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Songbirds of Life

I feel as though I’ve crawled out of a dark cave. After over a year of COVID, I was raw and angry with the world and felt isolated and alone. Self-cordoned from empathetic comments on social media, I walled myself in. My creative spark was nonexistent; like lighting a match in a windy rainstorm. Nothing. A solid year of nothing. And although the world is still in turmoil, suddenly I feel like a bear emerging from hibernation after a long cold winter to the lush green grass that abounds his lair. Everything is suddenly shiny and beautiful.

I am inspired to write with every turn of my head, every songbird that sings, every hummingbird that flutters by my window—its singular innocence and beauty singing to my soul. Nature never stops. Nature doesn’t care about what us humans are distracted by or angry about. It just keeps thrumming beat by beat, flutter by flutter, to the vibration of the universe with neither a care or thought to what anyone else thinks. I want to emulate their simplicity, their ease of existence. If only us humans could. What a peaceful and beautiful world this could be if we all soared through life without a care. Oh, lovely songbird occupy my soul and fill me with your love.

Dorothy Preston
Dorothy Prestonhttps://dorothypreston.com/
Dorothy Preston has a degree in Communications/Media and has worked in the publishing industry for over twenty years. She is also an avid reader and an insatiable seeker of truth and spirituality. It took many years and many tears to finally realize that true happiness can only come from within. Dorothy has lived in Maine, New Hampshire, and New York, but is currently settled in her native state of Massachusetts just outside of Boston. She and her husband recently purchased land in what is commonly referred to as Down East Maine, and are planning on settling there in the next few years. Dorothy’s debut memoir, Getting Off the Radiator: A Story of Shame, Guilt, and Forgiveness, was just published. It is Dorothy’s hope that she can share her journey with those having gone through similar ordeals so they might learn that forgiveness truly is divine, and along with it comes peace.

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