My name is Trini Lind and I am a freelance writer. I come from a coastal city called Stavanger on the South-West coast of Norway.
My site, «Paths of the Spirit”, is mostly dedicated to Art, Photography, Spirituality and Poetry, but you will also find articles and short stories.
I am fascinated by the journey we all go through, not just the physical journey without, but the psychological and spiritual journey within. I believe we have come here to fulfill our highest potential, as individuals as well as a unity.
I have my academic background in Psychology, Developmental Psychology (specializing in Highly Sensitive Children), Comparative Religion and Multiculturalism.
I have previously worked with HSP children, underprivileged children in developing countries, teenage girls with eating disorders, and minority children. I have also conducted Fairy Tale workshops for small children and Youth Groups for teenagers.
I have published articles in newspapers, magazines and online subscriptions about spirituality, eating disorders, and underprivileged Children. I have also had poems and short stories published in children’s magazines and other publications.
Being artistic I love everything that allows me to be creative! I love to paint and draw, I love music and singing, traveling and cooking, and I have a soft spot for vintage fashion (I worked in a vintage shop all through college and was paid in clothes instead of money!).
I hope you will enjoy my site!
Thanks for stopping by!
The Paths of the Spirit 
I think this is the most energetically-beautiful About Me I have ever read on a blog! Lovely to meet you, Trini; I will make you a part of my regular blog visiting 🙂
Oh, thank you!! ❤ I will visit your site too! ❤ I am going there now ❤
Hi, Trini… I have chosen you to participate in love in ten sentence challenge, but there’s no obligation… If you have the time and care to join, please follow the link for instructions: https://lumar1298.wordpress.com/2015/03/25/love-in-ten-sentences/
Trini, thanks for all the reading you’ve been doing on my blog today, I’m happy to meet you 🙂
🙂 Happy to meet you too! ❤
You sound like a true light giver!
🙂 Oh, that is the sweetest thing Ive ever heard!!! ❤ ❤ ❤
I mean it!
Thank you!!! ❤ ❤ ❤ !!!
I am truly captivated by your words… I’m excited and blessed to have found a fellow Light/Love Worker… you are a joy. Thank you ❤ will be eagerly following along. Love & namaste, Luna
Oh, what a lovely lovely comment to read the first thing in the morning! 🙂 Now I am going to carry the beauty of your words with me throughout the whole day! 🙂 ❤ Thank you so so much! 🙂 ❤ I am so excited to meet you too! 🙂 ❤ I am wishing you a day full of Love and Light, Magic and wonder! 🙂 ❤ ❤
As it is almost bedtime for me! How beautiful that the world sleeps and wakes all at once… ❤ Imagining a day with bundles of love, skies of light, musings of magic, and revelations of wonder for you, gorgeous soul. XO
Oh, yay!! I wish all those wishes come true!! ❤ Have a lovely lovely sleep with magnificent dreams! 🙂 ❤ Lots and lots of Love to you! ❤
There is so much joy, love, peace and deep understading in your works Trini! Just beuatiful 🙂
Oh, thank you so so much!! 🙂 I love those words: joy, peace and deep understanding! Thank you so much for the gift of those beautiful words! Now I feel my day has been gifted 🙂 ❤ Thank you! 🙂 You are so kind! ❤
Hello Line. As someone who has supported my blog, I wanted to let you know that I will be leaving the blogosphere at the end of the month. Again, thank you for supporting my writing; it really has made a difference. Just now I think it’s time for me to end my current blogging journey, and set out on other journeys.
And while I will no longer be an active blogger, I can still stop in here every now and then to enjoy whatever magic you have left us to brighten our day.
Jack
Hello Jack,
I am sad that I won’t be reading more of your beautiful writings, but I understand that there are other things waiting for you 🙂 I am wishing you all the happiness in the world, and please tell me if you should start blogging again or if you publish anything else you have written online 🙂 Thank you for being here and for inspiring me with your words! 🙂 Take care, seek joy and stay safe, always! 🙂 Lots of Love to you my friend! 🙂
Thank you Line, your comments are always so sincere and warm. And since you asked, a poem of mine was recently published online at a small literary magazine (the poem first appeared on my blog a year ago). You can read it here: http://thequaker.org/powers-above-jack-christensen/
Oh, thank you for showing me! I love it! It is really really powerful, and you are an amazing writer!! 🙂 Please keep sending me the links if you should publish anything else online 🙂 I hope you will write lots more!
