Tag: letting go
Gradually Getting It
Here is the nub of it all:
Like a white birch tree,
along a rocky shore,
I am most beautiful, healthy, and free,
when I am part of
the whole picture,
blending into the larger scene.
Standing alone,
while interesting,
makes the tree more
vulnerable to the wind and weather.
One has to ask,
What will happen if I drop my striving and planning?
More and more,
this question arrives, and
I dare to loosen my grip,
embracing the magic
of trust and letting go –
I follow inspiration,
and stop making it all
about me.
Copyright© Cynthia Cady Stanton, 2018
It Happens…
….. if we are one of the lucky ones, that is.
We get older.
When did this natural reality –
with wrinkles in the mix,
become a source of shame?
I admit it,
I struggle with the mirror.
We, me and the mirror, have a daily dialogue which
is too personal to share…
For this reason,
I try to keep my glasses off
when near a reflective surface,
like a mirror or window,
that is how silly of a woman I can be.
I am angry that I was taught
to be self-conscious, evaluative
on a daily basis.
Why do we do this to women, to girls?
I marvel how men could care less.
Their freedom is awesome
and also more affordable.
And as a spiritual woman,
I am embarrassed I still struggle with all this.
I know I go deeper than all that.
So, I am learning to embrace my wrinkles,
and all the rest of it –
as a woman in my fifties.
This is just another example of
how I must get out of my own way
in order to be
the wonderful creation
I was meant to be –
so I can be free, too.
Therefore,
give me laughter,
give me love,
give me purpose,
and humility, too.
Bless me with health.
That is all I really need.
I will take care of myself
as best I can,
and let go of the rest
with grace.
Life is way too short
and I know too well
where this all heads.
But I am not there yet.
My wrinkles tell a story…
the story of me.
Amen to that.
Copyright@ Cynthia Cady Stanton, 2018
Not Up to Me
Like gears that click into place,
making everything
smooth and running as it should,
the moment you arrive,
you get it.
You get everything.
The Bible calls it
“the secret place of the Most High.”
You deeply know when you are there –
because everything before you
disappears into peace, Love
and the amazing Presence –
including you.
Sounds scary but
it is actually beautiful.
This is true freedom,
the letting go
and letting God.
Don’t let your gears get stuck
by grasping too hard
onto your special brand
of misdirection.
There is nothing to do
or figure out.
Divine Design has it.
Simply trust.
And Love.
Release your grip –
and again,
and again.
Everything is in place
and all is well.
It is not up to you
to figure it out.
Copyright © Cynthia Cady Stanton, 2017
Blessed Assurance
No more a need
to solve, cling, or do.
I am done with all that.
Breathe.
Just be.
I turn my attention outward
trusting that inwardly,
I am whole.
This is an important shift
and not one that is
familiar –
a down shift,
into trust –
rather than constant acceleration.
True freedom comes in
letting go of the wheel,
not needing to see the road ahead.
Gradually, I am learning to be
more of a passenger.
It is strange how unfamiliar it feels.
I have learned so deeply
to be on my own,
driving solo.
But I repeatedly follow the wrong directions
being the simple human
I have learned to be,
confused by which GPS to heed.
Now I call upon my divine nature.
It has taken decades to
own it.
Such a beautiful feeling…
to know it is not all
up to me –
that no map is needed.
A look back
in the rear view mirror
confirms.
All is well –
and has been all along the way.
Blessed be.
Copyright © @Cynthia Cady Stanton, 2017
Becoming and Beholding 