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OUR INTERNAL MUSE

Perhaps we are better prepared to live

this life successfully than we believe,

could it be, in our pursuit to do what

is correct, proper, or expected, we fail

to listen to the guidance generated

by our own internal muse, our deep

soulful longing.

 

Ah, you say - "mine has no sense of

propriety, wanting to do only what

would make me happy in the end,

I might spend my time singing,

dancing, and celebrating - how

would I survive?"

 

As we return to sanity and don the

hair shirt of our existence once more,

often strangely comfortable in our

required discomfort, let us take notice

of the inner voice we mute, peering

deep within to cautiously redirect

our efforts, perhaps.

AT BY G.  5.2.2014

 

WITH LOVE, G. 

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“It’s a sure thing.” This is a phrase that often

makes me chuckle for all the times I have

heard it used in business, only to discover

it was anything but a “sure thing.” We human

beings are created to be innately suspicious,

it is the quality most likely to have ensured

our continued existence. A sure thing is what

we least expect, and the use of it often makes us

think of the mountebank preparing to fleece us.

 

So here I come like a spiritual sophist with

a new take on the sure thing – let us call

it surety – the state or quality of being sure –

certainty – which is the very underpinning

of faith. With our list of well-honed intentions,

spiritual or secular, we need to be able to fully

envision our desired outcomes, believing, with

surety of their intended success. I offer

the brief poem below, aptly titled Surety,

to assist all of us with the mental strength

training of our sense of surety: thus creating

our own sure thing. 

 

SURETY

The future is carved

from well-honed intention –

clarity of vision is fundamental,

determining the scope and depth

of each reverberating stroke against

a fertile now, once chiseled,

all is beyond repair or reversal.

Know the truth lies

within the vision first framed

and outlined - then crafted,

propelled by the belief,

the surety of intended outcomes,

the awareness of God’ s intercession,

delicate but determined.

POEM BY G. 11.11.2016

 

WITH LOVE, G. 

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TRUSTING IN THE FORCES

Today, let us allow life to come to us,

to carry us in its momentum by adjusting

our pace to sync and coincide with

the unfolding of the day, relinquishing

our impulse to push or even shove it along;

but instead, just flow with it.

 

Today, let us look for opportunities

that present themselves,  little miracles

carrying unthought-of assistance, or

solutions, flashes of insight, appearing

out of nowhere, offering unique approaches.

 

Today, let us sit back and relax, trusting

in the forces of grace and good in our

world, to move us along as needed,

clearing the way when least expected,

marshaling resources as required,

ensuring success at every turn. 

AT BY G. 4.27.2014

 

WITH LOVE, G. 

 

 

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Life can be found only in the present moment.

The past is gone, the future is not yet here,

and if we do not go back to ourselves

in the present moment, we cannot

be in touch with life.

Thich Nhat Hanh

 

“Live in the Now” was a hip phrase when I was 

growing up. As conveyed in the quote above by

Thich Nhat Hanh, Zen Buddhist Monk and popular

author of You Are Here, who has translated this key

Buddhist concept that stresses the focus on the breath

and clearing the mind to live in the present moment.

This has been adopted by New Thought and has been

popularized worldwide by Eckhart Tolle in his books

The Power of Now and The New Earth.

The two Affirmative Thoughts offered below remind

us of the essential nature of being now focused. 

 

EMPTY CANVAS

Today is our day – it does not belong

    to the thoughts and worries of tomorrow

or next week – it does not belong

    to the could have been, 

the might have been,

    or the should have been of the past –

it belongs to us now – to cherish –

    to enjoy – to fully live. 

Today is an empty canvas –

    let us come to it

with clean brushes and fresh paint.

Let us enjoy and live

    each moment robustly –

all out, thanking God

    for each breath along the way.

Let us live Now!                                  

  POEM BY G.                                 

 

CLEAR OUR MINDS 

Today let us clear our minds of fears,

    worries, regrets, doubts, or possible

outcomes, replacing all with

    this single thought:          

“I live for today, this moment NOW,

    where my real life exists,

    full of wonder and real potential –

    clearing my mind of useless chatter –

    replacing it with an affirmative focus

    on this NOW."

Today let us rejoice in this NOW, 

    with all the joy that exists

at this moment. 

Today let us clear our minds.

POEM BY G.

 

WITH LOVE, G.