That which I need most
Is unavailable to me
Not because of someone else’s
Carelessness or lack of love
But ironically,
Because of my own.
Innate
Happiness
Wealth and
Power
Are innate
They cannot be acquired from the world.
They are hidden in three capacities
Within you:
Dedication
Sacrifice and
Service.
Read Between The Lines
Read between the lines
To know that every story
Is a tale of love or loss or achievement;
And like with everything
That is told or expressed
There is feeling…hope…intention
And a desire to be heard
And understood.
Sustenance for the individual
Depends on validation
And a pronouncement of self
In a world that can be cruel
In its ignorance of that
Which can’t be seen, heard or felt
Even if it occupies the same vastness
In which love and loss
Hope and despair
Everything and nothing
Coexist.
The story you must remember,
Is only that which you can at present-
Understand.
Be Discreet
Be discreet
About your feelings
Not everyone is connected with you.
Be discreet
About your opinions
They may belittle someone’s cherished values.
Be discreet
About sharing your joys
Not everyone has the heart-space to accommodate them.
Be discreet
About your wins
They may make someone feel like a loser.
Be discreet
About your losses.
They may allow someone to exploit your vulnerabilities.
Be discreet
About your power
Its potency is lost on exposure.
Be discreet
About your world…
Because you don’t live in it; it lives within you.
Three Questions
Your self-worth
Cannot be worthily determined
By yardsticks and expectations
Laid out by other people
Or by perceptions that are not framed by you;
Your worth ought to be self-measured.
Ask yourself:
Where abides your faith?
The creation of which value
Can you take responsibility for?
And wherein lies
Your greatest treasure?
When the Conversation Ends…
It’s not enough somehow
To be in a relationship…
The relationship must also
Become the mirror
Through which
You can come to see
All that remains unresolved
Suppressed and hidden
Within you.
Your doubts, your fears
Your memories, your pain
Need to be met face to face
Only so that
You can leave them behind.
Relationships must be embraced
Only so that you can eventually
Come to be free of the expectations
That orchestrated the relating.
The purpose of relationships
Is to break down
The myths you carry
Within you, about yourself
So that you may come to see
That you were never in need
Even as you searched for validation
To assert your independence
Disowning your own ignorance.
A good relationship
Is founded on love and faith
It’s a journey that will end in absolution;
And a dissolution
Of all that makes you partial.
You must, in and through it
Come to experience
The disappearance of all
That is unreal.
Leave behind the words
Allow the promises to play out
Be grateful for the tall praises
Forget the short, biting remarks
Understand that relationships
Exist on the tides of time
When the conversation ends
Allow yourself
To rest in silence.
Talking Loudly
Might is not a power
You make known
By trampling on thoughts
That disagree with your own.
It’s not an aggressive force
But a capacity…a strength
That allows you to stand self-assured
Even if circumstances are unfavourable
Knowing fully well that
That which stands before you
Is not an adversary
But a friend
Who- if you have faith-
Will help you
Rise above the challenge encountered
With an uplifting grace.
It’s your faith
That is silent, but mighty.
Your impatience is a weakness
Talking loudly.
Passivity
Doesn’t understanding
Come to those who wait?
Wait for things to settle
Wait for the hour to pass
Don’t get carried away
By the sway of opinions
Await understanding…
Understanding is a light
That often gets hidden
By the passing clouds of emotions
It stands like a calm; unaffected
Free of the grip of time and space
It rests in the Truth
Beyond all imagination and thought.
Acceptance
How does it all eventually reconcile
In a perfect sense-
All that once
Seemed strange and alien;
And out of the frame
Of a set philosophy
And a known language?
Does one grow to understand?
Or does one grow to accept?
It does indeed seem
That acceptance is the essence
Of all understanding…
Of reconciliation…
Of perfecting your sense about something.
#Ten Year Challenge
It’s never too late…
Nor too early
To review your actions
And set them on a course
Of a meaningful life
Meaningfulness…
Is conscious and purposeful living
Where your actions
Are a Systematic Investment Plan
That will yield a freedom
That is whole, independent
Fearless and courageous
Full of faith and confident
Cheerful and kind.
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