I Am Wishing You Peace

When I admire the foliage of shrubs and trees

I bring my focus to detail the leaves.

I look at the veins

the shapes

their colour and tone,

whether they cluster in families

or grow out on their own.

I am thinking of New Year around the world,

the full heat of summer

the depth of white snow

and folk who are gathering

as some are alone.

Here in Australia

where white lilies bloom

the fragrance of these is filling the room.

Whether your Christmas

was warmed by the sun or a fire inside,

may goodness bring all that you need

and Kindness and Love

keep the world going around,

so I am wishing you peace

and the heart of a leaf

or crystals of snow to melt with the flow

and life will cycle wherever you go.

So breathe in a New Day,

and be warmed by generosity

to love in new ways.

(Written December 30, 2014)

The Star Of Hope

So much is changing in our world

and many ways have gone,

the Summer Solstice time is here

as Christmas season brings good cheer.

Much is passing and lives are lost

but keep on breathing in,

all that you need is love and peace.

And now.

A new way is here for us

to behold and to live in trust

that all around will support

those who nurture and give with kindness.

And those who know there is more

than what surrounds their everyday

will come together and share

courage and the strength to care.

Take heart and keep the faith

the light is on your path,

be open-hearted as best you are,

vulnerable in gentle ways

and being open lets those days

come through

to happen to you

in a delightful way,

when you never knew

that all around there are good times too

and folk who share themselves

to bring light to a dim place

and warmth to some strangers faces.

Let us be the ones

who carry the load another day

for a dear one who may be weary

and wondering if

love will bring a smile to them

so let us do what ere we may

to shine The Star Of Hope today.

Look For A Heart Wherever You Are

Beautiful heart-shaped leaves

Look for a heart wherever you are……

there are hearts around in the lilac leaves

and certainly wherever the violets may be.

When Heart-Bells Chime In Their Own Sweet Way

Divinely blessed

here you are

listening to a call afar, 

listening in with all your heart,

waiting here as it all starts

blooming.

And bells are blossoming

with the sweetest scent

and all the air is laden fresh

as raindrops dwell all around

and in your heart

you feel the sound

of Love.....

The peace, the quiet,

the heaven sent,

the kind you seek

and always meant

to find.

But oh, many lessons came with that

as you looked

 for what you thought you needed

and none of those

succeeded

the way you thought

they ought to do

but, truly dear

we're telling you

they always do enlighten you,

bring the lessons

you came to learn

and every time you did discern

and grew to leave,

to indeed succeed

in growing

and coming to the knowing

that we all do,

is our path

and in our heart

we know that's true,

as growing is a learning too.

Every time you come to share

and give a sense of all your caring,

then in that way

and in your sharing

comes a blessing to lead you on

 to somewhere new

and someplace stronger within you.

So as the bells chime

in their own sweet way,

you are here in your everyday

to simply follow in a simple way

and all will bloom

and fragrance will indeed

show you how you do succeed

by proceeding on, in a patient way,

to seek yourself and hear us say.....

Keep going.

Keep the door always open

and into your life

at any time

comes the sweetest bell

with the clearest chime,

the bell to ring

the changes in,

the bell to swing

on any lovely breezy day

and let you feel in every way

the blessings all around you,

the every-days you live through,

the awareness of the little things

and the simplest way the daily brings

Love to you.

Hearts will sing

when you love yourself

in your life you have,

the inner joy glows bright

as you pass to sleep every night.

Oh glory, glory, I hear the call

of every bell in the country-side,

lightly chiming to call the day,

it's yours' indeed

so bring in play

and expand yourself in many ways.

Written in the New Moon

 with the beautifully fragrant

Philadelphus Mexicanus,

Mexican Mock Orange, on November 22, 2014 

22/11 = 2 Master numbers

 

 

 

Follow Your Heart And The Labyrinth Path

Leave the maze and the need to

understand where you are going to.

Seek the labyrinth, begin it now

and follow one step,

then another,

around the circular path

whichever way, east or west,

the way is guided by your breath.

The day it starts by the willow pond,

let the sorrows flood into the stream

and see the start Begin Again.

Follow one foot,

then another.

