Two Years On

I want to write a poem about gardening,watering the veggie patch & how it reduces things down to a manageablesize. To write a poem about putting onanother load of washing, takingthe rubbish out, catching the bus home.I want to cut a word here & there:trimming flowers before arrangingthem in a vase. To write a poemabout yoga: feeling vulnerable, inflexible,briefly graceful. A poem that tells youto be gentle, that there is time.

© Elizabeth Allen

http://overland.org.au/previous-issues/issue-204/poem-elizabeth-allen/

DECEMBER 25 2011 : Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we are here for something else besides ourselves. Eric Sevareid. « the GEM COLLECTION 2011.

via DECEMBER 25 2011 : Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we are here for something else besides ourselves. Eric Sevareid. « the GEM COLLECTION 2011.

(Quote by – Stanislaw Lec)

 

O who will walk a mile with me

Along life’s merry way?

A comrade blithe and full of glee.

Who dares to laugh out loud and free,

And let his frolic fancy play.

Like a happy child, through the

flowers gay

That fill the field and fringe the

way

Where he walk a mile with me.

And who will walk a mile with me

Along life’s weary way?

A friend whose heart has eyes to see

The stars shine out o’er the darkening

sea,

And the quiet rest at the end o’ the

day;

A friend who knows, and dares to

say

The brave, sweet words that cheer

the way

Where he walks a mile with me

With such a comrade, such a friend,

I fain would walk till journey’s end,

Through summer shine, winter rain,

And then?

Farewell, we shall meet

again!

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article41745952

Poem. (1936, May 20). Cairns Post

http://maekitso.wordpress.com/2011/07/15/australian-poetry-under-labor/

In the old days all our power came to us from the sacred hoop
of the nation and so long as the hoop was unbroken the people
flourished. The flowering tree was the living center of the hoop,
and the circle of the four quarters nourished it. The east gave peace
and light, the south gave warmth, the west gave rain and the north
with its cold and mighty wind gave strength and endurance. This
knowledge came to us from the outer world with our religion.

http://www.sapphyr.net/natam/quotes-nativeamerican.htm

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Japanese_proverbs

THE STORM

The waves were breaking on the

rocks,

The wind was howling near,

And all the ships were safe at

dock,

Or tied up to the pier.

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23227505

Flies will swarm before a storm.

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11102366

In the beginning of all things, wisdom and knowledge were with the animals, for Tirawa, the One Above, did not speak directly to man. He sent certain animals to tell men that he showed himself through the beast, and that from them, and from the stars and the sun and moon should man learn  ….  all things tell of Tirawa.

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via What Is A Dry Drunk? | Addiction Recovery Basics.

“Continuing to take a personal inventory means that we form a habit of looking at ourselves, our actions, attitudes, and relationships on a regular basis.”

Basic Text, p. 42

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Taking a regular inventory is a key element in our new pattern of living.  In our addiction, we examined ourselves as little as possible.  We weren’t happy with how we were living our lives, but we didn’t feel that we could change the way we lived.  Self-examination, we felt, would have been a painful exercise in futility.

Today, all that is changing.  Where we were powerless over our addiction, we’ve found a Power greater than ourselves that has helped us stop using.  Where we once felt lost in life’s maze, we’ve found guidance in the experience of our fellow recovering addicts and our ever-improving contact with our Higher Power.  We need not feel trapped by our old, destructive patterns.  We can live differently if we choose.

By establishing a regular pattern of taking our own inventory, we give ourselves the opportunity to change anything in our lives that doesn’t work.  If we’ve started doing something that causes problems, we can start changing our behavior before it gets completely out of hand.  And if we’re doing something that prevents problems from occurring, we can take note of that, too, and encourage ourselves to keep doing what works.

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Just for today:  I will make a commitment to include a regular inventory in my new pattern of living.

The addict is dead. Long live the myth.