"Courage"

Courage doesn't always roar.
Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I'll try again tomorrow.

- Mary Anne Radmacher -

RE: Songlines (21 February 2008)

 

"To love a person is to learn the song that is in their heart,

and to sing it to them when they have forgotten."

 
Anon -

A Gift from One Heart to Another ..... (19. Feb 2008)

12 Buddhist Principles:

The greatest achievement is selflessness.

The greatest worth is self-mastery.

The greatest quality is seeking to serve others.

The greatest precept is continual awareness.

The greatest medicine is the emptiness of everything.

The greatest action is not conforming with the worlds
ways.

The greatest magic is transmuting the passions.

The greatest generosity is non-attachment.

The greatest goodness is a peaceful mind.

The greatest patience is humility.

The greatest effort is not concerned with results.

The greatest meditation is a mind that lets
go.

Soul Mates ....... Quote (11 Feb. 2008)

by LEO BUSCAGLIA:

"Find the person who will love you because of your differences and not in spite of them and you have found a lover for life."

"Returning to the Scene of the Crime" (02 February 2008)

Stepping forward

to the scene of the crime

I tread carefully over the broken shards

of feelings

experiences past

the memories

come thick and fast

I know that its only me

that can clean up

the messes gone by

the fragments of emotions

forgotten

that lie vulnerable

exposed

raw

waiting for me

to take them home

my heart

breaks at the view before me

I look deep within

to a place that I know I've been before

but have so often forgotten

in my haste to run and hide

to escape,

that space

of great strength

that needs no guardedness

no pretentiousness

the place

where my great Love of Life

resides

patiently waiting to be remembered

no matter how long this may take

always waiting

With courage I begin to pick up

the broken bits and fragments

the fractured pieces of my life

that for too long have been neglected

Because I've been too scared to go back

To the scene of the crime

and face the pain

But I know its time -

to hold myself back any longer

from blossoming into

my ultimate dream

my most desirable image

that picture I see in the mirror

within

that takes my breath away

every time I chance to glance there,

would be absolute stupidity

I bend down

and gently lift each individual piece

of my soul

careful not to shatter it

any further

and slowly

I take the time

to fit each piece back together

into its rightful perfect place

I fit the pieces of me

back together

Again

My mind guides me back

to the the times I missed,

the moments I forgot,

or just chose to look the other way

from my hurting heart

Where I turned my back on the person

closest to me

the person who I love the most

with all my heart

Me

and with great shame

I ask for forgiveness

for a chance

to fight back

where I gave up

to believe and stand alone

where I lost faith

in fear of looking different

to everyone else

I see for the first time

through unveiled eyes

with crystal clarity of sight

that I am whole

and always have been

I see the infinite depths of my heart

and I understand

the greatness of my nature

the tenderness of my soul

the relentless fire of my spirit

the infiniteness of my existence

And

the openess of my palms

yearning to reach to the world

outside

with a willingness to show

and share

the sacredness of my heart

with whoever is willing

to receive it.

I start to walk away

then stop

and turn

to look back

at the once shattered scene

at a life that once was

smiling

I say goodbye

to the once-place of hurt and shame

the wound now clean

ready to begin the process of healing

in anticipation of living out

my life

still to come.

"Tears Taste Sweet" (Poem - 02 February 2008)

For a moment

my hand lingers at my mouth

I'm caught in the act

of painful self-infliction

Only this time

I see where I'm going

and the light of self-awareness

self-understanding

flickers on

My tender nails

will no longer bare

the venting of my pain

the skin that protects

these tender layers of cartilage

will no longer be torn

wrenched from my body

my well-being

by my ruthless teeth

as I, in a fit

of denied emotional pain

take it out on my physical self

No

this time

I'm going to resist

and sink

into the rawness within

the dissapointment

and the awful pain

And as I hold myself

in the deepest embrace

I'm going to cry and cry

I'm going to let the sadness

flow uninhibited

letting it swim around me

And I see My sadness

in the waters that envelop me

I sit at the bottom

and all around

I see me

the crysal waters

so clear in their reflections back

in their beauty

I see my own

The tears come quietly

and the pain becomes real

I give it space to be there

here

in me

I accept it as having a rightful place

within my flesh, my bones

my heart

my spirit

and the tears taste sweet

I laugh at the extraordinariness

of their presence

and their comfort

despite the pain

my hurt holds me

It teaches me to let me be

to let go

to relax into who I am

and love all of me ....

Only ever

All of me....

Inhale , Exhale

'RELEASING'

We inhale all of life as deeply as we choose to, we must remember too
that Life has also to breathe - we must exhale it all, then, just as
deeply, releasing with open palms that which is ours for experiencing,
but never owning ....

... To be Free, to be Full, is to Let Go.