Comments on: Independence Day https://thehalfwaypoint.net/2012/07/independence-day/ choosing positivity Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:11:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6.4 By: BigLittleWolf https://thehalfwaypoint.net/2012/07/independence-day/comment-page-1/#comment-34049 Fri, 20 Jul 2012 17:23:05 +0000 https://thehalfwaypoint.net/?p=6785#comment-34049 I’m a bit late to this, but it’s beautiful.

]]> By: Robin https://thehalfwaypoint.net/2012/07/independence-day/comment-page-1/#comment-33734 Wed, 11 Jul 2012 20:49:19 +0000 https://thehalfwaypoint.net/?p=6785#comment-33734 Toss the compass. Rip up the map.

That is clearly my favorite line. So free-spirited. Beautiful!

]]> By: Patty - Why Not Start Now? https://thehalfwaypoint.net/2012/07/independence-day/comment-page-1/#comment-33721 Wed, 11 Jul 2012 06:20:16 +0000 https://thehalfwaypoint.net/?p=6785#comment-33721 I think it would be fun to get lost in the forest with you, Belinda!

]]> By: Sara https://thehalfwaypoint.net/2012/07/independence-day/comment-page-1/#comment-33710 Tue, 10 Jul 2012 17:23:01 +0000 https://thehalfwaypoint.net/?p=6785#comment-33710 Belinda —

Love the picture and the way the light comes through the forest. Then you top it off with your words of freedom. “Toss the compass. Rip up the map.” then, “Come home only when there’s nothing left to thaw.” Those are words of someone who’s spent some time disappearing into nature. It has a way of bringing us back to the things that matter, doesn’t it?

Thanks for this today. I’ve read the last stanza about three times now. It needs to sink into my soul, which is a bit clogged right now. That’s what great about blogging. You can always find someone who gives you the gift of words when you need them:~)

]]> By: Giulietta Nardone https://thehalfwaypoint.net/2012/07/independence-day/comment-page-1/#comment-33628 Fri, 06 Jul 2012 22:23:31 +0000 https://thehalfwaypoint.net/?p=6785#comment-33628 Really gorgeous belinda – the photo and your words. I’m always amazed that so many folks do not see nature as beautiful and worth saving. I took a great writing workshop in a state park called ” A sense of place.” Lovely in there. I love rip up the map. When folks bring their GPS for hiking, it kind of ruins the experience for me. Nature is a place to feel your way around, to get back to your primal instincts.

I guess I do not understand the obsession with more and more technology. How about more and more nature?

Thanks! G.

]]> By: One Love Around the World: Janny T. https://thehalfwaypoint.net/2012/07/independence-day/comment-page-1/#comment-33583 Thu, 05 Jul 2012 03:44:02 +0000 https://thehalfwaypoint.net/?p=6785#comment-33583 I think that “Pay the jungle in leaves” is my favorite line you have ever written and I am a big fan already so that is saying a LOT! LOL Thank you and blessings Belinda, may we ALL be more independent sooner than later

]]> By: ayala https://thehalfwaypoint.net/2012/07/independence-day/comment-page-1/#comment-33581 Thu, 05 Jul 2012 03:17:03 +0000 https://thehalfwaypoint.net/?p=6785#comment-33581 Let your sweat nourish the land.
Pay the jungle in leaves.
Chase the sunrise.
Forget your name.
Lose your way.

Love this, Belinda. I hope you had a wonderful 4th . 🙂

]]> By: Rudri Bhatt Patel @ Being Rudri https://thehalfwaypoint.net/2012/07/independence-day/comment-page-1/#comment-33561 Wed, 04 Jul 2012 16:37:58 +0000 https://thehalfwaypoint.net/?p=6785#comment-33561 Love the elements of freedom in this poetry. Well done Belinda.

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