So happy I’ve found this blog, it’s wonderful!
Sending lots of love and light to you too ❤
Oh, thank you Miss Sunshine!! 🙂 🙂 That is so lovely! It is late night here, so I need to sleep, but I will be over to your blog tomorrow to visit you 🙂 Sending lots of Love and Light to you too! ❤ ❤ ❤
You are one of the light keepers 🙂
Oh, thank you so much!! That is so sweet of yo to say! ❤
Your page, cover images and your work is absolutely captivating!!! 🙂
🙂 Oh, thank you!! I have tried to make it look like the inside of my soul! 🙂 🙂 I want to feel that this is my little sanctaury 🙂 and hoping that other people will feel like it is a little sanctuary of love and softness and gentle peace too! ❤
it is soul intriguing…:)
🙂 Thank you! ❤
You’re welcome. 🙂
It’s lovely to connect with you. You have a beautiful and inspirational site. Thank you for visiting me too. Myriad blessings from my heart to yours. ♥
Oh, what a lovely lovley comment!! 🙂 now I am all smiles here! 🙂 I love your site too! 🙂 Thank you for visting me here, it is so lovely to meet you! ❤ Lots and lots of Love and Light to you! 🙂 ❤
Hi, pleased I found your beautiful blog, I look forward to reading more 🙂
Thank you for visiting! 🙂 ❤ I am so happy that you like my blog! 🙂 Thank you!
Hi,
I’m Tokoni, A student and poet. Its nice to meet your I’d like to invite you to my blog, http://www.insanitybeautiful.wordpress.com if you’re interested. Thanks!Hi,
I’m Tokoni, A student and poet. Its nice to meet your I’d like to invite you to my blog, http://www.insanitybeautiful.wordpress.com if you’re interested. Thanks!
Hi Tokoni, Nice to meet you too. Thank you for the link and thank you for visiting me here 🙂 Best wishes from Trini
Hi Trini! Just wanted to stop by and say thanks so much for checking out a few of my posts – it’s much appreciated 🙂
I will be back! 🙂 ❤
So glad I found your blog! Your site is beautifully designed, and your words are so inspirational. Love it. ❤
Oh, thank you! 🙂 I wanted my site to look like my soul, so I have spent a lot of time with the design 🙂 🙂 ❤
Well, it’s lovely. ❤
🙂 ❤
Thanks for stopping by my blog 🙂 . You’ve got a great blog too. Have a nice day! 🙂
Thank you! 🙂 Have a beautiful day you too! 🙂
thanks 🙂
Trini, you have a beautiful heart and joyful spirit being passionate for love and beauty and all that is beautiful and true. I feel a kindredness to your heartfelt passion, it is so encouraging and life giving! May you continue to enrich and bless others with your wonderful gift!
Oh, thank you so very very much!! 🙂 Your beautiful words have made my day a little brighter today 🙂
And that is a wonderful gift to give! 🙂 ❤ Thank you for bringing a little piece of your heart to my blog! 🙂 ❤ Bless you! ❤
I’m so happy that I find you so inspiring, Thank you Trini. 🙂 ❤
Oh, thank you!! and it makes me so happy to know that you are inspired!! 🙂 ❤
Hi Trini,
I was wondering if you would like to participate in “A Tour Through BlogLand” or also known as the “Virtual Blog Tour Award”?
If you accept, it is a single post that you would write on Monday the 9th of February 2015.
The rules:
1. Pass the tour on up to four other bloggers. Give them the rules and a specific Monday to post.
2. Answer four questions about your creative process which lets other bloggers and visitors know what inspires you to do what you do:
•What am I working on at the moment?
•How does my work differ to others in my genre?
•Why do I write/create what I do?
•How does my writing/creative process work?
3. Compose a one-time post on a specific Monday (date given from your nominator).
Mine will be up on January 19th, 2015.
