Came for the ride…Staying for the rodeo …dedicated to Sarah.

I came for the ride.

I am staying  for the rodeo.

I am addicted to love

of the Sunlight of the Spirit.

Just can’t let this life go.

The re-incarnated gun fighter

was this lifetime

 a big old  feisty woman

of  whom it was often said…

Awh she has just loved too hard,

Lived too fast,  

She is just worn out.

She just wont play dead.

No one understood her ramblings

As she told everyone she met

I came for the ride

I am staying  for the rodeo

I am addicted to the  love

of the Sunlight of the Spirit

Just can’t let this life go.

I sure have no regrets.

I have traveled the back lanes

of my own country

I am  known by

 every tree and hill.

I have wandered foreign lands

just to take a look

I have fished in many a quiet brook.

I have fished in the North Seas

I have fished in the Gulf of Mexico.

When I am finished fishing

I love to go to the rodeo.

And you know by golly I will.

No one understood her ramblings

As she told everyone she met

I came for the ride.

I am staying  for the rodeo.

I am addicted to the  love

of the Sunlight of the Spirit

Just can’t let this life go.

I sure have no regrets.

Those were my  yesterdays.    

Those were my  wandering  ways.  

I want the action that

 a good old rodeo brings.

Are you  completely demented  

they asked her

Hell no she said  with a laugh.

The Stampede is in town

They`ll be wanting to hear me sing.

I am going it will be a blast. 

I am going even if it is my last

No one understood her ramblings

As she told everyone she met

I came for the ride

I am staying  for the rodeo

I am addicted to the  love

of the Sunlight of the Spirit

Just can’t let this life go.

I sure have no regrets.

No one understood her ramblings

As she told everyone she met

I came for the ride

I staying  for the rodeo

I am addicted to the  love

of the Sunlight of the Spirit

Just can’t let this life go.

I sure have no regrets.

I came for the ride

I am staying  for the rodeo

On a Sunday

The Sun was shining  today

for the first time in a week

Bringing with it rainbows

which are dancing on all of  my life

Highlighting these Gifts 

Radiating from SUGMAD  and the Master’s cheek:

the quiet compassion of a friend

the understanding and unconditional love of family

the gratitude for so many blessings.

 These are some of the  ingredients 

I stir into my evening contemplation.

I add the  gratitude for the Sunlight of the Spirit

Reaching down into my very being

Brushing out the cobwebs of the past

Leaving me full of  love,

joy,

wonderment

Of the unexpected gifts

Of loving

Of healing

Of being

Of  knowing

Of seeing….

On a Sunday.

Saturday sounds of Love.

The hum of my laptop as it

 purrs out a HHUUUuuuuuuuuuuu.

Joins in with the refrigerator

who sings it just an octave higher  

HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

Now, the baritone of the furnace HHHHHHHHHHHHUUUUUUuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

balances out the quartette as I join in

HU HU HU  sings the vacuum cleaner 

singing a love song to God.

 We do not direct the HU

anywhere or offer it with any intention.

We sing our Saturday sounds of Love

….blending with the high of the Friday fast

into daily chores and scores HU a love song to God  with rejoicing.

-to find out more about the HU ( a love song to God) contact eckankar.org

Dance me Home

I long to walk in the  eternal  rain.

I might not take  my body.

I need to dance across the meadow.

Just one more time. 

I might not take  my wings.

I will be walking across the rainbow

Very very soon

I will be catching stars in my hands

Chasing comets across the moon.

I go in dreams to the other side

This time I will be staying 

Dropping off my body and my pride.

I will be watching  for you

With the evening and  morning star

Laughing with you  always.

 I love you the way you are.

I want  to always with you confide. 

I long to walk in the rain.

I might not take  my body.

I need to dance across the meadow

I mght not take my wings.

I will always love you

You always make my heart  of  hearts sing…

I need to dance across the medow

I am going  Home to get my wings. 

The gratitude attitude

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and hugs and blessings on the Wind to you dear heart

In the moment of LOVE

there is no room for fear or doubt

In the moment of LOVE

there is only the gratitude attitude.

In this moment, my LOVE my dear dear heart

I am so glad you are alive.

I am so glad you came into my life.

You are the reason I celebrate this moment with

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and hugs and blessings on the Wind to you dear heart.

Beloved

This moment

the Beloved

speaks in the gentle rain.

This moment

another Beloved

is Home again. 

This moment

a new Beloved

is being born.

This moment

an old Beloved

is being scorned.

In this moment

we all  as the  Beloved

Are being re-born.

The Beloved

new grass

fills the air with song.

The Beloved

song bird

sings along.

The Beloved

makes a meal

for her family.

The Beloved

senior remembers

her favorite dress.

The Beloved seeker

is being hard pressed.

In this moment

we all  as the  Beloved

are being re-born.

This moment

My Beloved

I am thinking of you,

In this moment

Beloved

Your dreams 

are becoming true.

So dream 

Beloved

In peaceful rest.

Knowing for this day

You and I have done our Best.