Your mind will find the answer there,

every question is resolved

by coming into your heart centre

there you are, with your own light

shining through and shining bright.

You need not mind where you are

any where is good to start

and before you know, you will believe,

nothing left to ever grieve.

The guiding force is inside you.

walk within in meditation

as the way is what it is,

unlock yourself and begin.

Walking back from the centre

breathe in stillness,

peace and blessings

ever onward, light is streaming,

accept it all without your reasoning.

The heart does lead our every path

if where we go, is where we will find

love for each and every kind

and best of all, peace of mind.

So when we give up the search,

the gift is there within,

the peace it sits inside ourselves.

the path will guide to higher light

in bright sunshine or darker night.

Follow your heart and the labyrinth path….

(Written November 9, 2014)

A maze is designed to confuse.

But walking a labyrinth is where you solve problems and find healing answers.

There is a beautiful sandstone and blue-stone Sydney Labyrinth which has just been opened in Sept, 2014 in Centennial Park in Sydney, Australia. It is in a quiet space, well away from the usual circuit and may be found in the field down by the Willow Pond.

Go to www.sydneylabyrinth.org

Cradle The Child Within

Leave the past

grieve it’s gone

but see this day

and believe you’re strong.

Write yourself a new blank page

and there you’ll be

happily

free to bring your heart

to peace in every day

and this bright new start

of sharing all the inner gifts

and smiling into your heart centre

delight, divine

the child within

cradle her now

and Begin Again.

(Written November 1, 2014)

The Light Within

In the gold

is a bag of gold

and lo and behold

I am told

it’s always there

abundance flows

and he who believes

is she who knows

and in this light and all around

there is gold dust to be found.

And where you seek is in your heart

and where you dwell is within

and there within,

in your heart centre,

is the one, your life mentor.

So go within and there is gold

and spread the precious dust you find

to all around

and leave behind

anything that no longer is

the essence of the way you feel

bring yourself to the well

and presently she who is

is she who dwells

and here you are happily

being yourself and being free.

The gold, it’s true, is inside you,

the well it sits within,

so draw your life’s flow from the bubbling stream

and light will shine

and leaves will gleam

and flowers are the gifts for you,

petals soft and colours rich

this is the way of Nature’s gifts.

Bring yourself the gems there are

and share the light from every star

and live the way your heart knows true

so being yourself is healing you.

(Written with a rich magenta coloured tree peony flower on October 13, 2014)

This photo was taken in a windstorm, of the only bloom this season and the verse came to me as I uploaded the image)

I Weep

I weep

in this moment I feel

I weep for the world

I weep for your loss

and I weep for what

you feel is lost.

I sigh

I sigh and see

that spring has come.

I release the tears

that have begun

to well in my eyes

and pond up my vision

but I see ahead

eternity.

I know that you

are grieving now

indeed you must

release the pain

of feeling you never

will see him again.

I believe you will in other ways

know he is with you

in these earthly days.

A thought, a way,

a memory here,

a day at a time

will walk you through

until time brings togetherness

again to you.

I smile in my heart

for the love I feel,

for the gratitude

that two

were dedicated to

sharing each day

in the only way

that they knew how

so love was present behind every cloud.

You gave your heart,

you gave each day

you loved him dearly,

now he has passed away.

But never feel you are alone

you have a well of tears within

and wonder how

you will begin

to walk on now,

but believe you will

have inner strength to carry you

and in your heart you know it’s true.

So dear lady, please sit and rest

you did your very, very best

you now need days and days to weep and sigh

and let the smiles you have for him

twinkle in your eyes again.

Love is with you

love is here

grieve as long as endless years

and feel comfort from those around you

who share their warmth, their love, their tears.

Family and friends

will comfort you

lean on them

as you need to

let yourself grieve and grieve

take all the time

you gave to him

and nourish yourself in gentle ways

as you come into each coming day.

My Dear, your heart is warm

and all who ever met you

see your kindness,

feel your heart,

so today

know, we all do think of you

and care and hope that in your time

your heavy heart will come to heal

and the light surrounding you

will lift your spirits and guide you through

knowing you gave constant care

and love for your beloved in the life you shared.