I am a wanderer. I would say that I am a seeker, but sometimes I have no idea what I might be seeking, so I will stick with wanderer. This blog is more a public journal than anything. I don't claim to have life figured out. I simply stumble from mystery to mystery, and share my reflections along the way. Sometimes I feel burdened, and trudge. Sometimes? Well sometimes grace breaks through, and its time to dance.
Friday, December 28, 2018
come as a child
" When
I was a child,
I saw God,
saw angels;
I watched the
mysteries
of the higher and
lower worlds.
I thought
all men
saw the same.
At last
I realized
that they did not
see. "
Shams
-e- Tabrizi
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The Sacred came
as a child
When he/she
decided to take on flesh
To come as a
little one
All potential
All wonder
As one who saw
through eyes that wondered
And saw the
mystery
Embedded in
creation
And in each
precious soul
Is it no wonder
that when we seek the mystery
We are asked to
come as a child
Even if we are
old and gray
Even if we have
come a long hard way**
We are asked to
turn to all that is Love
All that is
Beauty
All that is
Entering into a
state of intimacy
Allowing
ourselves to be enfolded into being itself
Like a child is
enfolded into its mother’s/father’s arms
And from that
place
Look out at the
world
With eyes of
wonder
With eyes that
sees mystery in everything
With a soul that
finds joy in everything
With a heart that
is open to everyone
With a mind,
waiting to be formed by the holy
Let us become all
potential
All wonder
Let us
participate in the mystery of the child who came
As children who
come
This day and
every day
May we never
“grow up”
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**Come as a
little child, come with a smile of eagerness.
Greet each new
day as a special gift of love,
Even if your old
and gray, though you’ve come a long hard way.
Come ready to
sing and play and dance, ready to risk and take a chance.
Come with an open
mind, come through each door with humbleness.
Treat each new
thought as a spark of Holy Light.
Even if you’re
satisfied, proud and wise and dignified.
Come ready to
open up your eyes – ready to learn and be surprised.
Come with a
trusting heart, come face the world with innocence.
Meet everyone as
a friend to know and love.
Even if you’re
sick and tired, disillusioned, uninspired.
Come ready to
follow and explore – ready to lift to your wings and soar.
For of such is
the Kingdom, for of such is the Kingdom, come as a child
Avery and
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