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Monthly Archives: November 2016

A Poem for Dedicated Clients and Those Who Help Them

29 Tuesday Nov 2016

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Today this poem reminded me of people who enter our lives and speak to us as living, hurting individuals. They find a way, somehow to communicate with those parts of us so difficult to reach. With bravery, they find a way to learn new skills and engage in self-introspection, and with courage, they build a bridge where none has existed before. They don’t give up on you, but rather find a way to teach you how to heal yourself with a little compassion and guidance and so, the process begins on learning to love oneself. I thank God for such teachers, healers, and therapists.

REFLECTIONS OF A MINDFUL HEART AND SOUL

Your strength
Flows through me
Like a mighty river
Flows through
Barren land.
It nourishes soil
That has been left
Unattended for
Decades.

It is strength I
Depend on now
In these moments
Of quiet despair and
Days of unrelenting
Loneliness and
Sorrow that covers me
Like a thick black
Shroud.

Your strength
Lifts me up
From darkness
That threatens
To destroy
My spirit
And imbues me
With a sense of hope and
A feeling of peace.

Your strength
Gives me
The skills
To build
A new Tomorrow
And break
These shackles
From my past,
To move towards
A new beginning
And a brighter day.

Your strength
Comes from
God’s own Spirit…
Your compassion
Fills me with
Everlasting love.
Your touch heals
My wounded spirit.
Your heart forgives
My human flaws.

Your strength feeds
This life within me.
Your words cause
My soul to sing.
I find the seeds of

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From A Distance, The Heart Sees.

27 Sunday Nov 2016

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This seemed appropriate to post again since we celebrated Thanksgiving recently. All good things come from God and those who give freely from the heart and reflect the love of God.

REFLECTIONS OF A MINDFUL HEART AND SOUL

Found on Google+ on 5-3-15. The Lone Wanderer. Walter Mohrle.
Found on Google+ on 5-3-15. The Lone Wanderer. Walter Mohrle.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        …

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The Meaning Of Success For Me.

21 Monday Nov 2016

Posted by Yu/stan/kema in Photos, quote, spirituality

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Meaning of success., Pinterest Photo quote- Ralph Waldo Emerson., Pinterest photo- Andrea McClain photography., The respect of people., To make other lives worth living., To make the world a better place., Winning the hearts of children, Yu/stan/kema

   THE MEANING OF SUCCESS

Found on Pinterest on 7-2-16. Written by Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Found on Pinterest on 7-2-16. Written by Ralph Waldo Emerson.

 

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Found on Pinterest on 7-24-16. Andrea McClain photography.

 

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The Scattering Of Coins.

17 Thursday Nov 2016

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I thought this could cause some people to smile at a time when we feel so much stress about the state of Our Nation. When I was a child, I looked for coins and found them and used them to feed myself and my sister when we were hungry, which was often. Every little bit of kindness makes a difference to someone. Yu/stan/kema.

REFLECTIONS OF A MINDFUL HEART AND SOUL

We often fail to understand

The things people do.

Found on Pinterest 4-2-16. Found on Pinterest 4-2-16.

We speculate, incriminate,

Make quick judgments too.

I threw coins upon the ground.

Did it with no remorse.

I smiled as I walked away.

I kept a steady course.

Someone came to talk with me.

With anger in his face.

“Pick up that bit of trash,

Don’t leave behind a trace.”

A little boy came down the street

And picked the money up.

He held the coins so tenderly.

He went and bought a cup.

He found a water fountain,

And he filled it to the brim.

He took it to his neighbor

who had just lost a limb.

In a corner of my mind,

I saw another child

Pick up some money

And hold it close awhile.

He went to the  market.

He bought a loaf of bread.

He gave it to some children.

All of…

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Spiritual Journey Towards Heaven.

17 Thursday Nov 2016

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I originally wrote this in Oct 2015, and decided to rewrite some of the poem. This is the new version written 11-16-16. Yu/stan/kema.

REFLECTIONS OF A MINDFUL HEART AND SOUL

Found on G+ on 10-22-15. Hans-Juergen-Werner. Spiritual Paths. Landscape Photography. Found on G+ on 10-22-15. Hans-Juergen-Werner. Spiritual Paths. Landscape Photography.

As I walk a   winding road

That leads to heaven’s gate,

Sunlight sits upon my shoulder,

Warms me as I wait.

Soon, the nights  grow colder.

Friends have died along the way.

Family ties have

unraveled,

No one ever

seems to stay.

Many are the miles

I’ve traveled,

And my spirit

grows  meek.

Faith has brought

me to a river

As my body

becomes  weak.

Here I shed my

 hurts and losses

That have

devastated me.

We all carry

 crosses,

That cause 

us misery.

We want to

break away

In an effort

To be free.

We seek the

peaceful places

To prepare

for a new birth,

And leave behind

this planet

Others call earth,

To stand before

God’s graces.

I’m in the process

Of leaving

All my sorrows

behind,

And memories

I’ve carried

In the corners

of my mind.

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Wanting To Be More Than We Are.

16 Wednesday Nov 2016

Posted by Yu/stan/kema in Photos, Poetry, quote, spirituality

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blue skies., Fall beauty., Finding God., mindfulness, Pinterest photo quote- Tanya Markul., Pinterest photo-trees., Poetry of Yu/stan/kema., trees, Wanting to be more.

Found on Pinterest on 4-11-16. Trees..

