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Our hearts burn, lust and strive. “Do we, at times; even know the reasons why?” “Should we even dare to slow down and look inside?” Ideas here and thoughts there, hiding in the midst of shadows we think are real. They shift and they move, only to cover the true things that are not even there. Not seeing the essence of who we are, we are deaf to the silence we long to hear. Echoed voices day in and day out, we replay the sounds we think we long to hear, be it night or day. “Do we long for the silent, endless chatter or for the continuous peace of nothing at all?”
Days and years go by, listening closely, that is until we realize they have changed and now they are voices from future days not lived. Some are pleasant and some are bad, but all putting in their two cents worth, as if they are jumping out at us thru the mirrors of our mind. Our attention captured and then released, as if nothing has happened until another day, another time, we find ourselves being chased by the voices of reason, doubt and fear, again and again, into the hidden shadows of our mind. “Where did they all come from and where did they go?” No one else knows but you and I, but they were real; real, because we listened and perceived the reality of their truth, be it real or not. We acted as we always do, thinking like we always have. Be it good or bad and acting as if it is, always frowning or smiling until we get alone and then we question why, that is until the laughter or pain goes away and our attention is gone again, on yet another journey without even taking a step.
We awake each day with a yawn and a stretch only to think we are in control of who we are. “Are we, or is something else?” “Control that we think we have, if we actually have it, could we truly handle “IT” on our own?” You ask your self, “what are you referring to?” “Ah!!”…..“What?!” “So obvious, but we never seem to see do we?” We see, but yet we don’t. And off we go; not realizing that what we left behind has never gave us the chance to walk away. Always hidden like the shadows we know we never see but yet we chase for the rest of the day until we lie down again and slumber as we lose complete control. “Or do we?” As I smile a little smile.
The sounds of music fill the air, feelings of love and joy radiate throughout the room as we are lost in the moment. We see the animated twinkle in the eye of a child, its laughter and amazement of the simplest of things, no worries, no shadows or shifting sands under its feet. “Adversity?” It has no idea what it is even though it may fall a thousand times before it even walks. What a happy time, if we could only live and see in that way, could that be possible? Ah, to late, the shadows are moving again. “How long before they start hiding and moving in the child?” Maybe, hopefully, they never will. Maybe it will never stop listening to the innocents of its own natural laughter, voice and mind while finding a way to teach the rest of us to smile a little smile in a natural way.
Pure beauty at its very core. Sent to me by one of the deepest, most genuine men I know! TY from the bottom of my heart for this & for allowing me to share it with all who may appreciate the message .. so touched me ..