Trini, your page is looking incredible at the moment ❤
Thank you so much Julie! 🙂 That makes my heart smile! 🙂 ❤
I love your new look!!!! So much!!!! ❤ ❤ ❤
Thank you! 🙂 ❤ I love it too! You have inspired me a lot! ❤ And I have used your concept of "notes" 🙂 🙂 🙂
I love it!! It is really beautiful. You have inspired me right back with your joy. 🙂 ❤
🙂 ❤
Than you for following my photo blog. I loved browsing through your post. Its so wonderful.
Have a great year ahead. Happy New Year
Regards
Roshan
I love your blog too Roshan 🙂 Your photography is amazing! Looking forward to seeing more 🙂
Happy New Year to you! 🙂
Hello my friend
So glad to find your post on Survivors Blog Here, my dear friend AOA reblogged. I am part of the collaborative and want to reblog on my site, Looking for The Light. Brilliant idea. The world needs lots of love now and everyday. I’m following you and look forward to getting to know you. I have Lyme Disease and it has slammed me to ground, I may not comment often, know I reading. My hands have Lyme Arthritis and it’s kicking me hard.
Have a great day, evening
🙂
M
Thank you so much for helping me with this! 🙂 I am so happy to meet you! 🙂 And I am excited to see your site too! 🙂 Dont worry about the commenting, sometimes words are not needed, loving energy surpasses them 🙂 Have a beautiful Christmas and thank you again for helping me to spread LOVE! ❤ ❤ ❤
Hi Trini, this is so beautiful, lovely to read! 🙂
🙂 🙂 🙂 Yaaay! 🙂
Thank you for popping by my blog. Just from glancing at your blog I think you’re in the business of being inspirational, as I try to be on mine 🙂 I’ll be checking in again.
Hihihi!! 🙂 Yes, I think I am in that business 🙂 🙂 at least I hope to be 🙂
I was nominated for a blog award, and paid it forward to Paul Militaru. In his great heart of friendship and caring, he asked that I nominate you instead. You can find the logo and instructions at the following link. Congratulations.
Oh, wow! Thank you so much! 🙂 and thank you sweet Paul! 🙂
Beautiful thoughts and words – very inspiring. I am very pleased to have stumbled upon your blog today 🙂
Thank you so so much!! 🙂 You are sweet! 🙂 Thank you for visting me here! 🙂 I am so so happy that you find my words inspiring! 🙂 That makes me smile! 🙂 now I am off to visit you on your blog! 🙂 🙂
After exploring your blog further I have to say I am delighted. Please keep writing, it is a little ray of sunshine in the day 🙂
🙂 Oh!! 🙂 Your comment was like a ray of sunshine in my life! 🙂 🙂 Thank you so so much! 🙂 ❤
Thank you for your visiting my blog. It is very kind of you, I appreciate.
You are home for a beautiful soul, it’s a pure delight to read you.
Hugs,
Camelia
Oh, thank you for your super-sweet comment!!! 🙂 It made me smile so brightly! 🙂 I am so happy you like to be here and read my posts! Thank you! 🙂
and I love love love your beautiful name! Camelia is my favorite name in the whole wide world! 🙂 It is sooo pretty!! 🙂 Thank you for visiting! ❤ ❤ ❤ Big hugs to you! ❤ Have a lovely weekend! 🙂
I think Line.. you not only live your Dreams.. but you have brought them into your reality.. for you are ALL the above.. xxx ❤ ❤ ❤
🙂 Thank you so so much for saying that! 🙂 I am the kind of person who just have to follow my heart, I mean I dont really have a choice in the matter, my soul’s presence is so so strong, so in that way I do live out my dreams. I believe dreams, true dreams from the heart, are God or the universe whipsering to us and guiding us through life 🙂 and the more we are connected to our souls, the more clearer does that voice become 🙂 ❤
“little magic in the world by leaving a trail of Light”
it’s working 🙂
Oh, yaaaayyyy!!! 😀 😀 now I feel super-happy and quite magical!! 🙂 Thank you!! 🙂 🙂
Hi Line:) I am contacting you to query if you should like to participate in a Blog Hop post with me? The Topic of the post is “Why I Write” and its quite simple. You write a post about why you write/ what inspires you, you invite another blogger whose writing you enjoy to participate, you spotlight their blog briefly in your post and then you post. I was invited by a friend and have written my post and would LOVE to spotlight Your Blog/You, should you feel inclined to accept? I will be posting mine tomorrow(hopefully) and then you’d have a week or so to post yours and pass the Hop forward.
