Shavawn Berry

LATEST ARTICLES ( 182 )

• Darkness

  

  Art by Tracy Oliver via PinterestA – Z Challenge, Day Four“Let go of your story so the universe can write a new one for you.” – Marianne WilliamsonDarkness on... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Courage

  

  Bert Lahr as Cowardly Lion from OzI learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Believe

  

  Day Two – A – Z Challenge:IF YOU BELIEVE…Believe. Believe in your dreams. Believe in your capacity to draw into your life whatever you most love, long for, or... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Atonement

  

  Self Love via Empowered Women  This month, I am challenging myself to write short blog posts (400 words or less) every day as a part of April’s A – Z... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• The House of My Spirit

  

  Shavawn M. Berry, Photographed in 1988 by Mori BakFor my mother“When you’re young, you think everything you do is disposable. You move from now to now, crumplin... Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Spring Awakening

  

  Spring Gathering by Diana SudykaRichard Newman: Get Well SoonThe older you get, the more fragile you understand life to be. I think that’s good motivation for... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Letter to My Former Self

  

  Red Dress Fantasy WallpaperSeven Year ItchThe one constant in life is that everything changes.  Everything.  Even the cells in your body, your skin, your... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• My Skin Horse

  

  Nighttime Rendezvous – Painting by Jennifer Morrison“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle,... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• My Heart is a Great River. So is Yours.

  

  You Shall Have Homes by N. C. Wyeth, 1928“Your heart is like a great river after a long spell of rain, spilling over its banks. Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Swimming in the Deep End

  

  In memory of my Buddhist friend, Miguel, who died on Valentine’s Day.“It is often said that in today’s modern and postmodern world that the forces of darkness... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lancing Our Wounds. Loving Our Scars.

  

  “Until you heal the wounds of your past, you are going to bleed. You can bandage the bleeding with food, with alcohol, with drugs, with work, with cigarettes,... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Trapped at My Desk: A Defiant Elegy

  

  “That’s part of what I like about the book in some ways. It portrays death truthfully. You die in the middle of your life, in the middle of a sentence. Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Everything Starts With The Word

  

  Catwoman by Catrin Welz-Stein via Redbubble“Poetry is a kind of witchcraft. We have the power to manifest, to call forth, to make what didn’t happen, happen. Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Let Go Or Be Dragged*

  

  “Everything I’ve ever let go of has claw marks on it.” ~ David Foster WallaceWhen I ran across the above mentioned David Foster Wallace quote, I laughed. I... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Life’s Coming Attractions

  

  “Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions.” ~ Albert EinsteinTime to Kill Your TV?Even though I don’t watch the news, I can’t... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Dancing on Your Grave

  

  {via artoftheprint.com – Jose Guadalupe Posada – El Jarabe en Ultratumba}We must be willing to let go of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that is... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Threshold

  

  When One Door Closes…In a few days, we will cross an invisible threshold between this year and next. A door will open to 2014, and shut tight on this... Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Returning to the Dark

  

  I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars. ~ Og MandinoToday is the shortest (darkest) day of... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Winter Solstice: The Rebirth of Wonder

  

  [trust by catrin welz-stein via red bubble}Your life has a purpose as long as you dedicate it to love. It’s not what we do but who we are that forms our... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Boats That Carried Me

  

  “Fall down seven times, stand up eight.” ~ Japanese ProverbFor Barbara and Julianne [and countless others] with loveYou may have noticed I wasn’t here last week. Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION