The Mirror of Me

In a dream I looked into a pool and what I saw was me,

But in a gentler version of what we really see.

I was then shown, this pool really does reflect,

Every one I chance to meet, in all things that exist.

As I go about my day, do I see the piece of me,

that lives in everyone I meet, in every bird and tree?

It's hard some days to see myself in beggar and in thief,

In Gossip and in Poverty as I pass it on the street.

Compassion is the key, how would it be if it was me?

Would I hope to get a smile from everyone I see?

Or would I like them to scorn and scold me for my mistake,

and pass me as so many did, leaving judgment in their wake?

Since I am a piece of God, and walk the Beauty way,

I must help myself up off the street and give encouragement away.

To give a smile.. ... You can do It... I can understand,

I can help...what can I do...give a helping hand.

For in the ripples of the pool the reflection is You I see.

It's hard to tell but I now know that you're a part of me.

God has a Great Reflecting Pool, and as he looks Within,

In His Great Wisdom sees me inside of Him.

He treats me gently like a child, no matter what mistakes I make,

And all He asks in return is that I might do the same.

"God has no religion."

… but the greatest wisdom is blinded by the glare of vanity.

When we renounce our dreams, we find peace and enjoy a brief period of tranquillity, but the dead dreams begin to rot inside us and to infect the whole atmosphere in which we live. What we hoped to avoid in the Fight -disappointment and defeat- become the sole legacy of our cowardice.

If you have a past with which you feel dissatisfied, then forget it, now. Imagine a new story for your life and believe in it.

It is not enough to dream of the Impossible Love - it is necessary to conquer it too.

Anyone who loves in the expectation of being loved in return is wasting their time.

He who loves has conquered the world and has no fear of losing anything. True love is an act of total surrender.

Love does not ask many questions, because with thinking comes fear. This might be the fear of being scorned, of being rejected, or of breaking the spell. However ridiculous this may seem, that is how it is. This is why one does not ask, one acts.

if pain must come, may it come quickly. because i have a life to live, and i need to live it in the best possible. if he has to make a choice, may he make it now. then i will either wait for him or forget him. waiting is painful. forgetting is painful. but not knowing which to do is the worst kind of suffering.