A Father’s Love

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6/18/17

There are many
faces to a father –
it is a complicated
role.

Might it be
the face of a lion,
watching over
his pride,
defending all
with the fierceness
of a warrior
bred to protect?

Might his role
include the antics
of a monkey,
who loves
to play and joke –
keeping everyone
laughing
when laughter
is what is
needed most?

Does his role
not include
being a teacher –
passing down
traditions learned,
he may be patient,
he may be hurried –
it is not
in the delivery,
is it not
in what he shares –
does not a
father show
who he is
with those
he loves?

You have expectations
of a father
that are as varied
as there are dads –
but at its very core,
does not a father’s love
shape who you are –
you may feel close,
you may wish
for more,
but does not
a father’s love
touch you deep
within your heart?

There are many
faces to a father –
it is a complicated
role –
but is there not
the Face of Love
when a father
sees his child –
when the child
sees the Love –
there is father,
there is dad.
There Is Love.

A Love Song

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6/16/17

What makes
your heart
play a 
love song
for you?

What lifts
your heart,
what makes
it sing
when the world
with all
of the shouting
seems so
deafening
at times –
can you
listen to
the Love Song
in your heart?

Does it not
sing out
when there
are others
that hold
the space
for Love –
can you
assemble
a loving chorus
to play a
Love Song
for all?

You may think
a Song of Love
may not resonate
with some
who cannot hear –
but listening ears
are not where
a Song of Love
is understood –
do you not
listen to
a Love Song
in your heart?

What moves
someone,
what lifts
the heart –
is there not
a loving song
that is playing
in all hearts –
might it be
getting blocked
by so much
noise?

It is not
how loud
that you
can sing
to feel
the song
that plays
for you –
does a Song of Love
not fill
your heart
when you
vibrate with
each loving note –
when you become
your Song of Love,
are you not
living and singing
from your heart?

How can
your heart
not sing
a Love Song
for You?

There is a song
in everyone
that the heart
wishes to sing –
it is there
beneath
the noise,
can you tune
your ear
to hear –
the Song of Love
that plays
in every heart,
within every soul?

And as the
loving vibration builds
with Love Songs
of the heart,
will not this
Chorus of Love
lift hearts
that sing along –
as you let
your heart
play a Love Song
for You?

Your song
Is Love,
let it play
for You.

Feel it.
Sing it.
You Are
a Song of Love.

Meeting You

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6/13/17

Can you meet you
where you are?

Are there not many
aspects of you –
from memories past,
from where you started
this day,
do you not have
a perception of you
in the future
near or far?

Yes, with growth,
with change,
with the
ever-evolving nature
of your be-ing –
it is tempting,
you are drawn,
to contrast
and compare,
to see what
has changed –
to speculate
what happens next –
where do you
wish to go?

But can you
meet you
where you are?

If you live
slightly in the past,
do you not then
predict
what may happen next,
based on where
you have been
and what you
have done before?

Yes, there is learning
that you glean
as you evolve –
but are you not
where you are
right now?

And as you project
into the future,
do you not place
footprints
in the sand,
to follow –
instead of
blazing your
own new trail?

You may find
comfort
in what has been,
to help you to see
what might become –
but can you have
Faith and Trust
that All Is Well,
as you meet you –
where you are?

Where You Are
is the perfect place –
it is the only place
You Are
in this space and time –
there is much less
noise
and greater Peace,
when you meet You
Where You Are.

Take a look.
Feel the Love.
It is not hard
to find
Where You Are –
when you open
your heart
to the Love
That You Are.

Give yourself
a hug
where you are
right now.
There You Are!

Love You –
Where You Are.

Web of Love

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6/06/17

When you gather,
when you share,
when you touch
each other’s hearts –
is there not healing,
is there not Love,
do you not feel
it in your heart?
This can be with family,
with friends,
some of each
or all the same –
do you not
feel the connections
within your soul?

You may gather
over dinner,
a celebration,
a festive day –
is the reason
not secondary
to the connections
in your heart –
do you not
rejoice
when you share
with another,
with your heart –
when you feel
you are connected
with your soul?

There are connections
that you make,
it is an
endless web –
there may be learning,
there is experiencing,
there is always
a give and take –
but when you
get an opportunity
to be yourself
in this Web of Love,
that holds you
and supports you –
can you not
always count
on Love –
when you are
with others
that you feel
connected
with your soul?

Gathering.
Sharing.
Connecting
with the heart.
Touch Love.
Be Love.
Connect with Love.

