During my cuppa
As I sit in the tea tree sipping a lovely steamy mug of jasmine tea, I pen a poem that tells of my heart's new topography:
TODAY AND EVERY DAY
Today and every day.
I will seek out joy,
Share laughter and smiles.
Celebrate the day,
I will savour the moment
As it flerets into history.
Lose myself in a sunbeam
Feel breezes on my face.
I will dance fearlessly
Not caring who might see.
Today and every day.
I will offer kindnesses
Share myself sans expectations
With friends and strangers.
I will thank the Gods
That I am here, alive.
Taste deeply of all feelings
Experieince every sensation equally.
Pain has a place in our lives
As surely as does joy.
Today and every day.
I will celebrate that I love
Without claiming possesion,
And can still trust others.
This be my new reality,
A vist of wonders to discover
Both great and small joys,
Something glorious to be found.
Hope a sweet companion,
And a smile that is always ready.
This is the prayer of my Spirit
Today and every day.
posted by Gwen M. Myers @ 11:24 PM
3 comments
3 Comments:
For surely, Gwen, this is a poem to live by ... Lovely.
Vi
I read this aloud to Mum during her bath. She listened as she soaked and then said in a soft, happy voice, "Oh, that makes me feel so much better!!"
I asked her if it was the theme or the fact that I wrote it and she said it was the fact that I wrote it; she said that it means she was a good mother because I couldn't have written that had I had a lousy mother. Finally, she realises what I've been telling her for decades, that she was a great Mom; especially in that all of us know that Mum (a.k.a. Bomba Yaga-LMFLAO) will love us and care no matter how badly we screw up. With that, everything else will work out.
I go on to tell her that all she need do is look at our characters to know what kind of mother she was. Since all of us have a basic goodness and sturdy courage that we learned from Mum that is a reflection of her mothering.
It is marvellous to me that she finally accepts what all of us have been saying all along!!
Go Mum, go!!!!
This is so nice, all of it, to read:-)
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