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Hi! I'm Rick Walsh and welcome to my blog. As a journalist who has worked for magazines, newspapers and radio stations, creating an internet blog seemed like the natural next step to take when looking for another forum to present my work. The rather attractive alternative that a blog offers over traditional, two-dimensional media is the fact that it is interactive. As opposed to just writing a story and having it published in print, I can now draw feedback from my audience - good, bad or indifferent! I would also like to invite my followers to send in their own stories for posting. It is the presentation of many ideas by many people from many lands that creates this unique mosaic of life we enjoy in Canada. Cheers!

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Fenelon Falls, Ontario, Canada
A freelance journalist, currently working with non-profit groups and charitable organizations. Will provide a variety of writing services, including event reporting, feature stories, company newsletters, advertising copy. Experience in newspaper, magazine and radio media formats.

Tuesday, November 24, 2015


My Eyes Are Opened

 
Copyright 2015 Rick J. Walsh
 

Love fills my heart. My eyes and my mind have been opened to endless possibilities. The angels have brought sunshine to a place where only clouds of uncertainty once existed. Hope and prayer have been replaced with peace and gratitude.

The past is gone and the veil of darkness has been lifted. The hurt, the pain, the loneliness, are forever a part of that past. Those all-consuming emotions, once buried and stored as searing reminders of failure, are freed from my soul, now only serving as shadowy signposts along a winding, forked road.

The angels opened my eyes and I saw a warm, friendly smile. I saw beautiful brown eyes that shone like a beacon of truth and felt a touch that warmed my once-frozen heart. I looked and saw, for the very first time, love in all its manifest glory.

When I let go of my past, I tore down the wall and opened my heart. The fear of failure was gone. There were no mistakes, only moments of learning. The fear of being hurt and rejected were removed. The fear of commitment was no more.

My gift from heaven keeps me in the now. With a giving heart, she fills the room with compassion and the love that emanates from her soul is soothing to all who surround her. Like a daily dose of happiness, she lifts my spirit and reminds me of the precious offerings I receive daily, once taken for granted.

Like a magnet she pulls me in, drawing me to her warmth, encouraging me to be just that – me. A flirting glance and the touch of her hand send me cascading into an ocean of endless love and I realize that nothing else really matters. All that I have is all that I need.

I picture us together, curled up in a lovers’ embrace, and think about a future – our future – growing old, still hand-in-hand, still smitten like high school sweethearts. And while time is just an illusion and the only real thing is the present, it feels like I have loved her forever.

I asked the Universe for help. I asked the Creator for happiness. I opened my eyes and there, standing in the sunlight, was the answer. Love is the answer – and she is beautiful.

Rick J. Walsh
November 5, 2015

 

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