something precious

passes over us

as we bud

from offspring

to fully ripened beings,

and that is

to have our eyes beheld

by the wonders of the world,

to marvel upon the moon

in awe,

to be star struck

by the milky way,

to be in romance

with nature,

without craving to know

all the answers

Before It’s Time To Say Goodbye

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We mindfully follow the lives of others on social media,

While our own lives mindlessly pass us by.

We take selfie after selfie,

While our experiences opposite to ourselves pass us by,

We pretend to be listening to others,

While our connections pass us by,

We focus on the T.V while eating our food,

While tasting our spices of life pass us by,

We obsess over our past and future,

While our present moments pass us by,

We say “maybe tomorrow”,

While our present days pass us by,

We chase money and status,

While joy and fulfillment pass us by,

We complain about the weather,

While the sunsets pass us by,

We make plenty of time to watch the news,

While opportunities to make a difference pass us by,

We don’t make time to take care of our bodies’,

While our physical health pass us by,

We don’t make time to take care of our minds,

While our mental health pass us by,

We hold on to resentments,

While freedom through forgiveness pass us by,

We get angry at the smallest things,

While the important ones pass us by,

We take our days for granted,

While each less day pass us by,

We take each other for granted,

While our opportunities for communion pass us by,

We give conditional on a return,

While unconditional love pass us by,

We must wake up to what life has offered us,

Before it’s time to say goodbye.

 

Learn from all of your experiences,

opportunities are everywhere.

Take care,

I was in pain,

Deep emotional pain,

So I made a choice,

Through the mercy of my own disdain,

My thoughts told me,

Again and again,

That if I did this,

It would release my pain,

I did it for me,

No room for two,

It could have been anyone,

But it happened to you,

Not a vendetta,

I was the target,

And my thoughts the Beretta,

I pulled the trigger,

Trying to feel better,

I did what I was told,

To the letter,

You were collateral damage,

Of the best I could manage,

I knew no other way out,

I was so famished,

I can’t take back what I’ve done,

But there’s one thing I can do,

Help you rip off that bandage,

It doesn’t make what I did OK,

But it’s to your advantage,

Once you release me,

I promise I’ll banish,

Bearing all your pain.

So that yours will vanish,

Setting you free,

To learn from this challenge,

That on the other side,

Waiting for you,

Is an inner peace palace,

Full of life,

Love,

And lavish.

 

Learn from all of your experiences, opportunities are everywhere.

Take care,

As we each go through our day, every action we take is of giving or receiving, making these exchanges with others and ourselves. At times, we feel the tank is empty and we have nothing left to give. All this means is we need to fill that tank back up.

Musings On Giving And Receiving

We must first receive love from ourselves before can give love to others.

We must first receive and consume our own energy via water and nutritious food to energize ourselves before we can give our energy to others.

We must first receive and become who we desire to be before we can give that person to others.

We must first receive our own forgiveness before we can give forgiveness to others.

We must first receive and become a safe space before we can give a safe space to others.

We must first receive and become before we can give our teachings for others to be.

We must first receive all we have to offer ourselves before we can give our all to others.

We must first receive acceptance of our own imperfections before we can value them enough to give them to others.

We must first receive our own desire or need for help before we give a request for help to others.

We must first receive acceptance of our own responsibility before we can give responsibility to others.

We must first receive our own shining light before we can give a shining light to others by seeing it in them.

 

Learn from all of your experiences, opportunities are everywhere.

Take care,

 

 

 

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I AM

 

I am Mother,

I am Grandmother,

I am Great-Grandmother,

I am Friend,

I am G,

I am GG,

I am Granny,

I am Granny Goodwitch,

I am whatever you want to call me,

I am the Mother of three,

I am so proud of who you all came to be,

I am here for you the same way you were there for me,

I am the Grandmother of five,

I am so grateful for the time we had while I was alive,

I am the Great-Grandmother of 2,

I am so blessed to have had time with the both of you,

I am the voice of Grace at Christmas dinner,

I am the snow that falls on you all through the winter,

I am the rain on my own parade,

I am the sun that begins and ends your day,

I am the things amongst all things,

I am the razmataz the chaos in your life brings,

I am the reminder that we’re all kids at heart,

I am the creative in your work of art,

I am always here and will never depart,

I am the gratitude you feel for our memories,

I am the wine you taste at the wineries,

I am the laughter before anyone pees,

I am one with you not separate binaries,

I am the imagination in all of your ventures,

I am the scary witch when not wearing dentures,

I am the grateful expense for all of your pleasures,

I am the Lion in every King,

I am the miracle the Leafs are needing,

I am the promise to Paul a Stanley Cup ring,

I am the life of every party,

I am the two pods for every pea,

I am the undisputed champion of Jello shooters,

I am the crazy in those delicious alcohol coolers,

I am the sense of all of your humours,

I am the Teddy in every Bear,

I am the commando when you don’t wear underwear,

I am the masseuse for each of your feet,

I am the guide that keeps your dancing on beat,

I am the clap of thunder beneath your seat,

I am the marijuana you smoke in the shed,

I am the laughter when it gets to your head,

I am the memories you’ll never forget,

I am Mrs. Doubtfire riding the broom,

I am the champagne you will consume,

I am the trees you plant to bloom,

I am the source of life for my family in this room,

I am a source of love for all of you,

I am the strength that will carry you through,

I am the celebration of life that will ensue,

I am the beacon of light when you’ve lost your way,

I am the tears you cry for me today,

I am the smile that will whisk them away,

I am the listener when you pray,

I am the invisible but only to your eyes,

I am the voice you hear beneath all the lies,

I am the wise,

I am the dimes you mysteriously find,

I am always here in your mind,

I am the divined,

I am neither here nor there,

I am everywhere,

I am the stuff all of your hearts are full of,

I am unconditional love.

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Written with Love by Rob Kish

Influenced with Love by Margaret Kish

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Learn from all of your experiences, opportunities are everywhere.

Take care,