You are free to decline, of course, as I know you are Busy as a Bee!! Do please let me know 🙂
Thank You !!
Dearest Morgan, I have thought about this for some time now, I really want to say yes cause it’s you 🙂 But I am very shortly leaving for Singapore, so I think I will decline because I will be offline for a little while while travelling. But thank you so much for the invitation!! 🙂 You are so sweet!! 🙂 🙂
wow Singapore 🙂 thats awesome. You are so lucky to travel so much 🙂 Safe Trip!!! And it’s fine 🙂
Thank you Morgan! 🙂 I love travelling, it is just something I need to do 🙂 🙂 🙂
You could pick me up on the way 😀
Oh, yes I will!! 😀
Ill start packing 🙂 LOL
🙂 🙂 Great! 🙂 🙂
Wow! You started writing at 7. Pleasure to hear that 🙂 I read some of your write ups and Yes.. they are Lovely 🙂
🙂 Yes I did! 🙂 But I said I wanted to be a writer when I was 4! Hihihihi!! 🙂 🙂 I knew what I wanted! 🙂 I am so happy that you like my writing! 🙂 I know its not very fancy or anything complicated, but I am not a very fancy person! hihihihi!! 🙂 🙂
Hi, nice to meet you … smiles … Love, cat.
nice to meet you too!! 🙂 🙂 Lots of Love to you! ❤
Hello, Line!
I have nominated you for One Lovely Blog Award
Oh, thank you!!! 🙂 How wonderful!! 🙂
My pleasure 😀
🙂 ❤
Thank you, Trini, on behalf of Daylight Tune Ministry to like our ministry blog. May our poetry bless your hearts and minds 🙂
🙂 🙂 How lovely! 🙂 Thank you! 🙂
🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
Oh, so many lovely smiles!! 🙂 Thank you!! 🙂
Welcome 🙂 🙂 🙂
We are “kindred spirits,” Trini! I have always loved writing myself. I enjoy sports, and my first published story was a biography on legendary NFL coach, Vince Lombardi.
But soon after that, I turned to spiritual articles. I write for the church to which I belong. And, as it happens, I also love psychology and almost took it as my major in college. Finally, my mother wrote children’s poems and had many of them published over 30 years of public school teaching.
It was so nice to have you visit “The True Light!” Please come back whenever you can…
“TTL”
Oh, how lovely!!! 🙂 It is very nice to have you visting here too!! 🙂 I will come back and visit you and your blog soon! 🙂 We are kindred spirits! 🙂
Without a doubt! It will be a pleasure to see you back here, Trini!
(BTW, I have had a good friend named Trini for some time now, really!)
The True Light
Love your blog. Poems reveal the writer’s heart, and what a beautiful heart it is. Blessings.
Oh, you are so so sweet!!! 🙂 Thank you for this beautiful comment! 🙂 It made me smile !!! 🙂 🙂 🙂
I love poetry but have never really worked at it very hard, when a poem comes to me I usually quickly write it down but don’t do anything with it. When I read other people’s poetry I hear their heart either crying or weeping for joy. It scares me a bit, but God gave it to me for a reason. So I see your heart full of joy. Blessings.
🙂 You should publish your poetry 🙂 Maybe someone needs it 🙂 Poetry is for me a way to express what is in my heart, and there is quite a lot of joy in there! 🙂 🙂 🙂
I’ve posted a bit of it on my blog, but not elsewhere.
Oh I knew it, “joy” are the bubbles that tickle the funny bone of the soul. 🙂
Any ideas of where I might post or share my poetry?
Thanks for the encouragement.
I use my blog for publishing too, but I know there are websites where you can publish poetry. Can you send me a link to some of your poems in a comment ?
Surely, here’s one I did recently.
This is my latest, I’ll look for some others, will take a bit to find them. I use different styles but this is my favorite.
Thank you so much! 🙂
I have others intermingled through out my blog. Just have to go hunting. Will get back to you.
Great! 🙂
Hello Trini – I just loved the last post/poem you wrote about seeking God like a moth to the light. I hope ou don’t mind that I’m following your site, as I am drawn to all things, and all people spiritual. Love & Light. Kimberly.