In this moment

we all  as the  Beloved

Are being re-born.

As Soul Sings

Good Morning Creator

(That is,  from my perspective, it is morning

With you it is always NOW.)

I take this glass of  life-giving water and raise it to the Sun.

The Sunlight of the Spirit dances  into the water.

I hold it lovingly  in my hands

honouring  all the waters of Mother Earth

who will help keep my thinking clear  this day.

May they keep my prayer song in all my actions and offerings today.

May I, too.  flow  and glow with the Sunlight of the Spirit.

In my thinking

Thinking only of kindness  beauty and service

In my seeing

Seeing only  Your beauty in all who come to me today.

Seeing your Love behind  their eyes.

In my hearing

Hearing your Voice in the Wind

Your Voice in my Heart

and in the voices of all your children .

In my speaking

May I this day speak your  truth,

affirming all your beauty

Honouring all my relations.

May I speak the words that will  heal and hold your children close. 

In my service

May my hands do service with loving kindness and tenderness

For  those who have no home, no food and no love.

For those who have no socks to wear

For those who have no one to hug them.

In my heart

May my heart be open with your Love

Able to express your gentleness and beauty.

May I share all that I have.

May I share all that I am.

In my feet

May my feet carry me in service to you and your children.

May they dance in tune with the heart beat of Mother Earth.

May they help me lift a Soul in need.

May they return me safely Home to you.

Thank you Creator of All

for all your gifts

for this gift of life

for this gift of water

for the gift of right thinking

the gift of right seeing

the gift of right speaking

the gift of right service

the gift of  a whole heart

the gift of right walking

for this gift of blessing my day.

May I walk the narrow way with Love.

May I serve my Brother and Sister today

With Love and Joy.

May I bring your Peace to all

Creator of All.

May I do the next right thing

As my Mission and Quest

As Soul Sings

A birthday poem for Carol Wallace

There once was a lady named Carol Wallace

Who challenged life with a smile.

She championed the old and broken

She made everyone’s life worthwhile.

Well today she is having a birthday.

Her virtues we would like to address.

One wishes her many years happiness

Her age we can only guess.

It appears her golden years are approaching

At a rate one can only suppose

We know her youthful spirit has

always the angel’s caress.

So while you are sitting there laughing

At her aging and the distress that it brings

Do you not wish you had her patience

With the  flair for loving  detail in all things.

Carol,  heres wishing  you continued joy in service

With  the rewards that your kindness brings.

But most of all we wish we still  had voices

Your birthday praises to sing.

Since that is not convenient

(Youth had its own demands)

We will wish you a happy birthday

With our continued admiration

For fitting so nicely into the Master`s plan.

Here is wishing you a lovely birthday across the Water

You are a loving tribute as the SUGMAD`s daughter.

I dedicate this Day

In gratitude:

for a place to live

to thrive 

to grow

to learn 

to wonder

to introspect

to contemplate

to serve

to give thanks

for

warm clothing

running water

electricity

freedom

laughter

family

friendships

books to read

food to eat

art to see

music to hear

spiritual abundance.

Because of these things and more

I dedicate this day to love

To being love

To sharing love

To giving love

To being in love with life. 

One thing more dear heart,

I dedicate this day to you.

For all the lives we have shared

For all the living and loving

we have yet to share.

I love you my beloved friend.

I love you simply  

because you are you.

I dedicate this day.

I dedicate this day to you.

I dedicate this day with love.

The Healing Rain

Sea Rainbow. This rainbow appeared after a brisk rain shower. Near Bull Bay. August 2004. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Its raining in my backyard-Hooray (Photo credit: aussiegall)

raining sheets (Photo credit: mytimemachine)

HU-a love song to God

The Healing Rain

comes in many forms.

Quiet contemplation in a familiar place

That can  take you to inter action

with another race.

A physical walk with trusted  friend

Not caring where there Journey ends.

Listening to a song that fills Soul

Placing  Joy into  every cell

Until you are made whole. 

Sitting with a wee  one while

 listening to their giggles

Enjoying  the moment which  wont last

they are so full of wiggles. 

Walking in your garden

either real or in the dream state

That  then becomes your next work of  art

upon your kitchen plate.

These are  some  moments of  the healing rain 

But the one that works for me again and again…

Is opening up my heart 

To sing my prayer song

Singing of the HU 

Gives me Love and Joy 

With the Healing Rain all day long. 

For those moments when life

gets too close and pressing

You can sing the HU 

There is no second guessing.

The healing rain comes during

a meal shared with a friend.

It comes in solitude

in your bath or shower

You can stand and bask 

In the healing rain at any hour. 

The healing rain

comes  through  service 

In Being  present for another

It matters not who they are

Be they stranger or a lover.

These are  some  moments of  the healing rain 

But the one that works for me again and again…

Is opening up my heart 

To sing my prayer song

Singing of the HU 

Gives me Love and Joy 

With the Healing Rain all day long. 

 - for more information about the HU   contact eckankar.org

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