[stylist] new poem: Living It
Eve Sanchez
3rdeyeonly at gmail.com
Wed Jun 13 03:26:48 UTC 2012
Ahhh, you make me smile here. And I believe that spirituality is so much
more than 'religion'. Not the literal definition, but what it has become to
mean. We do not sit in pews, but we gain strength from the wind. May that
wind blow softly in your direction. :) Eve And I think this
would be a wonderful exercise for us all if someone wants to pick random
words we must all use in a piece. Challenge is what forces us to grow.
On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 2:02 PM, <KajunCutie926 at aol.com> wrote:
> Eve, I think I mentioned it before you got there as a fore-warning if my
> mind seemed to be blank. Thank you so much for your kind words but believe
> me I would not compare our writing from when we were young. You, my
> friend,
> would be far superior as I did not even consider writing until about 12 or
> so years ago. Yes I think we do think alike, and you are right about the
> spiritual side of me. I have always I am not the most religious person
> around though I do believe but I am very spiritual and I think that too is
> what has prompted me to do the Teacher series as well.
> May your words continue to flourish as well so that I may continue to
> learn from you.. and from all who share words here.
>
> Myrna
>
>
> In a message dated 6/12/2012 12:59:26 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
> 3rdeyeonly at gmail.com writes:
>
> Myrna, I do not remember the mention during the meeting, but I am glad you
> took the time to share this. Funny thing is that it reminds me so much of
> a
> poem I wrote when I was young. Oh not the writing itself, but the message
> conveyed. The quality of the writing is so superiour with your piece and I
> think the message is conveyed much more concisely. I appreciate you
> putting
> into such beautiful words the thoughts I had. As I suspected during our
> wonderful conversation that night long ago, we think alike. I consider you
> a spiritual friend and love your talent. May it rub off onto me and others
> whom you touch. :) Namaste, Eve
>
> On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 7:36 AM, <KajunCutie926 at aol.com> wrote:
>
> > Last night during our division board meeting I mentioned a poem I'd
> > written that had really sprained the brain. We were given fifteen
> words
> > to
> > choose from and at least one of the words must be included in a poem.
> > You could
> > use one word or all fifteen or any number in between. Well, in a very
> > fun-spirited email the gauntlet was thrown down and like the bull
> > charging the
> > red cape I decided to give all fifteen a go.
> > Here are the words we had to use, followed by the poem. It is both
> > attached and in email.
> >
> > The required words to choose from: compare, quality, brick, cookie,
> tea,
> > division, arch, mortality, orchestra, substitute, split, diving, flat,
> > juvenile, siding.
> >
> > Living It
> >
> >
> > How does one compare the quality of life
> > to the quality of living it? Perhaps there is
> > no comparison because the life we are given
> > is not our choice but the living of it is.
> > There is a division, an imaginary arch that will
> > split the entities of choice and predetermined
> > reality. This will impact the other but not always
> > determine the journey of our mortality. Extraordinary
> > circumstances may do this but even then we are often
> > given a chance to change the seemingly unchangeable path.
> > The brick, on the hand, would likely not choose to be a brick,
> > but it has no recourse, no offered options. Nor does
> > the cookie and tea have that choice as they are but the culinary
> > products of another's whim. Neither can substitute a different path.
> > Our avian friends or their friends of nature cannot truly conduct
> > an orchestra of their choosing for the arias are already written
> > and the conductor already holds His baton. But how fortunate are we!
> > We can choose to go diving into life headlong knowing we may land
> > on our feet or flat upon our backs. We can peel away the siding of
> > our juvenile dreams, our adolescent schemes, allowing
> > each to spill into our adult truth, into the life we have been
> > handed, and there the magic begins!
> > We mold and we sculpt. We paint and we write. We tidy
> > up some imperfections, leaving a few to keep us honest.
> > And we live! We take each moment into our hands and we
> > breathe of it. We feel the wind and we touch sky. And we thank
> > the master conductor for allowing us to offer our own
> > contributions to living and leaving our imprint on a life that
> > we hope will be remembered well.
> > How very fortunate we are, indeed!
> >
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