Wayne Dyer was famous for this saying…
(notice how his words so cleverly rearrange)
He said:
If you change the way you look at things
the things you look at change…
As we began our camping trip yesterday
Wayne’s words came back to me
as I had a couple chances along the way
to test his philosophy.
We packed up early and were ready to go
The last step…plug the camper in and we’d be gone…
But once the plug had been inserted
The lights would not come one…
And no matter what I did..(which wasn’t much)
the lights would not discharge.
So we headed off to U-Haul
where they fixed them…free of charge.
And we had a nice chat with the man who fixed them…
before he sent us on our way…
and I thought if our lights had all been working
we wouldn’t have met this man today.
We decided not to use our GPS
It was, at first, a wonderful thought…
until Deborah asked if Tallahassee was on our route…
to which I answered- it was not!
But Tallahassee is where Bryan went to school
so we opened our windows to a lovely breeze
and smiled as we drove through the city
reliving old memories….
Sure we could have arrived at the campground earlier
If our day hadn’t taken these twists…
But…as Wayne Dyer might have said to me….
think of all we would have missed.
How do we stamp out envy and killing and war and hatred
when around us so much has unfurled?
How do we bring back love, acceptance and understanding?
How do we change the world?
The answer may seem simple but it’s also glorious and sublime.
The best way to change the world, my friends…is one person at a time.
That is why as the last year comes to a close and the new one is incoming
I ask myself some questions about the person I’m becoming.
Do I bring joy to those around me? Do I enchant, amuse…beguile?
Have I been generous and giving? Have I made other people smile?
Have I been kind and compassionate? Am I not afraid to cry?
Have I brought joy into the world?…and not to oversimplify
but am I sensitive to the needs of others? Is my advice useful, effective and sound?
Am I someone people turn to? Am I safe to be around?
Have I seen the goodness in others? Do my friends and family think I’m a delight?
Have I been kind to strangers? Have I tried to do what’s right?
Am I accepting of others in this world though they are not at all like me?
Is the person I see in the mirror each morning….the person I want to be?
When I look back on this past year…at 2017 and my essence as a whole…
have I lived with love inside my heart and kindness in my soul?
I try to answer these questions truthfully…as the old year yields to the new…
And once again, in 2018…It seems…I’ve got some work to do.
But I am lucky as a human…with a new year about to be unfurled
there is still time to change myself…
and, perhaps, one day…
change the world.
I wonder as we live and breathe on this planet that revolves
if the key to life is a puzzle we’re trying much too hard to solve?
We don’t need computers…no algorithms need to be run…
for doesn’t the Earth change daily on it’s trip around the sun?
The rivers are constantly changing…as are the oceans and the seas…
changing every day…like the flowers and the trees.
The weather is never the same…the sky changes with every sight…
seasons come and go…daylight changes into night.
When I look at myself in the mirror hanging from our closet door…
I am a little older…than I was the day before…
So what is nature trying to tell us
by this continuous rearranging?
That, perhaps, the only constant to life,
is that it’s always changing…
And if change is nature’s way…and there’s no way to replace it
Perhaps the key to life is not to fight the change…
the key is to embrace it.
Time moves on,
So is the civilisation,
The country that I lately visited,
Has made me poignant and delighted.
There used to be
Ponds many,
Which are consumed already,
By the edifices utterly.
Lost in the womb of olden times,
Are the playgrounds sometimes,
Yet the roads make me smile,
For a while.
The village looks as if it,
Changed its sheath in unsullied spirit,
As is done again and again,
By the snake every so often.
I look for my ancient times,
I look for the old feelings,
I look for what I have lost,
Yes, I look for, at any cost.
We can change the world if we uphold,
One another being sympathetic,
You and me,
By taking the steps bold.
Impossible is nothing,
Rise,
Speak, encourage,
And that change honest effort can bring.
Don’t simply say,
Share,
Act and know you must,
The dawn is not far away.
The devils will keep trying,
To stop, to misguide,
But you ignore,
Concentrate like a kingfisher on the main thing.
Let’s make our lone dwelling,
A place of peace, prosperity,
Brotherhood, kindness and no hatred,
I like a beggar am imploring and pleading!
Fire
Sparks
Piercing the shell
Ice
Darkness
Clouding vision
The world spins
The world fades
And the mind is alone
No vision
Yet seeing red
The betrayed retch up their pride
Growing colder
Growing darker
Growing smaller
Retreating inside
A sea of inky darkness
Drips onto charred pages
Wrapped in the stained cocoon
A creature born of death
Will breathe new life soon
The cries to which you were deaf
Will be harbingers of your doom
The shadow emerges uncalled
Nothing but a dead-eyed echo
To tear down constructs that are ignorance-walled
There are grudges it can’t let go
You got your wish of segregation
When it became something apart from your ilk
Don’t regret the degradation
When the blood flows out like silk
It’s too late;
YOU CREATED ME
THIS IS YOUR FATE;
YOUR LEGACY
LOOK UPON YOUR WORK AND DIE