Tag: surrender
Here I Stand
I lift up my eyes
and I look around.
There is blessedness here…
and it was there, too.
I see differently now –
my distorted vision finally giving way to clarity.
The work of letting go
has been harder than expected.
But now I can see that
the grip is the giver of pain
and its loosening,
is grace received.
So here I stand
at the bank of the river of gladness.
I am finally ready to move toward yes.
I let go again, and
surrender to the divine flow.
All is well as I learn
the nature of floating.
Copyright© Cynthia Cady Stanton, 2019
Let Go
Our Larger Belonging
I
Your Embrace
No amount of coffee
can awaken this soul
to quicken its attention.
I am looking for you again, my God.
The mysteries of my path,
unfolding in excruciating ease.
I long for answers.
It helps when I remember
the times I have visited this landscape before.
You have always been next to me –
your hand in mine,
gently leading.
In rare glimpses you point the way –
but your respect for me usually
allows my own stumble forward.
Mostly, it helps to be held.
To embrace the mysteries
in the comfort of your arms
feels like the home
you made for me.
I am a baby looking for your eyes
as you love me.
Copyright@Cynthia Cady Stanton, 2019
The Gift of Allowing
Another Year
As in a game that stacks,
each brick a year in length,
we add them to the pile,
observing how they stay.
Some years there is more wobble,
stability stressed by balance.
Some years the heights are awesome,
our vision stretched and soaring.
The years they come so swiftly…
we sing this song together.
Life has a way of moving
each moment easily lost.
We long to learn the secret…
Who builds this life we live?
We look at its construction,
our gratitude gives us vision.
Copyright© Cynthia Cady Stanton, 2019
Between
Between my hand
and your hand –
between doing
and being –
between yes
and no –
between the beat of the heart
and what the eyes see…
there is space.
Its gift is as big
or as small
as is our ability to be awake
to the quiet that reveals it.
One knows when they have encountered
a soul who is
acquainted with this space.
For to be in their presence,
is to be
showered with unconditional Love,
grace and attention.
Souls who have done the work,
know deeply that
our travels in life
are best navigated when
there is no rush
between this
and that.
Life is best lived with joy
when our inner brake
is awake
and effective
and we are watchful
of the spaces.
So, be alert to the openings.
Honor them.
The dance of life awaits.
Ask yourself this –
what lies between each breath taken?
Copyright© Cynthia Cady Stanton, 2018
This Journey
On the other side
and over the hump,
I catch a vision of the new
before me,
and within me.
It was a rough season –
all the falling and stumbling
behind me.
I look back –
and though I do not want
to go back again,
my heart sings –
for I am grateful.
The lessons have arrived –
some like a ton of bricks…
but after getting knocked down,
I got up –
again and again.
You assisted –
helping my legs remember their strength
and teaching me to rest, too.
I surrendered to the season –
reluctantly at first…
but as I let go,
healing arrived.
Now here I stand.
I am firmly grounded
in a whole new way of being.
Thank you.
Thank you from the bottom of my feet
through my heart and
radiating upward
and outward
from every pore of life in me.
May the lessons gained
root deeply in my soul.
Understanding has blessed me, and
I am fashioned anew.
Thanks be to the One
who gives beyond measure!
Holy is your name.
Your creation of me continues
with deepening grace.
I am in awe.
Copyright© Cynthia Cady Stanton, 2018
It is time.
Becoming and Beholding 