Tick tock goes the clock and the time is up. Rinnggg. Do not reach out your arm to turn of the sounding alarm. Time is now. Time to feel. Time to stand. Time to connect. Open the lids of your eyes, open the lid of your mind and visualize the path of awareness. See yourself stepping onto this path. Aware. Looking from right to left. Begin by breathing deeply. Breathe in this present moment and step, step, one foot in front of the other, each step with mindfulness, each step with awareness--- mindful of suffering and crying and aware of joy and smiling.
The path of awarness is on a diverged path… a path that requires the speed of traversing to be slowed down. On this path, on this journey, together, with love for diversity, respect and acknowledge of human dignity, with compassion inspired action and heart beating, you will be overwhelmed with the sensation of reverberating loving kindness.
Now—it is the season fall, leaves of love linger on the path. Yellow blends to red and the path bends. I continue to walk in awareness of the way sunlight shines through bare branches.
Why does walking in awareness, intentional and appreciative on this path come feel bizarre, backwards? Why be aware? Why live in the present moment? Why breath deeply—eyes open, heart beating, hands reached out? Why? Because we would connect with who we are in the most profound way… we would achieve a human experience by allowing ourselves to experience humanity. Imagine humanity for a moment: blue sky basking birds to burgundy blood red wounds, and this sunlight speckled path and sweaty sunburned soldiers brow. Flying birds. Marching soldiers.
Aware of our breath, our space. Step onto this path of awarness, and consider humanity. Common humanity (our one human being family—rich in depth and diversity). Dalton’s words echo and I smile at his words that consider common humanity. “poetry like bread is for everyone” and yes. Our eyes have known laughter and the buds of tears— tears of joy and smiling and tears of suffering and crying.
May we live simply so that others might simply live. May we live deeply in this present moment, aware and calm—yet, stirred by compassion into action, creating, connecting, growing, sharing— breathing, stepping peace.
May we absorb it the way the path absorbs the sun. may it fall into us like fallen leaves of yellow and red adding vibrancy and diversity into our lives.
May inner pace and love allow us to walk on the path of awareness. And when we walk… may the people we pass and those who pass us notice an inner emanating light. May reverberations of peace and love send energy to others and draw more on to this path, together, the greatest journey… remembering human dignity, celebrating and lifting one another up, listening, growing, sharing, understanding, breathing and being… present.
The path of awarness is on a diverged path… a path that requires the speed of traversing to be slowed down. On this path, on this journey, together, with love for diversity, respect and acknowledge of human dignity, with compassion inspired action and heart beating, you will be overwhelmed with the sensation of reverberating loving kindness.
Now—it is the season fall, leaves of love linger on the path. Yellow blends to red and the path bends. I continue to walk in awareness of the way sunlight shines through bare branches.
Why does walking in awareness, intentional and appreciative on this path come feel bizarre, backwards? Why be aware? Why live in the present moment? Why breath deeply—eyes open, heart beating, hands reached out? Why? Because we would connect with who we are in the most profound way… we would achieve a human experience by allowing ourselves to experience humanity. Imagine humanity for a moment: blue sky basking birds to burgundy blood red wounds, and this sunlight speckled path and sweaty sunburned soldiers brow. Flying birds. Marching soldiers.
Aware of our breath, our space. Step onto this path of awarness, and consider humanity. Common humanity (our one human being family—rich in depth and diversity). Dalton’s words echo and I smile at his words that consider common humanity. “poetry like bread is for everyone” and yes. Our eyes have known laughter and the buds of tears— tears of joy and smiling and tears of suffering and crying.
May we live simply so that others might simply live. May we live deeply in this present moment, aware and calm—yet, stirred by compassion into action, creating, connecting, growing, sharing— breathing, stepping peace.
May we absorb it the way the path absorbs the sun. may it fall into us like fallen leaves of yellow and red adding vibrancy and diversity into our lives.
May inner pace and love allow us to walk on the path of awareness. And when we walk… may the people we pass and those who pass us notice an inner emanating light. May reverberations of peace and love send energy to others and draw more on to this path, together, the greatest journey… remembering human dignity, celebrating and lifting one another up, listening, growing, sharing, understanding, breathing and being… present.
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