Who is the teacher
who's the student
you or me?
I was hungry to learn of love
you wanted to devour
what was truly me
eating away at what I am
I'm still eroded inside
not as sure of myself
you taught me hard lesson
leaving me naked before you
in the truth of what I am
but I still have things
to say… To others
teacher too I guess… I am
but words can't
clothe the soul of me
I'm beyond salvation now
I think??…
I wasn't dumb
just trusting and what
I thought was love
but love is a game
played by both sides
and each is the student
and each is to teacher
now who has learned more?
And who has withdrawn less?
What I was
is gone forever now
nothing of her remains
but that hurt
teach me…
To live again…
Someone
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Sunday, June 8, 2014
Saturday, June 7, 2014
Learn your lessons
Sometimes we have to keep repeating lessons because we haven't learned from them. Instead of asking "why me" we need to look for the lesson that we may grasp the teaching and move on. It does not mean that we won't receive further lessons in life, we will.
That is what we came here for - to learn and through our learning be enriched with a greater love that helps us recognize and fulfill our purpose. How can we learn if we don't see? The "why me" is because God loves us enough to teach us. Not to cause us pain.
But in order that we may grow. Just as we, as parents, know that our children learn from the lessons they experience. We cannot protect them from every fall, every heartbreak. We all learn from the consequences of our actions. If something's hot, you'll get burned. If something's sharp you get cut.
If you say something unkind you will cause pain to someone else and possibly lose a friendship. We learn that when we help others in need we also feel good.
When we learn to trust in God we understand that although He loves us unconditionally, as a loving parent, He cannot protect us from experiencing life and the joys and pain of life or He will stifle our spiritual and emotional growth, and, even as children, when we do not learn from a life lesson we may cause ourselves to experience it again and again, in one form or another, until we do.
So always look for the lesson in all things, not to cling to them, but to grow from them. As any parent who loves His child, God is trying not to punish us, but to teach us. To reach into the care of our spirit and raise us up to a new level of understanding.
We must remember, not only to thank him for the joy in life, but for the lessons we receive as well. Thank you God for what you have taught me today and everyday that I may grow in truth, love, wisdom, and spirit. For this may I better serve you., may I continue to learn and to grow, through your love.
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That is what we came here for - to learn and through our learning be enriched with a greater love that helps us recognize and fulfill our purpose. How can we learn if we don't see? The "why me" is because God loves us enough to teach us. Not to cause us pain.
But in order that we may grow. Just as we, as parents, know that our children learn from the lessons they experience. We cannot protect them from every fall, every heartbreak. We all learn from the consequences of our actions. If something's hot, you'll get burned. If something's sharp you get cut.
If you say something unkind you will cause pain to someone else and possibly lose a friendship. We learn that when we help others in need we also feel good.
When we learn to trust in God we understand that although He loves us unconditionally, as a loving parent, He cannot protect us from experiencing life and the joys and pain of life or He will stifle our spiritual and emotional growth, and, even as children, when we do not learn from a life lesson we may cause ourselves to experience it again and again, in one form or another, until we do.
So always look for the lesson in all things, not to cling to them, but to grow from them. As any parent who loves His child, God is trying not to punish us, but to teach us. To reach into the care of our spirit and raise us up to a new level of understanding.
We must remember, not only to thank him for the joy in life, but for the lessons we receive as well. Thank you God for what you have taught me today and everyday that I may grow in truth, love, wisdom, and spirit. For this may I better serve you., may I continue to learn and to grow, through your love.
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Friday, June 6, 2014
Shadows
When we become shadows
just wisps of fading times
floating songs on the wind
and names beyond the tongue
we know we're gone
like the faces before us
and they too become shadows
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just wisps of fading times
floating songs on the wind
and names beyond the tongue
we know we're gone
like the faces before us
and they too become shadows
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Thursday, June 5, 2014
Wednesday, June 4, 2014
Life's Entanglements
We cast our nets
and wait for out catch
never knowing
what entanglements
await us in the deep
of possibility
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and wait for out catch
never knowing
what entanglements
await us in the deep
of possibility
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Tuesday, June 3, 2014
God's wisdom is greater
Wisdom; where does it come from? Is it through living, experience or when we learn to go within to the spirit to seek answers beyond our limited human knowledge?
The purest wisdom is from God for He knows all, including our reason for being. We cannot learn when we are stuck in self-pity, caught up in the what ifs, or cloud our mind with fear.
We must recognize our condition for what it is, whether it be physical, emotional, or spiritual. To accept it for what it is and to step back, detach ourselves, not from the experience, but from locking ourselves in an attitude that keeps us from moving forward.
From being able to recognize light where it exists. Of seeing a bigger picture instead of allowing our fear to paralyze us and shutting the door to the possibilities that always exist in faith.
When we learn to release, we learn to see the path in the forest, the rainbow after the storm. We learn that "things" are not what is important in life, but how we grow through life's adversities.
We learn that "we" are not what we do or how much we earn. We are not the size of our house or the age of our car. Not how much we have in the bank or the latest fashion.
We are much more than any of that. We are beautiful children of God who chose to come here to fulfill a purpose. To learn and to grow, to teach and to share.
When we learn to detach from the physical things, we begin to remember, through spirit, our true essence and what brings us joy.
It can be as simple as a walk in the rain or the first bud after a winter of snow. The sound of the surf and to watch squirrels frolic across the rocks.
Our breath can catch at a beautiful sunset and the small inner voice within that brings us peace. That tells us "all will be well." Worry cures nothing. But inner peace is the greatest blessing we can receive.
The ability to see and appreciate the beauty around us. To know and take time to be outdoors in God's world for at least a few minutes each day.
Seeing and believing that He cares for all we see, and that He cares for us as well. We learn the wisdom to take time, to understand, and be grateful.
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The purest wisdom is from God for He knows all, including our reason for being. We cannot learn when we are stuck in self-pity, caught up in the what ifs, or cloud our mind with fear.
We must recognize our condition for what it is, whether it be physical, emotional, or spiritual. To accept it for what it is and to step back, detach ourselves, not from the experience, but from locking ourselves in an attitude that keeps us from moving forward.
From being able to recognize light where it exists. Of seeing a bigger picture instead of allowing our fear to paralyze us and shutting the door to the possibilities that always exist in faith.
When we learn to release, we learn to see the path in the forest, the rainbow after the storm. We learn that "things" are not what is important in life, but how we grow through life's adversities.
We learn that "we" are not what we do or how much we earn. We are not the size of our house or the age of our car. Not how much we have in the bank or the latest fashion.
We are much more than any of that. We are beautiful children of God who chose to come here to fulfill a purpose. To learn and to grow, to teach and to share.
When we learn to detach from the physical things, we begin to remember, through spirit, our true essence and what brings us joy.
It can be as simple as a walk in the rain or the first bud after a winter of snow. The sound of the surf and to watch squirrels frolic across the rocks.
Our breath can catch at a beautiful sunset and the small inner voice within that brings us peace. That tells us "all will be well." Worry cures nothing. But inner peace is the greatest blessing we can receive.
The ability to see and appreciate the beauty around us. To know and take time to be outdoors in God's world for at least a few minutes each day.
Seeing and believing that He cares for all we see, and that He cares for us as well. We learn the wisdom to take time, to understand, and be grateful.
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No more for me
My garden's gone fallow
my pets are no more for me
these days of passing sorrow
all caused by fading memory
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my pets are no more for me
these days of passing sorrow
all caused by fading memory
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