It’s easier to love others when you feel loved
When you feel appreciated
When you feel cared for
When a cup is full
It can quench the thirst of others
An empty cup can’t offer much
Love, quenches the thirst and fills one’s cup
A cup filled with love
Brings the same joy to another one
May 2nd 2017
Kindred spirits
Those who understand you
Respect you
Love you
And support you
Feeling understood
Makes all the difference in the world
Someone says I see you
I hear you
The desire to be seen and heard
Is common to all of us
I think that’s what it means to be loved
That’s why a good friend is a good listener
That’s why a good friend does not judge
That’s why a good friend accepts you the way you are
I see you
I hear you
I respect you
These are the things that mean I love you
April 17th, 2017
Why don’t you do things this way?
Why don’t you wear that?
Why do you take life so hard?
Smile and relax!
We have a lot of advice for everyone else, it seems
And some of it comes from a place of
Compassion of course
But to accept someone as he or she is
That is love that’s mature
It says you don’t need to change to please me or anyone else
You need not improve to be acceptable
You are loved as you are
I respect your choices in life
To respect others’ choices
Especially those we don’t agree with
Is not easy
But when we do
We are sending them the message
That they have agency in their lives
Their decisions count
And they are free to choose their path in life
April 2017
What are the tools of living in an
Interdependent world
Where diverse cultures and languages
and customs come together
And must co-exist?
We can’t go back in time
Or use the tools that worked in the past
Competition, looking out only for one’s own interests
Emphasis on material things and
Feeling superior to others
Won’t work
This is an interdependent world
Debating does not work
Listening and an open mind will
Competition won’t work
Cooperation will
Rigid thoughts and ideas won’t work
Flexibility will
Living isolated lives won’t work
Mixing and mingling will
The concept of “a leader”
As the one in control won’t work
The leader as servant will
Wanting all the power won’t work
Sharing it, however, will
Seeing and sowing division won’t work
Looking for similarities will
Patriarchy won’t work
Celebrating the feminine will
We live in a new reality
We need a new vision too
A vision in which we see our fellow man
As our brother and sister
Not the other
Not inferior
In this reality
The pain of someone else
Is our pain too
The misfortune of another nation
Ours as well
In this reality
Women and men must work
Side by side
cooperation is needed
Listening is important
Compassion is necessary
Truth is paramount
And service a must
The world has changed and
So must we!
Feb. 4th 2017
Some days seem charged with a
Certain amount of electricity
A certain energy
I feel like I am being carried on
The wings of Grace
I feel the presence of my ancestors
I feel joyous in a deep loving way
Some days I feel like I’m floating on air
I feel uplifted
Some days are more special than other days
I call those days the days of Grace
January 26th, 2016
Revealing what’s personal
Takes guts
You have to be secure in yourself
Not afraid of being judged
Opening up
What friendships are based on
How we develop trust
Revealing what’s personal
Was so hard for me
For so long
But over the years
One step at a time
I’ve arrived at a place
Where I can share personal things
With those I choose to trust
One still takes a risk
But without deep friendships
Our lives would be so dull
Loneliness, lack of support
Not having those we can lean on
The disadvantages of not
Taking this risk
I’m glad my journey has brought me
To a place
Where I can confide in my friends
January 23rd, 2017
Our frozen world
Frozen from the lack of the sunshine of love
Frozen from the long nights of ignorance and prejudice
Icy cold is the world we live in
Hearts frosted over by greed
Cold from the scarcity of compassion and absence of brotherhood
Icy cold…
We shiver witnessing injustice and brutality
We long for the warmth of harmony and unity
Desolate, divided and ravaged
Is the world we live in
This ice age will not last forever though
It may be holding us in its grasp now
But spring is around the corner
Sunshine is around the bend
Warmth is nearby
The heat of the sun
Will melt this ice
And each of us can create some heat
Some warmth
By our loving words and deeds
By extending a helping hand to others
By caring for our fellow man
What is it that ignites your passion?
What is it that makes your heart sing?
What is it that brightens your day?
What is it that awakens your senses?
We start searching for our passion
When we are young
Sometimes we recognize it right away
Sometimes we find it but we forget
Sometimes we don’t pay it enough attention
But this discovery is important
Without discovering one’s passion
There is no joy
No motivation
No ziel and enthusiasm
No direction
Without discovering one’s passion
We’ll live ordinary lives
We’ll mark time
We’ll go through the motions of life
But as soon as we discover
What ignites that fire within us
The world begins to sing
The colors seem brighter and
One’s energy expands
It’s then that we can create beauty
Promote harmony
Make new discoveries
Develop our gifts
And serve our fellow man
That little flame is so powerful
It can start wild fires
December 11th, 2016
His kind words made me cry today
Kind words can do that you know
His kind words made me feel accepted and loved
I felt like I belonged
His kind words tore the veil of silence
And let in the light
Sometimes silence means complicity
Sometimes silence means we don’t want to go there
Things that are difficult to talk about
Remain behind the veil of silence
It takes courage to be kind
In a world that sometimes does not value kindness
At times, kindness is seen as weakness
What an absurd thought, I say
Kindness is like a river to the thirsty one
It’s life giving like sunshine
It’s like music that uplifts the soul
What more could one want?
One drop of kindness sweetens the ocean
Said the sage
This is the power of kindness
Kindness touched my heart today
A river of tears began to flow
Why tears as a response to kindness
I don’t know
I don’t know
December 1st, 2016
Good writing takes you to another world
You no longer hear
What’s going on around you
Or who comes and goes
Good writing can hold your heart
In its hands
Your emotions are held hostage
For a while
Good writing is hard to put down
Just one more line
Just one more line
Your heart cries
Good writing leaves its mark on you
Your world is not the same anymore
Good writing comes from
A place of vulnerability
The writer bears her/his soul
Good writing captivates you
And doesn’t let you go
Perhaps it highjacks your soul
Good writing
I’m in its snare
And will be for evermore
December 1st, 2016
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