almost always it is really up to me

"You get to choose," she said.

"There will be Pilates in the shade on the terrace behind the pool if you want to come."

If you know me at all, you know I hate to miss a thing.
I want to do it all even when I cannot.

Slowly, slowly I am learning how to choose. To choose wisely for me.

I am listening better to my head and heart and trying to select the Right Thing for me.

Sometimes others have a sweet hold on my hours.
Because they love me, because I love them back.

Mostly it is up to me to weigh things, to find the balance for myself.

I know you are the same way.

Busy weighing this and that ever minute of the day, mostly without even dwelling on it.

This is just what people do.

Seeking your balance. How to spend your time. Your energy.

Living somewhere between what you Want to do and what you Need to do.

Does it ever get any easier to decide, I do wonder?

Somethings are a Given. We have no choice.

Most decisions are not that urgent and mighty. We just float on down the stream left or right.

We seem to all end up in the right place.
Have you noticed?

Almost always it is really up to me.
Almost always it is really up to you.

To buy the boots, to savor the sweet, to say yes.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.

Taking a breath I said No to the Pilates in the shade on the terrace behind the pool.

Instead, I followed my whispering desire to strike out on my own. 

And that is when I found these sunflowers tucked away in a garden.

Growing there with onions and pomegranate trees  in a tidy plot of properly cultivated salad vegetables and small fruit trees.

Standing strong and tall under the clear Moroccan sky.

Sunflowers heavy~headed and each nodding with one billion seed~babies. They could have been anywhere in the whole wide world practically, these sunflowers.

But here they were.
Standing next to me.

Comments

[Stephanie]

This is what I love...that you danced with these sunflowers, stretching their faces to the sun.

and knowing that their cousins, here, were stretching their faces to the sun.

and who would know the difference between Moroccan sunflowers and American sunflowers, that they are one big happy family.
x..x

[Sue Fox]

Very beautiful post, glad I chose to read it....

Fab pics

Sue x

[somepinkflowers]

steph, this is what
i love about Life--->

~~all around the world
This Very Moment~~
lovely ladies are doing their Pilates,
strong sunflowers are growing their seeds,
and bloggers--
like
you
and i--
are toting our cameras out
to snap a pic!

{{ thank goodness }}

sue,
thanks for popping in
and
visiting me & my sunflowers
which Could B
from anywhere
{{ but are not }}

[www.coconutsandlimes.blogspot.com]

Oh I just loved this post...and your "noticing eyes and soul.

[koralee]

Wise words my friend...finding balance is a hard thing to do. My life is feeling a little unbalanced at the moment.....I need to learn to stop saying YES!

Hugs to you and your beautiful sunflowers. xoxxoxo

[Lisa Graham Art]

Oh how I do wish I could do it all! Lovely post!

Blessings,
Lisa