Mind Messages

In my mind there live many voices

Making comments and quips on my actions and choices

Their messages and opinions may agree or conflict

Seeking to judge whether I’m healthy or sick

Knowing when to listen can cause much confusion

As it’s hard to tell the truth from delusion

So define your ethical code and adhere to your heart

Feel into your gut and from your values, never part.

Thank You Tea

My dear tea, you are so fine

Your warmth and flavor is close to divine

I put the water in the kettle and then spark the fire,

Above all drinks it’s you I desire.

You come in so many types and strains

Your steam and aroma soothes away all my pains

Thank you tea for being this way

I love you so much, I’ll drink you all day.

Habits

Can habits be seen as both good and as bad?

Depending on the action they can make us happy or sad.

We can grow to depend on their place in our days

And seek comfort in the routine and predicability of their ways

Some hurt and some help the way we feel and behave

So be mindful of these actions when they are something we crave

With More Money

With more money, what would I do?

Make the world better for me and for you

Pay to learn information that I really want to know

Spend it on the things that may help my skills grow

Direct it’s energy to help the Earth heal.

Buy sustainable food for each and every meal

Go and explore a far away land

Use my time to assist my neighbors and lend a helping hand

To share the wealth, that must be our goal

So that we don’t dig ourselves in a hole

Of greed and materialism for that surely leads to pain

To the good things in the world, I say “let it rain!”

Look Within

Looking at people around, I feel mad as can be

But the one who I’m angry at really is me

In them I see traits that I wish to hide

All of my flaws and insecurities that lie deep inside

I must learn to accept them and heal from within

As we all know, none is without sin

So forgive and accept and to your own self be true

To come from a place of love is the best we can do.

Desires

How do we know what we desire?

Does it come from within, from our own inner fire?

The things that we want can lead us astray

Or keep us focused on goals, day after day.

So learn your passions and make the details clear, 

For they can help you overcome any doubts or fear. 

On the journey to manifesting that is we want to see, 

To help realize our goals and set our spirit free.

Winter’s Lows

I woke up this morning to the cold and the snow. 

It enveloped the places and people I know. 

We stay indoors and seek to keep warm, 

As we try to protect our physical form. 

From the harsh temperatures that winter did bring

While we dream of the sun and the coming of spring. 

But appreciate the season and the cold wind as it blows, 

For the highs feel much higher, when we truly know the lows.

Air

Contract and Expand from empty to full, 

The universe outside us, our lungs do pull

Into us every time we breathe and our life is renewed

The atmosphere around us, serves as our spirit’s food. 

So inhale deeply and fully to feel your soul fill. 

Let the breath be the fuel for your heart and your will. 

Be grateful for the air that God does provide. 

For powering the life force that lives deep inside.

Self Reflection

It’s helpful to reflect on the way we behave. 

To notice when we act out of fear or when we are brave. 

For to better ourselves is surely the aim, 

As carrying on as we always have, just seems kinda lame. 

It’s usually uncomfortable to truly view our acts, 

When we strip away emotions and look only at facts. 

But the practice is worth it and should be pursued. 

For as a result of the exercise, our sense of Self can be renewed.

Let Go

Let go of the things that weigh you down

The heavy loads that turn smiles to frowns

The things that no longer serve you well

The trails and traumas that turn our world to hell

Visualize them dropping off your shoulders like a heavy bag

Release yourself from the burden of having to drag

Them around all day for they shall no longer be

Impediments to your mind and your heart feeling free.

Dream Messages

Our dreams can be places that feel so very real

Our deepest fears and hopes, through dreams, our minds reveal

When they get too intense our body may wake 

From the confusion of not knowing what is real or is fake

But if you can remain asleep and dive deeper into the vision

Your dreams may show you some hints to what may be your life’s mission.

Slipping Into Old Habits

Many times we try to keep our demons at bay

To move on from their grip and send them away

For some time it seems we are free from their grip

Until a moment of weakness when our resolve does slip

We fall back into the hole of old ways and then

We must dig ourselves out and begin the process again.

Species Self Sabotage

Our species has advanced and developed, but it has not been without cost. 

We have grown rick in material possessions, but think of all we have lost

Our way of life has required much pollution and poison to be spilled

Our fellow inhabitants, the plants and animals, have been cut down and killed.
Can we find a balance and reverse the damage that’s been done?

Will we realize we’re only hurting ourselves, since with the Earth we are one.

Protect Those Closest

Why do we hurt the ones we hold dear?

And project on them our stress and our fear

Is it because we feel only they’ll understand

That they’re the only ones we trust to hold our feelings in their hand

We must accept that our problems are ours to solve

For with others and our issues they need not be involved 

So be mindful of what we put on those that we love

And seek guidance and healing from the power above.

What’s Next

Does anyone know what the future may hold?

Will I live another day, will I get to grow old?

Trying to predict is an impossible task

But I cannot seem to stop the habit to ask

Where my path is leading and what challenges I’ll face

Will I be a success? Will I be a disgrace?

These questions miss the point, or so it’s been said

Ruminating causes anxiety and unneeded dread

Live in the now and go with the flow

For what happens next, there’s no way to know

Listen to Your Self

How do we connect with our authentic Self?

To take steps to protect our soul and our health

For to walk along a path we’ve only been told

By someone else and their expectations, is bound to grow old

And cause us to resent the life that we live

And prevent us from giving, all we can give.

To the world we owe it to be our very best

To follow our intuition and let go of the rest

Remember this practice when stuck in a rut

Slow down, be quiet, and listen to your gut.