Category: Gratitude/Appreciation

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Thank You

Thank You 

You came into my life
when i could not understand
what was missing, wanted
What was i searching for? AND

If i found it
what would it feel like?
What would it be?
How would i recognize it?
Would i be able to see?

And if it was there
would it be there for me?
Could i receive it
and know it was free?

And if it was then mine too
could i have more each day?
Could i expand it
then gift it away?

If i kept some for me as well
would it ever be limited?
Could the well run dry
or would it be infinitted?

Could i ever find myself
lost again and searching
for something i could not understand?
Something missing and wanted?
Feeling lost in this land –
could i ever feel such longing again?

I think not!
I feel so full
so expanded
so blessed

Thank you, thank you
for answering my request

Your loving kindness
was your gift to me
A gift to be passed on
truly free

It keeps expanding
I now feel joy
I’m so excited
It’s like a brand new toy
to be played with
and wanting to be shared

Yes to know we are loved
and that someone cared
to notice and appreciate…

It feels so good
and it is because
YOU are filled with infinite love

Thank you, i love you
And dear friend
your gift to me
is now mine to you
without end…

Thank you for growing my love
and may the harvest begin!


gagi     TBL

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Bits:

Bits:

Love is expansion
the key to the mansion
that has rooms for all

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Dear, dear Mother Earth
Thank you for supporting us
since our birth

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Some lines of verse
it is a poem
containing a semblance
that wants to be known

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The stones are alive
don’t expect them to stay
They share their wisdom
then are on their way

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Love, wisdom and power
the new
the new flower

The power to bloom
to share the perfume
and beauty consume

gagi     TBL

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Honour the Children

Honour the Children

What she witnessed today again gave her great pain
And she remembered it happening – again and again
We must speak our truth – forget anger and shame
Violence to others – all must stop and refrain

Refrain from repeating the actions we’ve seen
From parents and teachers and others who’ve been
Role models who have lost it, let loose or been mean
Hurt us with roughness or language obscene

Oh how can we stop this – a disease that has spread?
Thru generations perhaps but now there’s more to dread
The movies, TV, texts, even songs
Distorting a beautiful world and a grandmother mourns

Throughout this world,  affecting all living things…
The children, blessed children with sweetness are born
We love them, protect them yet soon brews a storm:

….A child defies, choosing its own way of seeing, expresses its own understanding, using its own tone….
….An adult or older child corrects them and blocks who they are
and misses the opportunity to hear their perspective….

Oh let them be who they were born to be
Let them be who they are here to be
They chose their families and will teach them too
If given the chance, they’ll share wisdom with you

Where two or more gather, friends, family or by birth
Country, race, religion or who came first
Differences can be a problem if we let them be
and some choose to comment on what they see

Who’s responsible for action or language that’s rough?
Is that who we want to the future entrust?
Can we not see the richness in our cultures’ diversity
and tolerate and honour our different complexity?

Oh guide us dear Ancestors, Elders, Great Spirit
We need help right now – surely you can hear it
How do we allow the journeys of others
when what they do harms the little ones – sisters and brothers?

Prayers and visions for how we can change
Surely the answers are somewhere in range
Carry the Light and the Love to the ones
Who are lacking the patience for this world’s daughters and sons

Let us receive the wisdom that’s there
And show to our young ones just how much we care
Gentleness, kindness to these loving, sweet beings
If we all lived like sweet children we’d enjoy loving feelings


gagi     TBL