It’s not your time
all the time.
There is always
a participant.

You reap
what you allow,
receive
what you give.

Allow love,
and love will touch you.
Allow distance,
and distance will grow.
Allow harm,
and wounds will follow.

We think of ourselves,
our reasons, our intent—
but thoughts spark senses,
senses ignite emotions,
and emotions shape the world.

Trapped in our own design,
we see only our little box,
blind to the truth,
to the reality,
to our own creation.

Step back.
Lift your head.
Look at your garden.

Are the ones who love you
smiling at you?
Are you smiling at yourself—
with forgiveness in your face
and grace in your embrace?

When you cause harm,
you fail yourself,
you lose your soul.
A knife cuts
the hand that wields it first,
for a knife is only found
in darkness.

See what is.
How close are the deepest connections?

Wisdom is ancient.
Seek the old.
The harmonious relationship
is a story best told
by a teacher who has lived it,
to a curious mind that longs to know—
the thoughts of the wise,
the emotions of the youth.

Be considerate.
Be kind.
Be gracious.
Be whole.
Be you connected to.

May I be
connected to.

Filed under: 🜁 Self – tracing the inner landscapes of thought, feeling, and becoming.