From the Heart
An action I often struggle with
Cause I struggle so with change
Consent to something different
Everything here is just strange
Patience while it happens to me
Trust in those heavens above
Acceptance of another place
Not that I wouldn’t choose love
Confidence I’ll just have faith
Eyes opening to what is new
2017 the biggest shift for all
? so how does it feel to you ?
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Playing with the letters of acceptance for the Daily Prompt
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There will always be those above us, just as there are those struggling below. Enjoy what you have, be proud of who you are and always try to keep a hand free to help someone up.
~ Liza
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The tree continues to evolve, letting go of each season and welcoming in the next. Yesterdays memories fall away and new ideas are born. Throughout life, the tree continues to grow and its roots become surer.
~ Liza
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There are moments of awareness,
but just usually a glimpse.
My eyes wide open and I can see,
but just as quick it shrinks.
Who is the ‘I’ that sees this place,
so what part of me is real.
Why can’t my heart protect itself,
why can’t it always feel.
When I relate from ego’s mind,
my blinds are quickly drawn.
Blinded then by my humanness,
truth can never dawn.
But in these precious moments,
when the lights turned on.
I can know the truth inside,
that’s been there all along.
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As I write this I know it’s quite ridiculous but I’m a sucker for good customer service.
I like Earl Grey tea, I usually buy a premium brand because they are reliable. Last time I got a shops own label from Waitrose Supermarket, part of the John Lewis partnership. Waitrose are a high end supermarket, known for their customer service. I’ve shopped there for many years, sometimes a full weekly shop and at other times, just the things I particularly like. More recently I’ve split my shopping between Aldi, one of the cheaper european supermarkets and Waitrose.
Anyway back to the tea bags, one cup told me they were not up to scratch, I was amazed they had the audacity to call themselves Earl Gray! I took them back hoping to exchange them for a better quality bag. Now in twenty years I’ve only ever taken two things back to this store, a bottle of wine that wouldn’t open because the screw top wouldn’t work and I complained about a joint of beef, I didn’t take it back, so one thing and it must have been over fifteen years ago as I haven’t eaten any meat since around that time.
I don’t know what made me take these tea bags back, I would usually have thrown them away but they caught my eye as I was leaving home. Anyway customer services would not take them back, told me unless I had my receipt, they couldn’t. It was obvious I had got them from there as it was their own label but that’s beside the point as I didn’t have the receipt. Now I have to ask, who keeps a receipt for the weekly shop until everything on the list has been eaten, drunk or used? What about store cupboard items, do you keep the receipt for everything you buy to store, what about those extra items we buy when they are on offer? I think not unless you want a separate store cupboard for receipts!
Now I know this is ridiculous, but I’m put out. I told them to keep the tea bags as they were no good, I might not have used those words. I have since enjoyed a decent cup of Earl Gray and calmed down a little. I was put out as I don’t believe it to be good customer service, I’ve even emailed head office over this despite the fact we are talking a couple of pounds maximum.
It must be the equinox, planets or something because it has really bugged me, that and it suits todays prompt – label
I pulled the label from my jeans,
I immediately changed my mind.
I know I should of returned them,
as for my figure they’re so unkind.
They nip me in tightly at the waist,
then around the backside sag.
But with the bloody label in my hand,
it’s too late to take them back!
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Daily Prompt – Label
To take a walk in nature,
is to take a walk in love.
From deep into the forests,
up to the skies above.
Natures the expression,
of earths very heart.
For each and every flower,
this love is why it starts.
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To be at one in natures arms,
is just to be in truth.
To merge with this power,
will only ever sooth.
To let nature show the way,
is to find true peace.
A love you find keeps growing,
she will never cease.
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We usually lean in the direction the wind is blowing, we are often pushed along in life by things quite out of our control, we quite simply go with the flow. Fighting against the will of nature, or something much bigger than us, isn’t easy, often not necessary. But on occasion there is a need to draw strength from our roots, stand firm and not be pushed into a place that is simply not right for us.
~ Liza
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You reach a point in life where you realise that it is not necessary to win at everything, sometimes winning isn’t helpful to our growth either, sometimes to loose is to learn.
We are programmed to win, sometimes we cheat to get there, it’s instilled in us from an early age that we have to be the best, even if this means taking out our opponents along the way. All our childhood games revolve around winning, from board games like snakes and ladders to imaginary games like cowboys and indians, doctors and nurses, the objective to solve the puzzle or win the day.
Years ago I started a bit of a tradition at my sons school sports day in the parents egg and spoon race. I did this by throwing the egg over my head and belting to the finish line to win. The children cheered loudly and half the parents followed my lead, a new tradition was born. I laughed and told my son our family motto was to win, if it meant cheating that was fine! Not so sensible when I think of it now but luckily for me, my son didn’t take any notice and saw it for the joke it was.
To conquer is to overcome, good if this is something helpful to us, such as successfully overcoming a fear or habit but not so when it is in a relationship with another.
What lessons can loosing teach us, take for example loosing your home. This might teach us that home is where our hearts are, home is a feeling not a building and home is a place full of love, not possessions. Sometimes we learn the lessons the hard way, I’m not sure of the reason for this apart from the connection to growth.
Loosing friends and lovers might teach us we are looking in the wrong place, might show us that the qualities we once thought were important are anything but, or maybe we might need time alone, to focus on ourselves. Often when I look back and think of the people who have passed through my life, I understand why they are no longer here, we just don’t speak the same language anymore. That not to say I don’t love some of those people for what they gave me but I can see why I no longer need them.
I think life is probably what we need to win at, not conquer but get though. Face the challenges as if they are a game, give of ourselves and let each lesson count. Because if we don’t we know those lessons will come around again until we do actually conquer them.
Daily Prompt – Conquer
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We are all born into families, connected to soul groups and part of humanity. But each of us is responsible for the individual choices we make in life, we are on our own when it comes to the lessons we have to learn. However much our lessons may effect others, ultimately they belong to us.
~ Liza
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