no body.  Folk stop talkin' to you at work for 'no reason'.  You get cut off on the freeway, so you chase them down-yet you end up getting the speeding ticket.  You eat a gallon of ice cream to alleviate the suffering.  
      Then Karma steps in.  
      These bumps happened cause it was time for a re-sharping, a transformation, you had to be "forced" into because you did not like, as I did not like, having to see the truth.  Jack Nicholson yelled out, "You can't handle the Truth!!!"  But fact is, you can whether you realize it or not.  Fore, in all the above scenarios each of us is being handed a snap shot of where we are and an opportunity to choose a different course of motion, by not following the e-motion to something that will cause harm, the next time around.  That's the function of Karma in motion, which gives us another chance to learn the lesson we did not think we could learn, however had to learn to graduate, move, to the next level.  
     So next time you're hard hit, and we all will be, take a moment.  Breathe.  By not responding immediately to the circumstance this buys you time not to react which allows your mind, your maturity, to respond by letting go, giving you a chance to step way to gain perspective.  NEVER cuss somebody out.   NEVER chase any one on the freeway-I've done it, there's no pay off.  Go deaf to the enticing urge whispering in your ear from Ego a.k.a your pride that wants you to go off-DON'T!  DON'T ever allow yourself to engage in negative behavior other peoples actions are setting or creating; that's not your business MOVE ON.  Fore you and I have a choice, we ALWAYS have a choice and if we choose poorly, the fault is solely our own.
      That's why I choose the picture above I took of the stairs.  They force you to look up.  Always chose to look up by looking within your Self.  Make choices supporting keeping you at higher state of being.  If any of the above things occur, step away, slow down, "Allow yourself to relax with a sense of ease" this from Robin Downes my virtual Yoga Instructor now since she's on the East Coast, I'm on the West.  Journal.  Take a walk on the beach or park.  Meditate.  Go to your place of worship.  Treat yourself to the movies, For Color Girls just came out.  Read, Oprah, she had a great magazine not mention creating her OWN network! Choose Green Tea Soy ice cream in place of the other dairy alternative.  
     Point is, do what makes you smile, laugh, or lighten your mood.  Mine was to talk to the my man, who counseled my soul.  This is gratitude another thing to keep you lifted.  So in that light of appreciation I must say,  Paul you continue to be "The Best Thing I Never Knew I Needed" .  Thank you for being in my life, you're support has strengthen me in ways unspoken, yet deeply felt-I love you.
     Last but not least to Marie Kennedy and Andre Burbridge, your patience, uplifting and just plain love have made a tremendous impact on my being.  I love you both and thank you for being my Earth Wild parents!!!


   Blessings of Peace,



  Kioni