Saying Yes To The World

This is not what I wanted to be sharing today.

This is not the country I want to be living in today.

Yet, here we are...together in grief.

How do we say yes when everything inside screams no?

We will find a way.  

And now, another poem. . .

"the truth, however small, however flickering, is worth fighting for."

May we find our way through this, 

as we become windows.

Namaste'

I Am Your Daughter

I had this quote picked out for today:

“If America is anything worth loving, then it’s a promise

that’s never once been spoken, a promise buried so deep

under mountains of wealth and waste, pomp and violence,

that nobody knows if it’s a seed or a stone, a fossil or a future.” 

James A. Pearson

Then I saw Rosemerry's poem and realized she has spoken that promise

and done so with such depth of feeling and eloquence it takes my breath away.

It's who we are...I believe it with all I am.

We are "a seed...and a future."

"America, it’s not a president that makes our country great—it’s us. 

How we treat each other. "

Namaste'

 

Now Could Be The Moment

I'm voting for becoming whole

because even when falling apart,

I believe that's what's happening.

As one of these "determined creatures"

I plan to "keep on singing" no matter what.

May each of us achieve "our first task...

 to astonish"...

and then

notice what astonishes you.

I'd love to hear about it.

Namaste'

 

On Waking

This "vast land between dream and waking 

 exists among a massive array of disruptions and distraction,

or so it feels to me.  Irritants invading my shell from many directions.

I look forward to seeing the pearls brought forth from their invasion.

My best strategy is to see if I can imagine 

"this realm of pure openness where 

I am not aligned with any feelings or beliefs."

Because, truth be told, after honest reflection, I've never entered this village.

I do like the idea of being a bird that can fly wherever it chooses.

And I love the idea of entering the chamber

"where I am wholly breath and being."

May we recognize and reconnect with where we are undivided.

Namaste'