This week I had my birthday, I am early in my 7th decade.
A good day to reflect on the question my teacher, asked me casually in 1990 in Ganeshpuri India: Where are you going?
This is a question that has evolved from thinking about my career at that time, to knowing that it is also about my life’s purpose and my spiritual path.
ODE TO JOHN LEWIS
There is more death than usual
around us now.
Like a bad wartime story.
Better focus on living with purpose,
Knowing every day counts
Every day we can choose to live with honor,
to follow the way of great human beings
Like John Robert Lewis.
John Lewis
A conscious man
he wrote his life
approaching death,
He wrote his wishes
clearly and succinctly.
He called for action
to keep moving forward.
He urged the good people
to continue what he started.
He walked across the bridge
turning hate and fear
into love and hope.
we can all follow him,
answering the highest calling
of our hearts.
Rising above darkness and hollow words
Keep moving into light and virtuous action.
Make good trouble, he said,
redeem the soul of America.
DIVINITY EVERYWHERE
I remember open hearted generosity
in farm villages in India and Greece,
In the Himalayas of Nepal and Bhutan,
The Andes of Peru and Ecuador,
They shared their food and their space;
Crowded huts without running water or electricity.
When we too can recognize divinity and goodness,
wherever we look, whomever we see
we won’t need world friendship day.
SILENCE
Allowing the space for Silence
Accepting the power of purpose
Appreciating living and loving
Being your own unique self
©MartinStrasmore2020