Month: December 2016

Without Words

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There are only so many words,

yet none of these are right.

How can one explain divinity,

the deep and out of sight.

That which cannot be spoken,

because the words won’t fit.

Knowledge so inexplicable,

we can’t make sense of it. 

We just go on repeating,

what has been said before.

As we do so we are trying,

to knock upon that door.

The door to all creation, 

the one just out of sight.

In grace we are searching,

how to live just right.

We will never have the words,

because they don’t exist.

The best that we can hope for,

is that we get the gist.

~ lizalizaskysaregrey©2016

Nature Lessons 119

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Nature welcomes each season, change is inevitable and each season brings with it something new.  Nature bows gracefully to the new season, plants and flowers fall in death to nourish the earth, making way for new life, some will step aside as if suspended until a time of renewal.  We all have our time to shine on earth, let it mean something. 

~ Liza 

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Relax

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Can you relax enough to let yourself go, can you loose the human and connect to your inner being.  Can you fall into yourself, let everything go, relax all of your muscles and just be.  Who are you when you let go, who is it that lives in this world, who is it that is, but is not attached or affected by anything that goes on in your life.  Who is the being who is you, who is the truest form of you?

~ Liza

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Daily Prompt – Relax

 

Nature Lessons 118

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Plants and flowers are continuously changing, growing, opening up and letting go of layers they no longer need.  As the centre opens the external leaves unfold and drop, this appears to revolve around the central point, the heart of the plant.  The plant is so much more beautiful when it lets go of those aged outer leaves, those leaves of the plant that no longer nourish the heart. 

~ Liza

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Christmas Prayer

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For Christmas I’d like

a world full of peace,

laughter and love

and to set free the geese.

And enough food

for the whole world to be full,

warmth and shelter

and a cracker to pull.

The weather

can do what it likes on the day,

as all of the people

will be tucked safely away.

So Santa please listen

if you’re really there,

spread it around,

please answer my prayer.

~ lizalizaskysaregrey©2016

 

An Empty Space

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Christmas is never the same after you loose someone you love. You go through the motions, you know you have to for those here you still have, but it won’t ever be the same. There are moments you stop, maybe unpacking the decorations, you find yourself sitting staring into space.  You are remembering Christmas when you were together, when everything was how it was meant to be.  Maybe it’s that old Christmas film or carol being played again, something that sparks memories.

You can still enjoy yourself, still celebrate with the people you have around you, but there is always a space in your heart.  There is a space at every table and every party, a void that cannot be filled.  But you smile, because you know that’s what they would have wanted, you raise a glass and say their name in a toast. Christmas comes and goes and they are still not here, it is a painful reminder of another Christmas without them.

You find yourself buying things they liked, stand transfixed in the shopping isle when you spot something.  You look at other families and want to tell them to make the most of the Christmas they have because you never know how many you have in front of you.  You watch the children, the excitement and know that this time is for them.  You push you sadness down into the pit of your stomach only to resurface when you are alone with your thoughts, you feel a responsibility towards happiness, you can’t let the side down.

You put up that last card they sent you again, light a candle by their photo and send a prayer.  My friend leaves a brandy by the fire, I bring an extra seat to the table, we all have our own rituals that help us through the season.

Every day without someone you love is difficult, some harder than others and we learn to manage.  We never forget them but we cope, life goes on and we know we have to live in the real world, but Christmas, when we are constantly reminded of the joy and love of family can be the most difficult time of the year.

To anyone missing a loved one this Christmas, I’m sending you love, you see I understand. I’m wishing you the best Christmas you can possibly muster and hope like every other day of the year, our Christmases, get easier.

Moody

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There is a version of me who is moody,

I lock her away when I can.

She’s a pain with her winging and moaning,

I’m not really a fan.

There’s a version of me that is happy,

skipping and dancing about.

The day is always much brighter,

when she is out and about.

There’s a version of me that is loving,

wears her heart of her sleeve.

I want to keep her out longer,

it’s in her who I truly believe.

These versions are quite confusing,

they are all one person you see.

I’m trying to blend them together,

to be just a reliable me.

Daily Prompt – Moody

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Sunday Questions

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Is it a far away place I’m looking for,

a place far away from here.

Will I be leaving what is real,

what I already have very near.

Who is the ‘I’ that is searching,

and who is the ‘I’ that thinks.

Am I really disconnecting,

each and every time I blink.

So where is the self enquiry,

while I’m engaged with my mind.

What’s the point in longing,

and what am I trying to find.

The search begun when I found me,

separate from anything else.

The road is long and lonesome,

a road I will walk by myself.

Our lives are all about meetings,

the things we find on the way.

And the waking up is endless,

there’s always another day.

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Nature Lessons 117

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Most of us carry around stuff that does not serve us such as outdated beliefs, imagined responsibilities, habits, dysfunctional relationships and other things that we no longer need. When we carry excess baggage around with us, it weighs us down and holds us up.  To reach our destination it is good to acknowledge and let go of that what we no longer need by just letting it fall away.

~ Liza


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