Heidi Viars

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Category: Ponderings

  • Awareness

    Awareness … of the sound of the ice breaking and snow crunching beneath my feet … Awareness … of my heartbeat drumming in unison with the pace of my walk … Awareness … of my breath, visible only for a short second … Awareness … of the sunbeam breaking through…

  • Some Awe vs. Awesome

      So often I rush about, seeking recognition, and trying to make myself indispensable and important. Resting and slowing down to see the beauty in nature seem counter cultural and counter self. But here in the rest and outside, my mind is able to chase the unfathomable, the unbelievable, and…

  • Walk With Me

    Walk with me. Let’s remember the spring when we planted gardens and watched them grow. Walk with me. Let’s remember the summer when we sat at the beach and watched the kids play. Walk with me. Let’s remember the fall when we ate apples and watched the leaves dance. Walk…

  • Listen

    I just wanted to get in and out. The store down the road was so convenient, specially for running in after supper for a quick dessert. It was getting late. I was looking forward to finishing the evening chores and getting rest. I headed straight for the produce and knew…

  • Stop Looking

    You look for love and acceptance, and drain those around you. You long for fullness of understanding, and find only souls whom you and others have emptied. You seek for compassion in friends and are willing to walk to the end of your days to find those who show it,…