Disapointments

As we journey the road of life can we can hit disappointments. Our plans can fall apart and our expectations fall short. It becomes interesting when we look forward to something and things don't quite work out the way we had anticipated. I’m starting to believe that the difference between a vision and a plan is attachment. And the manner in which we live can influence our plans in the most unexpected of ways.


Disapointments

Make peace with the outcomes.
They're a step of happenstance.
Be clear about your peace,
pay it more than just a glance.

Where we need to really grow,
comes from a gentle place,
of self-care and compassion,
not a time-fraught scary place.

Remove yourself from anything,
that would pull your mind away,
from balance and the calmness,
in every minute, hour and day.

Despite whatever happens,
never lose anything to do,
with what you are as a person,
your being, or being true.

Look at your disappointments,
and learn how you can grow.
Swim trough the waves of sorrow,
live the joy your being sews.

Have an open willingness,
to look at the goals you set.
Are you overly pleasing others?
Called to know, then forget?

Use your mind and life experience.
Seek wisdom, be willing to look
at your life and mindless happenings,
and the decisions that you took.

There is no greater time than silence.
Listen and feel what you feel.
Allow yourself to be guided.
Don't let thoughts cajole and steal.

There is never loss or limitation,
only the stories that we tell.
Re-label, re-focus, and re-value,
come out from reason's spell.

Copyright (c) 2009, Carmien Owen