Song of Love

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6/04/17

A new day,
a new light,
first Cardinal
sings his
morning song –
is it not
the perfect time
to clear away
what may be
lingering from
another day,
can you start fresh
and see this
day as the
perfect chance
to Love?

It does not matter
what is planned –
a day may be full,
it may be clear,
can you not
infuse Love
into each moment
as you
go about this day?

Can you wipe
the slate clean
of what you think
“should” happen,
is not each day
an opportunity for you –
yes, there are things
you will accomplish,
lists that need
tending to –
but as you “do”
what you need,
can you add Love
to it, too –
is it not a
perfect chance
to Love?

Does not the
Energy of Love
open many doors,
does it not help
to grease any wheel
that turns –
will you not
have more enjoyment,
will there not be
ease as you work –
when you play
in Love?

The new day is dawning,
the birds all sing
on cue –
is not Mother Earth
giving her blessing –
here is another day
for You –
can you sing
your Song of Love
as the Cardinal
loves to do –
is now not a
perfect chance
to Love?

New day.
New light.
You Are Light.
You Are Love.
Perfect Love.
Perfect You.

Is not this
the perfect chance?
Sing your
Song of Love.

Love Always Remains

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5/29/17

Not forgotten,
you cannot
lose it –
yes, your
loved ones
may seem
far away –
but are they
not as close
as the beat
of your heart –
you may think
that they
are no longer
with you –
but Love always remains.

What is Love,
but the binding
Force that
connects you all –
once you
experience Love
with a loved one dear
are you not
always connected,
do you not
feel them near?
You cannot
lose it –
Love always remains.

You feel this Love
open up your heart –
it may feel as if
your heart
may break –
is that not
only if
love could disappear –
is there not
a knowing
that Love is
forever near?
You cannot
lose it –
Love always remains.

There are glimpses,
there are signs
that death
is not the end –
do you not
seek to understand
what is life,
what is death?
What is the
only answer
to the questions
that you ask –
is it not Love
that endures
with no beginning,
with no end –
you cannot lose it,
you will always
Be it –
are you not
always together
with Love?

With Love,
you cannot lose it –
Love always remains.

Magnet for Love

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5/25/17

If like energy
attracts
like energy –
can you be
a Magnet for Love?

There are things
you may wish
to change
in others,
in the world –
but does not
everyone have
their own
perspective
on how they
wish to live
their life?

And do you
not find
when you push
up against
another’s beliefs –
do they not
feel the push,
the reaction
may be
to push back –
for does not
like energy
attract like energy?

Is there not
a better way
to bring more
love into the
world –
might you begin
with yourself,
loving unconditionally,
even as you
do the best
you can to
experience
what you wish
to learn in
this life –
can you not
accept and love
all of You?

And with this
Energy of Love,
being a
Magnet for Love –
will you not attract
what resonates
with Love?

And as you
vibrate with
the Energy of Love –
how can these
ripples not grow out,
connecting with
others who feel
the stirring within
their hearts –
in search of
and seeking
the Truth
of Who They Are –
are you not
all waking up
to the Love within?

And once you realize
that Love
has been here
all along –
it is in everyone,
can you love
yourself –
can you love
everyone
and not expect
for anyone
to have to change?

Is that not
truly what makes
being a
Magnet for Love
so powerful
in its scope –
can you Love
without putting
conditions
on that love?

And is this
not when
more hearts
that Love as One –
come together
as like energy
attracts like energy –
are you not all
Magnets for Love?

As You Are Love,
as you remember
Who You Are –
might that allow
another to see
the Love In Them –
as they see
the Love In You –
is there not
recognition
when you see
the Face of Love?

Be a Magnet for Love –
you cannot help
but Be.
As You Are Love
may you
Be the Love
you wish to
see in All.

See it.
Believe it.
Attract it.
Love.

Holding Love

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5/21/17

Possessions.

A single word
that brings to mind,
many things
that you have touched,
many memories
are attached
to these things
that are attached
to you,
that are yours,
that are theirs –
are possessions
not separated out
to owners
that possess
or have items
in their possession?

And do you
not at times
fear that a memory
will be lost
if you give away
a loved one’s
possessions?

Yes, “possession”
brings to mind
many stories,
many experiences
that you have
here on earth –
memories that
make you laugh,
make you cry –
there are physical connections
that you share,
that you can touch
and you can hold –
is it not
this physical experience
that is so hard
to let go?

And does it not
make it hard
if you think
of things as “lost” –
if something
or someone
is out of sight,
do you not fear
that they are “gone”,
never to be seen
or felt again?

