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Originally posted / Version 1.0 October 21, 2012; Fernandina Beach, FL
Howard McQueen
All to often
I feel that
life
is
overwhelming me,
that my future is so uncertain
that I will become drained
and slip into the joyless void.
When I obsess upon these feelings, I intensify them
and pressure and stress builds,
till I ultimately project my inward stress outward on to those who love me.
FEAR is so very contagious.
…
LOVE is so very contagious.
…
Let fear be heard, and understood
by others and myself.
Let us together absorb these images of irrational fear,
So me, and you need not act upon fear.
I am learning that my home is not a physical house that can be gussied up.
My home is a loving relationship,
first, with my wife,
then extended into communities of others
who are opening their hearts
and working to create
and sustain
a collective environment
of deeply compassionate, loving relationships.
As I shift my emphasis away from the seductive glitz and glitter of material things,
And, with a sense of gratitude,
Release these objects and feel their hold release me,
A lightness
And
A comforting and confident willingness to embrace the unknown is rekindled,
And I set my self free
To more deeply love – again.
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