Not everything has to turn out exactly the way you planned in order for you to call it a success. Sometimes all God wants you to do is to “get the ball rolling.” Then, She’ll take it from there. So when things turn out other than the way you wanted them to, don’t be so…
Category: life reflections
MYSTICAL POEMS: “Santiago” by David Whyte (from “Pilgrim”)
“Santiago” The road seen, then not seen, the hillside hiding then revealing the way you should take, the road dropping away from you as if leaving you to walk on thin air, then catching you, holding you up, when you thought you would fall, and the way forward always in the end the way…
MYSTICAL POEMS: “In the Garden of Time”
“In the Garden of Time” […..] Some of our deepest wounds, Are judgments, self-inflicted, Endless paper cuts upon our spirit, Made by an inherently imperfect ‘self’, Despising its imperfection. When in fact, the green-stemmed fruit, The infant petals in a sheltering bud, Are as they should be, in their time, On schedule to arrive, in…
NATURE POEMS: “The Lake of Beauty” by Edward Carpenter
“The Lake of Beauty” Let your mind be quiet, realising the beauty of the world, and the immense, the boundless treasures that it holds in store. All that you have within you, all that your heart desires, all that your Nature so specially fits you for — that or the counterpart of it waits embedded…
FUN POEMS: “If”…(things were different in life, from an older post) by E.E. Cummings
If earth was heaven and now was hence, and past was present, and false was true, there might be some sense, but I’d be in suspense
SUFI POEMS: “A single word can brighten the face” by Yunus Emre
“A single word can brighten the face” A single word can brighten the face of one who knows the value of words. Ripened in silence, a single word acquires a great energy for work. War is cut short by a word, and a word heals the wounds, and there’s a word that changes poison into…
A quote by Neale Donald Walsch about “the right way to do things”
“There is no ‘right way’ to do anything, there is only the way you are doing it. Never be afraid to “try your hand” because you might make a mistake or not do something “right.” Success in life comes from being willing to move into Uncharted Territory. Always remember: Life begins at the end of…
A quote from Neale Donald Walsch on “when things are falling apart”
There is only one way to go, and that’s up. I know that it is possible for life to look, sometimes, as if it’s going downhill, as if everything is falling apart. But consider this: When life is ‘falling apart’ things could actually be falling together…maybe for the first time. Try to not see things…
LONG POEMS: “The tree in me” by Trina Graves
My roots stem from my family
Deeply embedded in Mother Earth
Strongly supporting my presence
That fed my earlier self-worth.
My roots are also a mighty link
POEMS: “The path”
The Path We follow the path however hard it can be over hills and mountains in rain and shine and often in silence not speaking as we walk where the days seem long in this season of our lives until we remember how precious it is to be alive that every moment matters in the…
Spirituality from Daily Word: “New Ideas” (Espiritualidad de la Palabra Diaria: “Nuevas ideas”)
New Ideas I am open to new ideas. New insights are revealed to me. Each day presents me with opportunities to grow. My interactions with others, my response to whatever situation I encounter, can lead me to transformation and renewal as I approach them from a spiritual perspective. I increase my understanding as I…
Zen Buddhism -Excerpt from the Book: “Walking in Wisdom” by Tarchin Hearn
REFLECTION– 3 58–Today’s world of human experience is increasingly moulded by feelings of insecurity, entrapment conflict, and fear. We feel trapped in situations and circumstances: family obligations, economic constraints, weather, traffic, bureaucratic red tape and so forth. We fight interminable battles with people, creatures, invasive species, weeds, belief systems, expectations and fears. In the name…