As your awareness grows,
as you know you
are always connected
to your loved ones
in your heart –
your spirit,
your soul
is always with
the ones you love –
it is a different
relationship
than the physical one
here on earth –
as you seek to re-connect
through your heart
and not through
the possessions
that you can hold.

Yes, there are
treasured items
that you will
always keep close –
but as you release
the possessions –
letting go of the
physical ties –
do you not open
up more space
to see beyond
what you can hold –
are you not
so much more
than what you
can possess?

And you need
not “re-connect”
to the Love
that is connected
to You –
are you not
eternally linked
together in this Love?
And as Love
is not something
to be owned
or to possess –
it cannot be lost,
it is never gone –
are not your
loved ones
just as close
when All Is Love?

As you release
what you think
holds Love
to you –
may you find
Love
Is Always There.

You Are Loved –
your Loved Ones, too.
You Are always
connected to Love.
All you need
is all you have
and That Is Love.

Kindred Spirits

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5/05/17

There are many ways
and many levels
to get to “know”
someone.

You might
know all of
the information
about what
they do,
who they are
related to,
what they like,
what have they done
in the past,
what are their
future dreams.

But are there
not other ways –
do you not
“know” something
about someone
you have have
just met,
or only came
in contact with
in a less
permanent way –
but do you not
get a sense
about someone
without knowing
the details
of what they “do”
in their day to day
life?

Does this not help
you to look at
what do you
identify with –
how closely
do you relate
what you do,
the details,
the information,
the story –
with Who You Are –
and is it not
difficult to put
into words
this concept of Be-ing?
Is that not why
you rush to fill in
the identifying factors
that you have gathered
so far?

And yes, you have
an identity,
as you live
in this physical world,
with identifying features
that you can use
to connect with others,
or use to put distance
between those
that you think
are different –
that you might not
have much
in common with?

But as you are
so much more
than what you think
makes up your story –
do you not
connect with others
heart to heart first –
not needing to know
what they “do”,
but sensing the Love
that emits from
their soul –
do you not know
this is a kindred spirit,
no matter what
story is told?

And even if a
heart is closed,
someone does not remember
Who They Are –
will their soul
not receive
the Love you send?
For once you embrace
that you are
not your story –
how can you not
send Love
to every Soul?

Are you not All
Kindred Spirits –
made from Love
a part of
All That Is –
yes, you have
connections that
teach you much,
there will be some
you are supposed
to meet –
but underneath
the identifying features,
there beats a heart
that somewhere deep
within its core,
There Is Love
and There Is Light.

Can you see it?
Can you feel it?
Might you look at You
to find it There?

You know Love.
You know Light.
You can find them
Everywhere.
Look with your heart
and seek to find
Love
in every
One.

Beauty of Love

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5/03/17

Beauty is in the eye
of the beholder.

And what do you
behold as
beautiful?

Is beauty only seen
with the eyes –
is it not often
seen at the
superficial level –
as a judgement
on appearance,
is not the
word “beautiful”
so often used
that it loses
some of the
feeling that
true beauty
can bring forth?

Yes, there are
images that
you see
that bring
forth a gasp
as you take in
the spectacular beauty
of magnificent
displays of nature –
is there not beauty
in the redwoods,
the canyons that
are grand,
waterfalls that
flow with power,
the first iris
that drops its petals,
so its color
can fully be seen?
Beautiful.

There is beauty
in art created –
with a camera click
or stroke of brush –
it may begin
as imagery
imagined,
but is art not
more than
what you see –
is there not
a resonance
that occurs
when you
gaze at what
is beautiful –
what you feel
within your be-ing,
what beauty resonates
within your soul?

In the physical world,
is not love
often linked with beauty –
when you see
something beautiful –
do you not exclaim,
“I love that!”
do you not seek
to find beauty,
is it not what entertains you –
be it traveling to
look at nature,
to soaking up
the beauty of music
that moves you,
or being touched by
the beauty of
a movie so well done?

Do you not behold
the beauty of
another soul
whose spirit
touches you?

Beauty is in the eye
of the beholder.

Can you not
see beauty
when you
see with
the Eyes of Love?

And do you not
Know beauty
as beautiful
is What You Are –
can you behold
the beauty,
the Love,
that resides
in You?

Are you not
looking for
the spark,
the Light,
the movement
in your soul
that resonates
with the
Beauty of Love?

Be Love.
Be Beautiful.
Behold
the Love
That You Are.