Showing posts with label perseverance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label perseverance. Show all posts

Monday, April 20, 2009

Waterway descending Ben Mor, Isle of Mull, Scotland


Chaos
4/20/09

Such an unbelievable existence
yet it can't be denied,
we're here in it, experiencing
through each outrageous sense
funneled into workings of the brain
and when fully grasped within
there can be awe and wonder
or a sense of devastating overwhelm
where it seems fruitless to try
making or retaining order anywhere
but if we succeed doing so
in the many territories of life
then comes status quo maintenance,
let alone improving our lot,
as Creation continues the march
of changing constantly, irrevocably, 
testing ones' ability to flow,
be at peace on ever moving waterway,
while influencing directional course
with our actions and thoughts
even at times when rapids appear,
big, bone jarring, twisty drops
which evoke fear for survival,
forgetting any idea of controlling
the fomenting external environment
left with only your personal power
to stay centered, calm, balanced, in the chaos.

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Train in England with Lake District in background


What Works
3/8/09

Patiently I'm making strides
spurts and sputters have shifted
as a smooth grace prevails
beginning to see things manifest
in accumulated small changes,
and I feel like a locomotive
having found right fuel mix
to propel myself up slippery slopes,
tight turns, those steep grades
that threaten to suck me back
from the sheer weight of dreams,
those I pull behind as boxcars
filled with ideas, possibility, potential,
if for some reason I'd try to stop,
even when tracks showed a fork
I've been able to navigate direction
willing to accept 'what is', now,
being realistic with life's circumstances
listening to Source showing the way
while continuing to live, love, laugh,
find the silver lining in all things
every event that comes as surprise,
contrary to my hopes and prayers
striving onward, a steady 'conductor',
on course to find what works.