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Lisann
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since 2001-01-31

Posts 350

0 posted 2001-07-19 02:17 PM

Can I touch with love
All that I have closed my heart to
And share honestly with you
The true gift of myself?

YES!

I can meet the world
With an open heart
And receive all the blessings
Of this abundant universe
With gentle and sensitive hands.
I can look at the world
Through the eyes of compassion
And of love.

Each of us has a spirit in us
Sometimes hidden-
Sometimes more available.
But this light,
This generosity,
This peace,
Are our greatest gifts to the earth.
We share in the beauty of life
And in the ocean of tears.
The sorrow of life
Is part of each of our hearts.
And a part of what connects us with one another.
We speak and touch one another
As a reflection of our deepest understanding
We discover that our breath,
Our body,
Our human limitations
Are a part of the divine.

Spirituality is based simply
On the capacity to let go,
And to love.
To open the heart to all that is

The most special gift
You could ever give or receive
Is the gift of oneself.

Every person,
Every situation we encounter
May hold some teaching,
Some guidance.
It may become
The doorway to our awakening.
Accepting one anothers gift of self
As a treasure
Can bring us
Out of the darkness
And into the light,
Out of our loneliness
And into love,
Out of our partial living
Into the fullness of life.

There are times when we unexpectedly
Experience a moment of mutual love and care
So sweet and powerful
That it takes our breath away.
i have experienced this moment
Along my spiritual path.
I have come to realize
How beautiful,
and special,
and unique,
Each person is.
And how God's grace
Flows into this world
Through the channel of our love

My journey has been a slow
And gradual process.
But,
I am now ready to accept
All the joy and prosperity
Life has to offer me.
Emotional scars will always remain
But,
I see now
That they are the badges of a survivor.
They remind me of my pain
Yet they also remind me
That I have lived through it.
Through forgiveness,
I release the pain and accept the change.
I see the world with a joyful heart.
Which enables me to
Love myself,
To love others,
And to love GOd.
I now see life as a gift to be opened
Rather
Than a problem to be solved.

MARK V SHELDON
Member Elite

since 2001-06-21

Posts 3015
In a corporeal internship...

1 posted 2001-07-19 06:19 PM

What a beautiful write! Much Wisdom contained herein... A lot to think about and to practice in one's own life. You have much to share, and this poem is a reflection of the beauty of which you speak -- that within you -- a beauty for the world to awe and appreciate.

-MVS

"When you tell the Truth, you never have to remember what you just said."
--Del Casher

Auguste

Member Elite

since 2000-02-16

Posts 3953
By the sea

2 posted 2001-07-20 01:30 PM

Lisann,

This is very beautiful and wise. Forgiveness, though extremely hard sometimes,
helps to heal the heart so that it can open to the fullness of life and all of the wonders it contains.

Michael

Michael Auguste~
There is more depth to the heart than the mind can comprehend and it only has boundaries when we choose to fence it in.

Lisann
Member

since 2001-01-31

Posts 350

3 posted 2001-07-20 04:31 PM

I'm glad you enjoy my writing. I had originally posted this with a different ending but I changed it because my views of my personal life had changed as well. Up until a year ago, I really wasn't sure that there was anyone in this world that really cared about me but my whole life changed recently, particularly in the last 6 months. I am very very grateful to be alive and to be a part of the PIP family.

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