Life is beautiful . . .
God created . . .
Turtles to remind us to slow down;
Elephants to remind us to think big;
Ants to remind us about small things;
The sky to remind us to always look up and pray;
The ground to remind us to always look down and to be humble;
BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY
God created . . .
Family and friends to remind us how beautiful life can be;
It is not the presence of someone that brings meaning to life,
But it’s the way that someone touches your heart!
– Anonymous
Life is a journey
Life is a journey through many terrain
From gardens of pleasure to deserts of pain
From an ocean of love to a jungle of hate
From mountains of glory to canyons of fate.
There’s a highway for joy and a highway for sorrow
A road for today and a road for tomorrow.
So choose your path wisely and walk with care
If you follow your heart, you’ll find your way there.
I’ve been to the garden and planted seeds there.
I’ve been to the desert and felt the despair.
I’ve swam in the ocean and drank of it’s wine
I climbed up the mountain to touch the sky.
I went to the canyon and started to cry
I’ve traveled both highways, both today and tomorrow.
I’ve basked in the joy and wallowed in sorrow.
My Path has been chosen and I’ve walked it with care.
I followed my heart and I’m on my way there
So I’ll just keep walking till I find what I’m after.
To mountains and oceans and gardens of laughter.
Poem written and copyrighted by Angelkat50
ONE YEAR DOWN THE ROAD LESS TRAVELLED . . .
October 2014:
https://africandream01.wordpress.com/2014/10/05/tapestry/
https://africandream01.wordpress.com/2014/10/31/to-each-life-there-is-a-season/
November 2014:
https://africandream01.wordpress.com/2014/11/19/warning-emotional-volcano-about-to-erupt/
https://africandream01.wordpress.com/2014/11/27/dear-mom/
December 2014:
https://africandream01.wordpress.com/2014/12/14/why-the-obsession-with-loneliness/
https://africandream01.wordpress.com/2014/12/24/christmas-and-new-year-blessings/
January 2015:
https://africandream01.wordpress.com/2015/01/21/grief-mourning-and-bereavement-what-is-the-difference/
February 2015:
https://africandream01.wordpress.com/2015/02/03/woman-heal-thyself/
https://africandream01.wordpress.com/2015/02/08/self-care-sunday-hard-questions-weightless/
https://africandream01.wordpress.com/2015/02/13/re-investing-in-life-moving-on/
March 2015:
https://africandream01.wordpress.com/2015/03/02/how-to-help-a-grieving-friend/
https://africandream01.wordpress.com/2015/03/19/how-to-find-the-balance-between-work-and-home-life/
https://africandream01.wordpress.com/2015/03/30/what-life-has-taught-me/
April 2015:
https://africandream01.wordpress.com/2015/04/09/i-am-a-sensitive-child/
https://africandream01.wordpress.com/2015/04/14/me-the-budding-entrepreneur/
https://africandream01.wordpress.com/2015/04/26/green-is-the-colour-of-my-life/
June 2015:
https://africandream01.wordpress.com/2015/06/07/i-am-capable/
https://africandream01.wordpress.com/2015/06/22/the-pain-of-watching-a-parent-age/
https://africandream01.wordpress.com/2015/06/25/stop-the-bus-i-want-to-get-off/
https://africandream01.wordpress.com/2015/06/25/what-happens-during-a-colonoscopy/
July 2015:
https://africandream01.wordpress.com/2015/07/11/me-the-budding-voice-over-artiste/
https://africandream01.wordpress.com/2015/07/22/what-im-learning-on-my-journey-to-wealth-creation/
August 2015:
https://africandream01.wordpress.com/2015/08/02/how-to-increase-your-financial-iq/
https://africandream01.wordpress.com/2015/08/11/river-of-life-a-time-for-reflection/
https://africandream01.wordpress.com/2015/08/18/finding-your-why/
https://africandream01.wordpress.com/2015/08/23/wild-geese/
September 2015:
https://africandream01.wordpress.com/2015/09/01/im-not-extraordinary-enough-the-power-of-vulnerability/
https://africandream01.wordpress.com/2015/09/12/how-do-i-start-a-blog/
https://africandream01.wordpress.com/2015/09/21/my-life-as-an-introvert/
October 2015 (One year down the road less travelled):
https://africandream01.wordpress.com/2015/10/13/dear-trauma-counsellor-i-have-ongoing-flashbacks-and-voices-in-my-head-that-just-wont-shut-up/
“WILD GEESE”
by Mary Oliver
“Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination…”
You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves.
Tell me about your despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.
Meanwhile the world goes on.
Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain are moving across the landscapes, over the prairies and the deep trees, the mountains and the rivers.
Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air, are heading home again.
Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination, calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting – over and over announcing your place in the family of things.
Reflection:
Maybe, we don’t always have to be good. Whatever guilt, shame or confessions we hold inside, can be let go.
Maybe we don’t always have to repent because we, too, are animals like the wild geese. Instead of suffering, or spending our lives trying to find forgiveness, we only have to do what we love to do.
Everybody has his or her own despair, everybody needs to be told we do not always have to be good, everybody would have a reason to repent.
Talking about our troubles can help us heal from the, and hearing other people’s pain can create a primal connection between two people, loyal and deep like the bond between birds.
“Meanwhile the world goes on.” The repetition of the word “meanwhile” is soothing and is, in the poem, cyclical like rainfall in nature. Like humans and wild geese, the rain also travels.
Table Mountain, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
The geese are travelling home again, but where is home? Are they flying “home” South for the Winter, or “home” back North?
“Whoever you are, no matter how lonely . . .” it does not matter where you call home.
Listen to what the world tells you – look at the wild geese. They fly alone yet in an inclusive form, honking to keep in contact with each other in flight, connected in the “family of things”.
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