Tag: awareness
Vitamin See
Pay attention to what you bring into view
but fret not too much
the ingredients on the box.
Nourishment is more than simply
what you eat or drink.
Have you noticed lately
how the trees are bursting?
Is the sound of the sea echoing in
your mind and your heart, too?
Have you touched a hand lately –
really held it ? The warmth of another
traveling up your arm and straight into your soul?
Our minds are so full and busy,
we open our eyes and barely see,
we breathe but only a little –
just enough to keep going,
but not enough to be present.
Take a walk outside.
Let the sun bathe you,
the trees whisper,
the birds perform their dances,
all for you.
Go barefoot on the beach
and sink a little
into the comfort of being held
by a Love much bigger
than your great imagination –
a Love that holds you up.
Can you hear the quiet of the morning?
It holds the soft hum of Life itself.
This is how to cleanse:
nourish yourself with awareness,
with trees and soil,
with touch.
Copyright © Cynthia Cady Stanton, 2018
Giving Voice
When a situation suddenly
and without expectation –
turns
in a healing direction,
your heart wants to sing.
For you had lost hope,
and could not see
what you could do to
help.
And here it is –
the needed change
on the way…
The joy of it is
bright.
Your gratitude starts to bubble
up.
It starts deep in your stomach,
then springs to your heart –
opens it wide,
and sets it on fire.
Next, it flies up through your vocal chords,
making sweet vibrations.
It is a song that
must be sung.
So, on the wings of a grateful
heart,
your song passes
through your lips and
dances off your tongue:
“I SEE YOU.”
Copyright© Cynthia Cady Stanton, 2018
Long Story Short
Loving, but imperfect parents
unwittingly teach the young girl
the wrong lesson
about who she is
and what she can do.
Years pass,
the little girl grows up
with some success,
but with the wrong idea
now settled deep within –
still unknown to her,
dictating her experiences.
Suffering comes.
Suffering goes,
Suffering comes again.
The unhappy pattern
is set in place.
One beautiful day,
an opening begins.
Light and Truth show up –
along with Love and Grace –
and the little girl,
now a grown woman,
blossoms.
Healing arrives,
as insights dawn
over time.
Life begins to unfold ever more
beautifully.
Now the woman understands
who she is,
and can see what life is all about.
Gratitude opens her heart.
She understands her purpose
and she begins
to let go of the old
and allow herself
to heal
and to glow,
knowing that Love and God
are One
and woven into her.
She learns in her healing,
to get out of her own way,
and share this GodLove –
to use her new-found voice
and be Present for others,
and all is well.
She now dwells
in the land of Grace.
Nothing is a problem anymore
and Joy abounds.
The woman welcomes the whispers of Inspiration
and learns Trust.
Freedom arrives
and pain is but a memory.
She lived happily ever after
with GodLove as her guide.
Blessed be!
Copyright© Cynthia Cady Stanton, 2018
Taking the Bow
Like a flower,
I can take a bow at the end of the day
and rest when the sun rests.
Like a cat,
I can curl up on the couch
and tune out the world
until nourishment or play calls to me.
Like yeast,
stick me in a warm place for a spell
and cover me up
until my energy
rises again into beautiful form.
Even God took a day off.
The silliness of it all
makes me chuckle –
how I have bought into
constant striving
and pushing.
Humility is a gift
and a teacher.
I am finally learning
the wonder and intelligence
of rest.
Copyright© Cynthia Cady Stanton, 2017
God in Me
Like the sun
waiting for the earth
to turn towards you,
you wait.
Like roots
thirsty for water,
you reach for me.
Like an audience,
waiting for the story to come together,
for that aha moment
as the meaning sets into mind
and heart,
you long to explode
into hearty applause.
You are the ultimate respecter
of my boundaries
and my journey.
I am amazed at your patience,
as I get so distracted.
Yet you remain,
loving me into
my own dawning.
I can sense your faith in me.
I know you long
for me to give birth to you
in my actions.
The moments when I get it right,
when I can step aside
and allow you through me,
enable you to be visible…
Well, those are the best!
I pray for more of them.
We are in this together.
Copyright © Cynthia Cady Stanton, 2017
Becoming and Beholding 