I AM A POET

I started dreaming about
writing poetry again.
Then the critiques began
about my rhythm
topics,
and marketability.
Those messages are not of God.
God’s inspiration

Gave me eyes that could hear, and
ears that can see.
I learned to stay open.
I learned to watch life
I began listening to my heart
and soul
and the inspiration
which came to me.
As I opened my senses
my imagination flowed
with an uncertainly and
excitement I cannot explain.
what I do know is that
I am a poet.

DANCING WITH GOD

Life is like a dance.
God is my partner.
God makes suggestions
and I respond
it is a conversation
between the two of us
which is all about us

God is skilled,
if I have faith
then I do not have to guess
I just have to follow.

God’s timing is perfect.
so I just have to follow,
without doubt,
without fear,
without the desire to
change the dance.

Dancing with God
is about trust.
It is about
releasing anticipation.
It is about moving with
and matching the movements.
it is about maintaining balance
in my relationship with God

It is about following the signals
which God is giving me.
It is also about knowing that
God never forces me to follow.
That choice is always up to me.

YUCKY OR YUMMY

They were five, six and seven,
Yet they knew how to cuss, gossip, slander,
And speak words of hate.

They were young,
But they had learned how to
Hurt others with their words
It was time to let them taste
What their words felt like

So they had to sip on listerine
Try eating a snail
A variety of things that tasted
What they called yucky
What they had to spit out
What made them want to throw up
This is what God tastes when you
Speak words of hurt and hate
Is this what you want to feed God

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USE YOUR SPIRITUAL IMAGINATION

So often, when we think about our imagination and using it, we think about creating something like some of artwork or creative writing. We think of works of art that we see in museums, galleries, or hear at poetry readings, writing exchanges, or even at comedy nights at local clubs. We tend to think of things that occur with some sort of external presence we have experienced or witnessed. However, as I have been thinking about imagination one last time this month, I began to think about how we can use our imagination as a way of experiencing compassion for others in all aspects of our life or even gaining a deeper understanding of any sacred texts, which are a part of one’s faith tradition.

What if we imagined the Divine in everyone and every situation that we met? 

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FEED YOUR IMAGINATION

What do you do to feed your imagination?

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

What are you doing to feed your imagination?

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Don't let others lack of imagination keep you from having yours

IF YOU CAN IMAGINE IT, THEN

This past month I have done so much thinking about imagination. I thought I had reflected on it from so many perspectives, but this week I have come to realize that I had yet to imagine the amazing people who would come into my life and touch me in ways that I could not even imagine.

So often, we hear about all the hate, violence and fear in this world. We hear about people who do things to others that cause our hearts to be heavy. It is so easy to allow the news to help us envision a world that is negative, hate filled, and beyond repair. This week, however, has served as a living testimony of the world I think you imagined when you first created us. I have experienced unconditional love and support from people I know as well as people I have never met or barely know.

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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Do you believe in the power of imagination?

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Where are you willing to let your imagination take you.

SONG OF THE WEEK

The power of prayer is amazing. It allows us to see with our ears and hear with our eyes, and hear the wrods that come us in the silence of prayer This is the message in this weeks song of the week

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

who or what is capturing your imagination?

A NEVER ENDING STORY

I thought it would be fun to build on one of the Sharing Time exercises where I asked people to look at a picture of clouds and tell me what they saw. The other day I posted the image from above on my personal FB page and several of my friends used their creativity and imagination and helped write a story that began with Once upon a time. Here is the result of our collective imagination.

Once upon at time,

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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Each day may we remember to remove the limits of our imagination and imagine the world of our ultimate fantasy. Only then can we achieve it.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

May we stay in touch with our inner child and continue to see the magic.

It’s Sharing Time! Imagination is Important

Why do you think imagination is important and what  do you think can be done today to advance the cause of the imagination?

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

TODAY MAY WE FILL OUR LIVES WITH IMAGINATION, MYTH, HOPE, LAUGHTER AND LOVE. 

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Tap into your courage and strength and use your imagination.

THE GIFT OF IMAGINATION

I want to thank you for the gift of imagination. It comes in handy when I face a situation that is not working or not working as well as I would like it to. It is at those moments that I remember my former supervisor telling me “if you come to me with a problem, then also come to me with a solution.” Identifying the problem did not call on me to have an imagination, but coming up with a solution often times did. It meant I thought through all the logical responses and solutions to the problem and then it meant that I thought outside the box and came up with innovative ways to make something work.

My friend Eileen tells me this is one of my gifts, the ability to think outside the box. I am not sure I even realize when I am doing this, the ideas just flow out.

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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Are you ready to allow your imagination to take you beyond Z