Tag: spiritual growth
Consider the Cost
Be the Watcher
The Softening
Self Reflection
The Layers
Beyond Stuck
Your mind is a place of learning,
she said.
You create your reality there.
My invitation to intentionally look within –
an amazing challenge,
even for a deep, open one like me.
Like a spinning top,
the hardest part is to stop –
it is so effortless to
just keep going,
settle for the mindless whirl.
When I do manage a pause and
a glimpse inward,
I am humbled by what is keeping me
busy up there.
Really? THIS is what I am thinking about?
The constant auto-pilot and noise
is embarrassing!
But taking it personally
is not helpful.
So much of what is in my mind
has been given to me
when I was not looking.
I am looking now.
I am now learning to peek within
with curiosity and gentleness –
and sometimes even, humor.
Laughing really does help.
Healing comes
with awareness and new choices
along with a large dose of humility.
Shaking off the old
and building the new…
I am learning to protect my consciousness –
what I allow in,
and what to ignore.
It is a dynamic classroom
in which I am
forever a student.
Copyright© Cynthia Cady Stanton, 2018
Storms
Rain on me,
get me wet!
Give me that helpful push with your
blustery force!
Wake me from slumber
with winds that push me forward.
Baptize me
once again –
help me remember
that I belong to you.
Remind me that storms are
necessary.
They come and they go.
Each one bringing something new
into my life.
Let me not brace against
or resist.
Get me wet.
Copyright© Cynthia Cady Stanton, 2018
Taking Notes
Every morning a new lesson
with the dawning of the sun
remembering this and that from
the moments of yesterday –
the stubborn resistance
to change, to growth
that dares to color the new morning.
Oh, the many ways
my spirit settles!
It hides from the possible
underneath a blanket of
supposed comfort.
I lean towards the sun
like a rested sunflower
daring to rise.
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
Becoming and Beholding 