It’s thin threads That connect XYZ Synchronicities (v. co-incidences) A recommendation An impromptu meeting A referral Something overheard from another’s conversation. The mastery The mystery This inexplicable Thread of Life The inter-connecting fibres That invisible, (to us) Link us all. The Universe is like a body And we each are cells Affecting and relying …
Author: Karen Lighthouse
I feel deeply connected to nature and believe we are all part of it. Whilst not religious, I do believe everyone is a unique expression of the Divine and worthy of love and joy. I am also a poet, photographer, lover of words, music and British comedy.
Recalibration
Forest energy Heals weary bones Calms the mind and soul Refreshes the spirit. Recharging my batteries So I can go on To the next steps Whatever they may be. Peace – tranquillity – calm Nervous system reset! I feel it now Soothing the ailments of the city mind To do, to do, what is next? …
Good Enough
Photo from my phone 2025 Deep grieving Of loves regret Of your past lives lost Of what you never had Of what you could have been The baby left to cry The innocent child The rebellious teen Looking for love in all the wrong places The parents that birthed you The land that held …
Motivation and Self-Deprivation
Peel Forest, Canterbury, New Zealand Motivation is a funny and sometimes elusive thing. I can waste a lot time waiting to be motivated before I do something, when in reality motivation works the other way around. You need to DO something then the motivation will come. I know this, yet choose not to heed this …
THE SACRED BEAUTY OF AGING
Guess who? I DID NOT WRITE THIS BEAUTIFUL PIECE AND HAD IT PASSED ON TO ME. I THOUGHT IT WORTHY OF SHARING (and had permission). There is a story written on our skin. Not the Story of loss, as we were taught to believe. But the Story of becoming. The lines around our eyes are …
Consequential Meditation?
oppo_32 Noticing a forest fuschia flower on the forest floor, Canterbury, New Zealand There’s always been a part of me ready to chastise myself for not doing something right or good enough. Including meditating. Despite being bombarded with reminders of its benefits and that you can’t do it wrong, I’ve always struggled to maintain …
Retired life
"The Meaning of Life is to Find your Gift. The Purpose of Life is to Give it Away". Pablo Picasso Jumbled brain Time to sort my shit out again No sense of navigation Like a boat at sea Don’t want to drift along Aimlessly Be sucked into a vortex Of nothingness Like going …
Grief and Gratitude
Sunset on a lake in Queensland. May 2025 Grief is a unquantifiable thing, no one size fits all, a unique process, often leading to a place we never envisaged ourselves being in. There is no road-map, no diagnosed duration, no sure method of alleviating the deep pain. You can be supported by listening, kind …
Narrow it Down.
From God to Me #1 Image By Charles Yeager Being a neurodiverse creative type, my brain is often like an exploding firework, full of ideas then overwhelmed by the options, with the energy dissipating almost as rapidly as it emerged (this can be a Gemini thing too – so I may have a double helping).I …
BE
Love and Light in the Forest, NZ I thought life would be a fan-fare But perhaps it's a whisper A warm heart glow That says, "yes!" Without the drumroll, Flashing lights Or fame. What if life's mission is To BE LOVE At every turn Every interaction With a human A bird A bug? There's sweet …
Words from the Lighthouse 