In your light I learn how to love,
In your beauty, how to make poems
You dance inside my chest where no-one sees you, but sometimes I do,
and that sight becomes this art
~ Rumi ~
Tag Archives: Poetry
Spreading wings
Some things are far better apart,
Like the diamonds that are stars
Shining beautifully there on their own,
In the oneness of existence that’s here and all around
Some things can be hard to let go of,
Yet until you do, you can never be fully grown
All that’s held back from joining you together,
Will be free once more from this point right here
The freedom that comes in your oneness, is found even though your apart or near,
You do not not need him anymore
And you know this,
It’s time to let go; simply spread your wings
~ M. L Adams
Without Time
Through the letting go of time,
We can find a way, a way that’s unconfined,
Yet it’s through the directing of our mind,
That we can find flow, a way that’s without time
It’s the paradox of our nature;
A way we may not have foreseen before
It is in finding this way without time
All becomes one, then we can overcome;
That which we could not before
~ M.L Adams
Let go
Let go of the tension
Allow it to flow
It is in the flowing,
That you will reach your goal
~ M.L Adams
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Grateful without reason
Sometimes I’m so grateful I could cry;
Yet I cannot really tell you why
My only knowing is this is through truly being,
Through being me without any constriction
In living in love with all I am seeing;
Where all love is pure, boundless, and openly giving,
To be happy and grateful without reason; is to live in the love of just being
~ M. L Adams
Letting go
In accepting all as it is,
You’ll find true freedom from within
In coming from your heart
Through being as you are
This is your mission,
To flow freely;
To serve in all your being
This is your mission
To let go, to be here;
To live in love and freedom
~ M.L Adams
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Fighting Flow
To fight,
With fighting flow,
To turn that hurt
In to gold
This is the power;
You have within
Let nothing ever stop you,
You can always win
To fight,
With fighting flow
To turn that pain
In to a story of old
This is the way
The way you always know,
To transform any struggle;
In to pure love for all
~ M. L Adams
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Forgive and never forget
You taught me what real love is,
I cannot forget you for this
Now I find you’ve only tried to take,
I can only forgive you for this
You taught me more than you really know,
My only hope is that you realise this,
To let go, in love and hope
For you to know, the truth as it is;
This is my only wish ❤
~ M.L Adams
Turn it around
Don’t give up on life
Or allow it to get you down
Everything that happens,
Is here to serve you somehow
No matter how it may seem,
In any betrayl or deceit
There is always a point where you’ll win,
Where you will rise and be free
Use this time to build you up,
To recover what was took,
To focus your own mind
On all your joy; on all you seek
You deserve the best now
You worked so hard for it
Let go of all that no longer serves you;
Allow your truth to rise within
It is your life, your mind,
It is you that holds the key
You can turn this around,
No matter what; just believe
~ M. L Adams
Living Without Regret
The question of what impact do I want my life to have today and in the future often occurs to me. When I ask myself this question it allows me to check back in on whether I’m living purposely in that day or not. The above video is a great reminder of living with this spirit.
I find there is the potential otherwise to waste time on things that may become of far lesser importance when were to look back on them. In this way I can aim to be living in each moment and there for those who are around me. In essence it is a sense of coming from a point of what really matters most and then living from there.
In the below guardian article titled the 5 regrets of the dying, Bronnie Ware an Australian nurse documented the top 5 regrets of patients in their last days. The top 5 she recorded were;
1.) I wish I had the courage to live true to myself not to what others expected of me.
2.) I wish I hadn’t worked so hard
3.) I wish I had the courage to express my feelings
4.) I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends
5.) I wish I had let myself be happier
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/feb/01/top-five-regrets-of-the-dying/print
Knowing these regrets of the dying can really get us to reflect on living a full life where we do not waste our time on things that ultimately don’t matter so much. For all of us it can be slightly different in what we perceive to be most valuable, asking the question what will we want to leave behind is a really good way to understand these, what will be and is most important now? Is it money, the people in your life, the experiences you have? What kind of legacy do you want to leave behind. By knowing the answer to these questions we can then proceed to live as much of our days from these values. Some questions I find good for reflecting on this are;
- How do you want to be remembered?
- What do you want to leave behind?
- How can you create the most value today?
If we live from this place in every moment we can be sure to be on purpose, living without regret and knowing we’ve made the most difference possible with our lives ❤
Live from the heart
Live from the heart in all you do
Live from the heart as though everyday could be your last
Valuing all that matters most
Knowing you do your best in all you pursue
Most of all know you wasted nothing,
That in every moment you gave your everything
~ M. L Adams
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