For Elizabeth

Winter’s long fingers

Ever so gently kissed

By love-warmed memories

Alive in our hearts.

Double Haiku

The tide rushes in…

Cold grains of sand race to find

Warmth between its toes.

 

The tide rushes out…

Only vague shadows remain

Marking time’s cruel dance

Making

Help Me Create Something Wonderful Lord!

(An imagined conversation.)

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Help me create something wonderful, Lord!

Are you afraid?

Yes. I am very afraid.

Help me create something wonderful, Lord!

Will you resist?

Oh yes. I will resist. I’ll resist a lot – especially when I get scared.

Still…help me create something wonderful, Lord!

Will you find excuses?

Excuses? Of course!  I will find lots and lots of excuses.

Please help me create something wonderful, Lord!

Will you look for things to divert you from your dreams?

Sure. I always have. I’ll look everywhere.

But still…help me create something wonderful, Lord!

Will you minimize who you are and how much you can achieve?

Oh yes! I will doubt myself all over the place.

Oh PLEASE help me create something wonderful, Lord!

These things only have power as long as you let them stop you.

But by seeking help

And by daring to move forward anyway

Step by tentative step

As long as it takes

As daunting as it may at times seem

Despite doubts and fears and countless diversions

Learning and growing as you go along…

Well then my dear tortured human being

The magical creation process has already begun.

And even if you can’t see it yet…I can! 

With love,

The Lord

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(Please note: This imagined conversation was conceived and intended in a totally secular way. I have yet to knowingly receive any direct messages from a greater power. )

Sole Directions

Footprints in the snow…

Like fuzzy question marks

Pointing the way.

vvvv

Haiku to Honor Bacon

If broccoli smelled

Even a smidge like bacon

We’d all be healthy!

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Tee hee. Happy and healthy holidays!

Ronnie Ann

Work Coach Cafe

And Once More Home

Quietly

Ever so quietly

She tip-toes back.

There is no fanfare.

No warm embrace.

Just the click-clack

Of well-worn keys.

She is home.

BLOG CLOSED!

At least for now, I’m no longer out of my head. But I know the malady may return at any time.

In the meantime, please stop by and visit my other blog:

Work Coach Cafe

xxxxxx

Peace in and out.

Ronnie Ann

Another Blog Bites the Dust!

Well…I think it’s time for me to let Out of My Head take a nice long rest on it’s blogging pillow. I’ve been on a break for a while to test the waters, and I just don’t feel tugged back here other than to say hello to old friends.

This has been a fun ride, but I have Work Coach to take care of (as I mentioned before it may be going commercial) as well as a new baby blog I’m trying on for size. Still, other than Work Coach, I really do think I’m pretty much blogged out for a while. We shall see.

Thanks for all your support and for helping make Out of My Head something I’ve really enjoyed. I hope you did too. I’ll keep it open just in case I ever need to pop back for whatever reason, but as of now, it’s gone fission!

Change is good. The river flows. New adventures await.

Namaste y’all!

Ronnie Ann

Leaving WordPress – and Finding WordPress?

UPDATES BELOW on TypePad and Blogger! (This post has turned into a short history of my exploration of three blogging platforms, my reactions as I went along, and what I finally decided was right for me.)

I’ve been thinking of braving the commercial blogging world for my Work Coach blog. Yes…I’ve read the forums and know I may soon be raking in pennies rather than megabucks. But then again…ya never know. Plus I think it will motivate me to grow the blog into something even more meaningful for me – hopefully still keeping it warm and welcoming.

Although I’ve been a huge fan of WordPress.com, moving to WordPress.ORG just seemed to be a little scary. Where would my lifelines come from? I decided to look for a place that promised more hand-holding and less need for a techie brain.

Another break (and blog) for me. Oh boy!

So once again I’m giving myself time off from this blog. In the meantime, in addition to my older posts, here’s something that might amuse.

If you wonder where I’ll be spending some of my time, I have another blog called Work Coach where I offer work-related thoughts and advice. Lately I’ve been getting a nice flurry of Dear Work Coach questions, and have had the pleasure of realizing a lifelong dream of having a Dear Ann Landers type advice column. Well…kind of.

I actually hold myself back from those snappy, in-your-face “Wake up and smell the coffee” remarks for which she was so well known. I do try my best, as she did, to give caring and practical advice – but without the famous one-two punch. But truth be told, at times I feel myself channeling Ann and, when I do, I have to wrestle those snappy-answer demons down by remembering there’s a real person on the other end who might need to be treated with kid gloves.

I love when someone writes back and lets me know my advice helped, although often it’s not much more than some comforting thoughts. Nothing make me feel better than to know I made someone else feel better. And it really does make up for all the tempting wise-ass remarks I had to let go.

So if you’re curious about some of the questions I get and want to see how surprisingly restrained and civilized I can be, you might want to check out the post where I get the most questions:

How to Tell If a Job Interview Went Well

And should you catch me being mean or snappy (at least on THAT blog), you have my permission to give me 40 lashes with a wet noodle! (Ann Landers would be so proud.)

See you after my break!