This human
experience is hard, lovely, lonely, beautiful, painful, joyful, magnificent,
breathtaking, devastating, challenging, healing, unpredictable, peaceful,
chaotic, unfair, divine, scary, magical, wonderful, awful, frustrating, kind,
sweet, enlightening, blissful, painful, amazing, happy…….
It’s trusting
to be led and having the strength to lead.
It’s gathering
the shards of your broken heart and mending it together again and again….and dammit
really? …yet again. Then it’s being brave enough to gift it to that beautiful,
worthy one with outstretched arms.
It’s attracting and welcoming kindness.
It’s letting
fear and joy pour from your eyes.
It’s shedding
the old and making room for new.
It’s purging
dark and reveling in the light.
It’s learning
to be open while still shielding yourself.
It’s scraping,
crawling, walking, running, flying.
It’s embracing
your calling.
It’s accepting
yourself...learning to love yourself just as you are.
It’s touching,
hearing, breathing, tasting.
It’s mastering
balance.
It’s letting
your soul speak through creativity.
It’s being
vulnerable enough to feel….really feel.
It’s running
through the woods, swimming in the ocean, dancing in the rain, curling in your
bed.
It’s laughing
from the gut.
It’s one day at
a time.
It’s losing
control to a piece of music.
It’s losing and
finding yourself in a lover.
It’s letting
someone see you. See. You.
It’s waiting
for the one and then finding out it’s you all along.
It’s conquering
your fears.
It’s proving
yourself.
It’s all ages.
It’s all
genders.
It’s…it’s…
But through all
this…it’s a shared experience. It’s a shared journey. We are here to heal each
other, help each other, guide each other towards our growth…our mission in
life. We are all beautiful and scared and lovable and WORTHY. Ase. And as I
write, I’m lost in a piece of music…this piece of music that has followed me
for over 20 years. A beautiful reminder. It has again escaped the speaker,
danced through the air, penetrated my big, beautiful, fragile heart, and pushed
out the fear that is now flowing freely down my cheeks.
And through it all, I am grateful. Grateful
that I am alive to feel and live all of this. Grateful that I get to create
more or less, sooner or later. Grateful that I chose to be born. Grateful for
my mission. Most of all, Grateful for the awareness that I must be grateful. I
am grateful for even the things some people take for granted. I say grace not just
for a meal but for a cup of water…a cup of coffee…even a snack. There was a
time in my life when I couldn’t afford even a little bag of chips. Maybe it
took that for me to awaken to the ‘little’ things the Universe provides. I make
it a point to stop, notice and thank the universe for any and everything. Thanking
the most high with outstretched arms today for all my blessings…all of them. I
want to feel all….I receive…everything my glorious life has to offer. Bring it. I am ready. Ase.
Sandra Valls is a
brash, high energy, smart, outrageously funny, Latina comic… and then some! Voted by Latina Magazine as one of the Top 33 Bad Ass Comics with
Latin Roots, Sandra performs to standing room only, sold out comedy
shows all over the country. She’ll make you laugh till your face hurts with her
frank, no holds barred comedic genius!
Sandra Valls is also an actor, singer (go to videos for a
taste) and a published author. Pick up your copy of Out of the
Edge:America’s Rebel Comics. A funny and illuminating piece about what it’s
like to be a lesbian and a woman of color in the comedy world.
To learn more about Sandra visit.:www.welovesandra.com
To learn more about Sandra visit.:www.welovesandra.com
SANDRA VALLS - HOLY NOW (Peter Mayer)
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