Growth for as long as you live
seems a good thing.
But perhaps, at some point,
a better thing is to give back
while you still can.
Rather than pressing ever onward
and taking it all with you.
gallagher
13Apr22
christchurch
Archive for 2022
2022-04-13 – Growth
Sunday, April 17th, 20222022-08-11 – 75
Friday, August 12th, 2022Wisps of futures evaporating,
age stealing the endless time,
this very place unbecoming,
as I consider mine.
And, as it has always been,
I am surprised to be here now
where my lessening
is the result of time.
Should I swim and struggle
so near the drain,
and try to deny the truth
and invite the pain?
Or should I
embrace the coming moment
when all that I was
will have no name?
There’s a truth here
that folds into itself
and hears its own sigh.
A truth that stands breathless
beneath an endless sky
and feels the fading
of an unbelieving I.
gallagher
11 Aug 22
Christchurch
Charlie Chaplin
Sunday, August 21st, 2022As I began to love myself I found that anguish and emotional suffering are only warning signs that I was living against my own truth.
Today, I know, this is Authenticity.
As I began to love myself I understood how much it can offend somebody if I try to force my desires on this person, even though I knew the time was not right and the person was not ready for it, and even though this person was me.
Today I call this Respect.
As I began to love myself I stopped craving for a different life, and I could see that everything that surrounded me was inviting me to grow.
Today I call this Maturity.
As I began to love myself I understood that at any circumstance, I am in the right place at the right time, and everything happens at the exactly right moment. So I could be calm.
Today I call this Self-Confidence.
As I began to love myself I quit stealing my own time, and I stopped designing huge projects for the future. Today, I only do what brings me joy and happiness, things I love to do and that make my heart cheer, and I do them in my own way and in my own rhythm.
Today I call this Simplicity.
As I began to love myself I freed myself of anything that is no good for my health – food, people, things, situations, and everything that drew me down and away from myself. At first I called this attitude a healthy egoism.
Today I know it is Love of Oneself.
As I began to love myself I quit trying to always be right, and ever since I was wrong less of the time.
Today I discovered that is Modesty.
As I began to love myself I refused to go on living in the past and worrying about the future. Now, I only live for the moment, where everything is happening.
Today I live each day, day by day, and I call it Fulfillment.
As I began to love myself I recognized that my mind can disturb me and it can make me sick. But as I connected it to my heart, my mind became a valuable ally.
Today I call this connection Wisdom of the Heart.
We no longer need to fear arguments, confrontations or any kind of problems with ourselves or others. Even stars collide, and out of their crashing, new worlds are born.
Today I know: This is Life!