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? …
Tag: self-love
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 …
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 …
Love yourself Love your Life
The BEST Thing You can do for the Planet is to Heal Yourself "MY" forest March 2025 © Karen Lighthouse 2025 Namaste. Thanks for reading and take care until next time. If you liked what you read please leave a comment below, like or subscribe to receive my posts straight to your email. Words by …
Shedding Skins
Candlelight prayers NYE 2024 I sit on the cusp of the New Year and a New Moon, a time to reflect on the year passed and set intentions for the future. I sit on my porch, listening to the rain , comforted by it’s soft, persistent tapping on all it kisses yet longing for it …
Words from the Lighthouse 