Oh, how lovely to meet you!!! 🙂 🙂 I am so thrilled that you have started following my site, I love connecting with new people! 🙂 It is my favorite thing to do in the whole wide world! 🙂 And I cant wait to visit your blog too! 🙂
I nominated you for the one lovely blog award:
http://bethdahleen.com/2014/09/05/one-lovely-blog-award/
Thank you so so much!! 🙂
Trini- Thoroughly enjoyed reading about your spiritual journey on your blog. It must be fun to travel in between Norway and India, I think that is terrific. I am planning to travel to India (hopefully) around end of this year after nearly 10 years!!! Namaste from Manish
Wow!! That is great!! After 10 years! That must be special! 🙂 How lovely! 🙂
You have an interesting blog
Thank you very much! 🙂 🙂 🙂
[ Smiles ] You have a highly inspirational blog here.
Please keep up the good work!
🙂 I am so happy that you like my blog! 🙂 Thank you! 🙂
[ Smiles ] You are welcome, Trini!
Hello Line,
Thank you, for reading and liking my post. I am truly appreciative! 🙂 I like your blog as well.
🙂 I am so happy that you like my blog! 🙂 Yaaay! 🙂 ❤
🙂
Thanks for your visit, nature is incredible indeed. By nurturing nature we nurture ourselves. Happy travels.
Yes, it is! 🙂
Trini, every time I get a like or a comment from you I feel happy because I like your writing and your style too! So, if you say you like it, I believe it’s good! 🙂 Thanks again for encouraging me!
Oh, you are so sweet!! 🙂 You make me smile so brightly! 🙂 I love your blog! 🙂 There are so many sweet poems there, like that Rainy Day poem 🙂 I am putting the link to it here, so other people can read it http://lediaikonomibostic.com/2014/07/10/what-to-do-on-a-rainy-day/ Thank you for inspiring me!! 🙂
Trini, Thank you for stopping by my page. I like the insightfulness of your blog title…..life really is inscrutable 🙂
🙂 Thank you so much!! 🙂 You are the first one who has commented on that! 🙂 I love your blog! 🙂 I am coming back there! 🙂
Trini, you are most welcome to visit whenever you like, and I must reply in kind. You have some wonderful images….nature really is incredible isn’t it? 🙂 xx
Yes!!! 🙂 I love nature so much! 🙂 I am so so happy that you like my photos!! 🙂 I love taking pictures! 🙂
Greetings from Japan 🙂
Thank you very much for stopping by my humble blog.
I am delighted if you can enjoy some of my photos.
I am happy to have discovered yours (and your beautiful writing), and will visit again soon.
You’re always welcome to stop by if/when you want to see animal pics, or some views of my country 😉
Best wishes,
Takami
Hello Takami! 🙂 I love love love your blog!! You are an amazing photographer! 🙂 And I will most definitley come to visit your blog again! 🙂 I love animals! 🙂 Thank you for visting me here as well, I am so happy to have met you! 🙂
Have a lovely day and coming week!! 🙂
Golly! Thank you very much for your quick reply, and kind words. I am very happy to meet you too, and wish you a great week as well 😀
Thank you so much for stopping by my website and liking my posts and following me. It is so great to connect with a poetic kindred spirit. Many blessings to you.
I love your blog! It’s beautiful!! 🙂 And I love meeting new people! I am so much looking forward to being inspired by the beautiful posts on your blog! 🙂
Would you be interested in participating in a blog tour? You would answer 4 questions about your writing/projects. You would also invite 3 other bloggers to participate. Let me know 🙂 Thanks! Abhilasha
Thank you so much for the invitation!! 🙂 But I think I will skip this one, if that is okay.:-) But thank you so much for asking me! 🙂
No problem. Have a great day 🙂
Thank you! 🙂 Have a lovely day you too!! 🙂
Dear Line
I would like to say thank you for visiting, reading and liking some my blog posts. I really appreciate it. I just taking my time to dig up your blog and indeed I love you blog 🙂 Thank you and many blessings to you.
Karina
Thank you so much Karina!! 🙂 I am so happy that you like my blog! 🙂 How wonderful that we have met and connected here! 🙂 Thank you so much for visiting me here! 🙂 I will come over to your blog and visit you there again 🙂 Beautiful blessings to you as well! 🙂