Author Archives: Miranda Adams

Poetry and Writings for Motivation and Inspiration. Life's a journey , Live for the journey not the destination. Miranda Adams

It’s all a gift

It’s all a gift;
The good and bad,
The light and the dark
The trials and the struggles,
The victories and the joyful moments

It’s all a gift,
When you see it as this,
You’ll always make the most of it

Find the joy within each,
Each struggle will then have a victory
Each difficulty will have joy to seek
Each trial will have a winning end
When you seek the gift in everything

~ M. L. Adams

Lost

When life is lost and you can’t decide,

To find a way you must seek inside
This is what I’ve found on this journey of seeking,

That the one way to go, is that which gives you most feeling
The one that excites you, that wakes you and shakes you

That may bring fear, yet it’s the one that feels most clear,
It’s the one that brings a light in you, inside of you to enliven you

To be seeking too long is to become lost further,
Which to follow; the well worn path,
Or one not taken by many another

The answers only seem to lie within, As only you know the answers your seeking

To not follow on this path is to never know; what you could have been, if you had never let go

~ M.L.Adams

The Unseen

All that’s taught beneath our sight,
All that’s true and yet unseen,
Is there to guide us and to teach
Trust in the truth of this world

 It’s always there to guide you well
At anytime you may need help;
Were never ever all alone
We are all connected beyond all known

This is the truth that’s of our world
That’s there to guide us all so well
All we have to do is listen,
In anytime we may need help

This is the truth of the unseen
The truth of life that we do not see
Protecting always with deep love and care
The truth of life that’s always there

Having faith in this truth always,
Will always guide you well,
Showing you the ways to go
Ways that only you know;
From the deepest depths of your soul

~ M.L.Adams

Believing in this part of ourselves, in our intuition, can be difficult when there is so much around us to tell us otherwise, or to tell us to listen to that which we see not that which we do not; that which exist within our hearts.

Learning to do this more I believe is itself a journey, one that we can be on until we trust in this part of ourselves completely without question.

This journey is one I’m on right now and I’m learning to trust in it more and more,  however scary at first it may be.
Im finding that there are many people who are also following this path and that this part of ourselves seems to already know what is right for our own life journey. Trust in the truth within 🙂

The Path

Follow the path of least resistance
Follow the path of flow
Follow the one that’s within you
The one that you intuitively know

The one that feels like a calling
That reaches out to you
Where difficult becomes easy
The path where all beauty will flow
~ M.L.Adams

One to think of before setting your New Years resolutions 🙂

With faith

Each new morning
Each new day
I find a new way to express my faith
Learning, growing
Seeking, sowing
Searching, finding
Teaching, knowing
In each new day with its light
I find my way with faith each time
~ M. L. Adams

‘What You Will to Be’ by James Allen

You will be what you will to be;
Let failure find its false content
In that poor world, “Environment,”
But spirit scorns it and is free
It masters time, it conquers space;
It cows that boastful trickster, chance,
And bids the tyrant circumstance
Uncrown, and fill a servants place
The human will, that force unseen
The offspring of a deathless soul
Can hew a way to any goal
Though walls of granite intervene
Be not patient in delay
But wait as one who understands;
When spirit rises and commands,
The gods are ready to obey

~ James Allen, (taken from his book ‘As a Man Thinketh.’)

The main concept of this poem and his book is that it is ultimately our thoughts and our will that determine our future. It is never the environment, although it may be a difficult concept to take on at first, It is a far more empowering belief to have than to believe we are subject to the environment.

By filling our minds with positivity and determination to succeed, that is then what we create and experience more of in our world. James Allen saw this over 100 years ago and left us an inspirational legacy in teaching through his writing and poetry.  Thank you James Allen.

Tribute to Nelson Mandela (extracts from essay by Daisaku Ikeda)

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A victory of hope over despair, of shared humanity over hatred, and of justice over inequality… these are my thoughts reflecting on the legacy of Nelson Mandela, who passed away this evening. My admiration for Mandela comes mostly from reading essays by Daisaku Ikeda, leader of the Soka Gakkai Buddhist movement that I belong to.

Mandela heard about Ikeda’s humanistic writings while in prison and after his release requested a meeting with him during a visit to Japan. Here are some extracts from an essay written by Daisaku Ikeda, reflecting on the two dialogues he had with South Africa’s first black President:

Nelson Mandela & Daisaku Ikeda

“There is something very special about Nelson Mandela’s smile. It is honest and pure, full of gentle composure. There isn’t a single line on his face that would suggest anything cold and harsh. And yet it embodies the conviction and strength of character of a man who has…

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What Really Matters..?

What really matters

What is important, what really matters? This is something that we all ask on some deeper level.The answer to which invariably comes when that which is important and really matters most has either gone from our lives or changed in some way.

When we think we may have lost something forever or when we do, we can come to realise the meaning and importance of what really matters. It can sometimes take a loss of this kind for us to realise the importance of something or someone in our lives, but it doesn’t have to.

What really matters and is important is slightly different for us all but one thing that can be guaranteed is that we all already have many of these things existing within our lives right now. Our health, the people in life that we love, the moments we have now, it is these gifts in life that really are precious and priceless.

Within our society today there is so much pressure to always be chasing something more and to have something better, as though we somehow require this or need it to be enough, but where does it stop?

Taking time everyday in our lives to really appreciate all we already have is something I now consider to be vital. The moments that are here right now are the most precious of all, the loved ones that are here, the opportunities we have to give and make a difference, this is what really matters.

We will all experience loss at some level in our lives, but we don’t need to have this experience to realise how precious the moments we have right now are.

All gifts exist here in the present moment, when we recognise each and everyone of them our lives are blissful everyday, there is no room for any depression or anxiety in this type of existence. Take a look around you today and notice all you already are and all you already have, this is what really matters.

With much peace and love,

Miranda