Smiles have
this way, they
captivate and
illuminate,
they raise up
our energy
and light up
the world,
they ripple
outward and
boomerang
back to us,
they’re a gift
we give to others
and to ourselves,
so just…
Smile.
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Michelangelo knew …
A most powerful
tool of the Master Sculptor,
Loss is.
It was the taking
away that unveiled
breathtaking David
to the world.
“I saw the angel
in the stone and
set him free.”
Inside every raw
slab of marble
a masterpiece waits
to be revealed.
We are all
magnificent works
of art in progress,
and losing a beloved
is perhaps the
greatest Master
chisel of all.
We gasp, clasping
our hearts when
our loved one dies
or leaves us.
How will we ever
risk to love again?
And yet, we do.
For in our loss
we learn to cherish
the value of love.
We understand
the power and
importance of “now”,
and we grow.
Love is the fine grit
that hones the
rough broken edges
to a polished glow.
The answer to our
growth lies within
the problem itself.
Michelangelo, you said
God guided your hand,
and in the taking away,
you revealed
astonishing beauty.
David is your work of love,
and a lesson for us all.
This poem is an excerpt from my ebook called Becoming Bigger: Realizations of Self & Humanity, and was first published in 2017 in an anthology called Seven Degrees of Wisdom: Welcome to Our Circle.
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When life feels burdensome, just remember…
You are made from the same stuff as the stars. Your soul in its essence is eternal and free. Revel in the sheer beauty of who you are!
Inspirational quotes from the poet philosopher Rumi:
“Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion.”
“You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life?”
“I want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think.”
“Let yourself be drawn by the stronger pull of that which you truly love.”
“Set your life on fire. Seek those who fan your flames”
“And you? When will you begin that long journey into yourself?”
“Respond to every call that excites your spirit.”
“You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.”
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Infinite love already exists in everything that is alive, including you and me. Our love lessons are about removing the obstacles to love. They teach us out how to access, express and live it, if we choose to do so.
Fear, anger, prejudice… there are a myriad of padlocks with which we hold our love hostage. The experiences we have around love are all opportunities for self-examination. They teach us how to love better.
This can feel difficult in a world that is expressing so much dissension and “un-love”. Each of us is a key to healing it. Consider that perhaps the high tension and hatred being expressed in the world right now is a challenge to unlock our own love. Change begins within each of us.
“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” (Rumi)
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There is a song out there that epitomizes a life philosophy, which if we all embraced it, would make the world a phenomenally better place. Somewhere along the way, society’s mandate for winning at life became about beating the other guy to “the goods”. Success started to mean a bigger house and more TVs.
But this song, when it wafted from the radio when I was a kid, spoke to me even then of how life should be. “Make Someone Happy” was written by Jule Styne, Adolph Green and Betty Comden, and first performed December 26, 1960. This song has never gone out of style – read the list of 100+ performers who sang it over 31 years – because although admittedly romantic in nature, it also expresses a fundamental truth about life.
When we are of “service to others”, when we are busy making someone else happy, we become happy too. Service to others is a core philosophy that humanity is working on “getting” as a collective, in order to shift to a higher level of vibration.
Look around you. What something can you do today for someone you know (or a stranger) that would contribute to that person’s happiness, your own happiness in the doing of it, and the bigger picture of the growth of humanity?
Let’s bring some “old-fashioned values” back into style.
“Make someone happy.
Make just one someone happy
And you will be happy too…”
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