The Bracelet Slinger Blog

  • Home is where your spirit is.

    by Hei Jung
    And when the sun set that first night home, the desert laid in the darkness with me all the while shining an infinite amount of tiny little lights to guide me through the night into the midst of a glorious sunrise in celebration of making it to a brand new day. 

  • I Just Want to Live

    by Hei Jung
    A life that I don’t need to get ahead.  A world where I can’t fall behind.  A place that I can just live…in the moment…one step at a time.

  • A Lesson From a Cactus

    by Hei Jung
    Our senses are our direct link between our human self and this planet.  Keep them on - keep feeling - stay sensitive.  Only when we’re sensitive will we feel the nerve to take our power back and protect our one true power source - the earth.

  • A Message From a Cactus

    by Hei Jung
    The next day I returned to check on them and some thoughts started flowing through my mind so profoundly, so clearly like a message sent from a dream. I had to write the words down as they came through.  It almost felt like the cactus were speaking to me.  And ever since, I’ve felt this calm over me and forgiveness of myself for some lingering shame and guilt that I’ve been carrying and unable to shake.  Maybe they were thanking me by leaving me with this powerful message.  This was the message…

  • Flower Power

    by Hei Jung
    Every time I see a tiny flower in the desert, I am reminded of the possibilities that can still grow out of an inhospitable place and the beauty we can find even in the most challenging moments...as long as we keep our eyes and hearts open for them. If a little flower can do so much, imagine what you can do.

  • A Natural Foundation

    by Hei Jung
    If we had less stuff covering our feet, 
    then we’d have to be more mindful about how we stepped. 
    If we were more mindful of how we stepped, then we’d have to slow down. 
    If we slowed down…

  • Slow Lane Sees More

    by Hei Jung
    Out here, it’s easier to step out of the race and get a birds eye view of the casino we’ve all been raised in.  And just like any casino, it’s impossible to get ahead.  The house always wins in the end.  The only way to win is to hold on to what you’ve got and not play.

  • Desert Mirror

    by Hei Jung

    I can learn the humility and courage of a desert mouse, the perspective and freedom of a hawk, the boundaries and endurance of a cactus, the wisdom and healing power of sage, the strength and lessons of a storm, the discipline and resilience of the sun, the calm and grace of the moon, the adaptability and integrity of the land, and the nurturing and growing ways of the earth.  

  • Lessons from a Mouse

    by Hei Jung
    Nature always finds some way to protect her most vulnerable creatures.  Perhaps they have more strength than they’re even aware of.  And if that’s the case for a mouse, maybe I do, too.

  • How to Hide

    by Hei Jung

    Fall in love where they’d never near.
    Then you’ll never need to hide,
    you’ll be able to disappear.

  • Orphan Monk

    by Hei Jung
    Turn off the TV.  Turn off the phone.  Turn off the people who watch TV and are always on their phone.  Turn off everyone looking to everyone else to figure out who they are.  Turn off society.  Turn it all off.  Turn off the voices telling you to turn back.  Then once it’s all off, it gets really dark, like a pitch black hole that you’re sinking into.

  • The Art Museum is My Church

    by Hei Jung
    God is in Mother Nature and Mother Nature is God; Art is in Mother Nature and Mother Nature is in Art; God is an artist and artists are gods - little gods running around creating things to pass on through the generations and connect our spirits to one another…making us all one…one whole timeless and infinite spirit.