I delight in growth
the bud on a tree
the leaf on a plant
the kitten napping
And, the work I experience happening.
With clients every day
the kind of growth
that others sometimes
experience, but rarely
see.
The lifetime of expanding
The swell of realization
the click of patterns emerging
The shiver of time being released in the body.
Look!
Growth can be painful
The pressure severe
Uncomfortable
Challenging
Gripped by fear.
What is there to do?
How do I cope?
With whom do I share
It’s unbearable, stop the trope.
to stay here.
I must expand
Trust in the new
The wings not yet dry
There’s so much to do!
It’s always a challenge
Opening to that not yet
experienced
There’s great potential
& purpose
Possibility too!
I’m not sure
how it will go.
There’s no guarantee
Push when it feels right
I’ve got to be free!
To do what I’m meant
to be, go, and try
The ask is in the challenge
I simply must fly.
Staying small’s not for me.
I’ve exhausted this place
No more to do here
I’m off into space.
The void not yet filled
With experience, rote, or routine
It’s all being formed
I’ve learned where I’ve been.
Trust space, time, intuition
You were made for your life
Show up being you
Release, let yourself fly.
For your wings are ready
How else will you know?
Leap from the same
You’ve places to go.
Don’t hold yourself back
Any longer, my friend
You have such authority
Your life to up-end.
Yes, it’s new, things will change
It’s not yet been writ,
Time will reveal
Your own special spark
Endeavor to be you
It can’t be too soon.
You know you’ll be proud
Of all you have gained
More life to be lived
A new plain to be gauged.
You’ll always wonder
if you stay where you are
What if
How would that
have been, when it’s far.
You’ll look back
& see
Where life was entreating
I’ve got you, you know
Trust in Me
Life is fleeting.
If not here, then when
Where, or How?
How will you know
When your final bow?
So, take it in stride
When Life opens the door
The path to be laid
The gate opening more.
All this will be fodder
]For your own special way
Maybe all has been healed
All you, shown the way.
You’re precious, unique
No one just life you.
You’ve got places to go
You’ve got things to do.
Nature knows this
inherently good
Just like you, my dear friend
Not yet at your end.
Be brave
Resolute
Embrace all you are.
There’s nothing too big
There’s nothing too far.
To be all you are
Enjoying this place
You’ve grown, cultivated
You’ve worked hard
Followed the paces.
The kitten’s asleep
The leaf takes it time
Nothing to be done
It’s all happening inside.
Of you, and of me
Just allowing, be smart!
Tip your hat, watch that bird
You know how to start.
Take a cue from nature
She’ll be your best guide
She’s got it down-pat
In you – you reside.
In due time, it shows
on the outside, of course
Transformation unfurls
from deep, deep inside.
The sustainable, yes.
Change that transcends
The obvious sort
This, this kind, my friend
No need to report.
Your growth will appear
in small, gradual ways
A new little bud, leaf, a bloom
Reveals
With time and space.
Since no sight may be had
of what’s happening inside
others doubt, may not see
what you feel
take in stride.
They will notice, comment
subtle clues start to appear
But you’ve known much longer
New life eventually
cannot be denied.
A comment, a look, a
life-giving subtle not
A smile starts to form
A sunset, enjoyed.
Its always been there
Now, you, You’re available
more
A simmering joy
Now there,
There’s your core.
Look, you’ve let it unfold
take its course
spread its wings, how sublime.
Is that really me?
Not chained, down, frozen,
“Hide!”
Now I feel my True Self
inhabiting space
I’ve shown up for myself
No need hide my face.
I’m here!
I’m more mew
Than I’ve ever been
Been to pain and back
And, Life has surpassed.
What I thought was possible
Who is the real me.
Never knew
too shut down
Afraid to be free.
But, little by little
I’ve chosen my life.
True Life is pain, grief, fear
& think twice
The ones we don’t want to feel
even then
Reveals the path
to joy, fulfillment, and connection.
I mean, who wants to go
to those desperate places
Addressing the hurt, annihilation,
shame?
The growth, it’s not easy
Accessing the dark
We thought we’d be mired there
We thought we’d be lost.
It’s a big ask, I know
I’ve been there myself
the spiral of life
Do I need to be here?
Turns out, it’s a gauntlet
of braver, trust
A will to find meaning
process pain
Find the diamond.
Who is this person
Inhaling each breath
Touching the cheek of a child
Holding the baby kitten?
Why, she’s me.
The me who inhabits the form
I go in and out
Being present for her.
The consciousness waivers
I think that’s called Life
Tenacity, form
The eye on the prize.
Really feeling myself.
Never completely lost.
The honor to shepherd
Be an other, hold form.
For others to manage
Similar treacherous trails
With themselves at the end
of which they prevailed.
We know who we are
Envelope the truth
The pause, time, space, emotion
uniquely of me.
The True Self is revealed
Celebrated, enhanced
By wonder, truth, vision
Of who I really am.