Found on Pinterest on 4-11-16. Trees..

WANTING TO BE MORE THAN WE ARE

Blue is the color of the sky.

I see it with my inner eye.

Golden leaves touch my heart.

Such beauty rips my soul apart.

Tall trees reach their arms to God,

While strong roots grip the sod.

I inhale the color blue,

And pull within the golden hue,

Of all the leaves I can see,

To feel God’s Spirit move in me.

Yu/stan/kema.

Found on Pinterest on 10-23-16. Quote- Tanya Markul.

Found on Pinterest on 10-23-16. Tanya Markul.

 

The Coming Of Twilight.

16 Wednesday Nov 2016

Posted by Yu/stan/kema in Photos, Poetry, Psychology, spirituality, Uncategorized

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Finding peace for the soul., Pinterest photo- Green light.., Pinterest photo-pro.com., poetry by Yu/stan/kema, The coming of twilight.

Found on Pinterest on 9-8-16. pro.com.

Found on Pinterest on 9-8-16. pro.com.

The sun throws its last golden rays

On the tall, green trees,

Making them come alive

In between the shadows

Falling on the grass below.

As twilight comes,

The birds are twittering,

And making way for the night

By wrapping themselves

In a cloak of darkness.

Streams slow down                

Found on Pinterest on 6-13-16. Green light.

Found on Pinterest on 6-13-16. Green light.

          

And murmur quietly,

As crickets and locusts

Play a sweet symphony.

In the quiet of the night,

I hear God’s voice say,

“All is well, all is well,

In your soul.”

YU/Stan/Kema

There Is No Discrimination With Nature Or With God.

14 Monday Nov 2016

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Discrimination, God and Nature do not discriminate., poetry by Yu/stan/kema

A wind is blowing

In the forest,

Strong and cool

Upon my face.

It lands upon the

Rich and poorest,

And on any kind of race.

Doesn’t matter where

You came from,

Where you are running to.

Nature touches each

The same, Love.

Doesn’t matter what you do. 

God will answer from heaven

Anyone who prays to Him.

Every single one’s important,

Like the flower to the stem.

No one is any different.

God’s love will not grow dim.

Yu/stan/kema

 

 

 

 

 

The Law Of Attraction.

12 Saturday Nov 2016

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Attracting the good, Building today., Focusing on the here and now., Pinterest photo quote- Thich Nhat Hanh, poetry by Yu/stan/kema, the positive.

Sadness reaches out to me,

To grab me with despair.  

Found on Pinterest on 10-24-16. Thich Nhat Hanh.

Found on Pinterest on 10-24-16. Thich Nhat Hanh.

 

She whispers old messages,

That no one really cares.

I shove her away from me,

To find a better way,

To live life in the present,

And find some peace each day.

It never is an easy thing

To put the past behind,

When surviving betrayal,

Has shattered the mind.                              

But to build a new tomorrow,                

I have to focus on the “now,”

And let some of the goodness

Settle on my brow.

YU/STAN/KEMA

 

 

The Perfect Storm.

11 Friday Nov 2016

Posted by Yu/stan/kema in Article., Psychology, spirituality

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Article by Yu/stan/kema., betrayals., chronic illness., Loss of faith., Loss of power, losses, Self-compassion is a key., self-identity., Surviving the storms of life., The perfect storm., Weaknesses

There are times in the lives of each of us when a perfect storm occurs which affects our emotional selves. All it takes is a series of losses occurring about the same time, or an accumulation of a life-time of negative events or traumas where another event tips the balance to create a whirlwind of destruction within.

In many instances, the perfect storm comes when we are at our weakest and most vulnerable, physically. It especially occurs when we have spent years being proud of our strength, or we have made it an important part of our value system to be self-sufficient and powerful. We can find ourselves, in the midst of our weaknesses, experiencing helplessness and rage over who we perceive we have become.

Our muscles and bones weaken as the years go by. Chronic illnesses can take away our sense of power, our energy, our resources, and interfere with our abilities to be self-sufficient. They steal from us a part of who we identified ourselves as being. We often see ourselves as shells of who we use to be. Sometimes, in relationships, we experience anger and frustration from others, because we need care and the role reversal can be difficult to come to terms with. Loved ones often deny anything has changed in the relationship, or they refuse to accept reality and fight us when we are struggling to just get through another day.

Perfect storms can happen when losses become overwhelming, and we struggle to keep our feet on the ground while our spiritual and emotional parts inside us are whirling from the violent winds in life. All the things we once relied upon to give us a sense of stability, a sense of rightness have vanished.

Our faith in God can feel shaken to its core, as we struggle with questions that have no answers. We often feel anger toward God whom we believe betrayed us. Platitudes from others, whose lives are going well, do not help. They end up making us feel like a failure. We, at times, feel self-contempt and shame.

Betrayals in relationships can bring forth the worst storms, for they entail vulnerability, remembered joy, broken promises, and loss of hope. We have wounds, deep wounds, which float to the surface and knock us flat on our backs. Pain burns through all layers of our bodies, and our emotional and spiritual selves. Our minds hunger for peace and our hearts search for comfort.

In order to survive the storms of life, we need to see and believe an end will come. Storms build, release, and die down. We also have to hurt bad enough to want to get out of the storm to a place of safety and peace. Something in us must respond in order for us to get beyond the storm. We need to be willing to grab the hand that reaches out to us, and ask for help when we see our strength is not enough.

When the storm is over, we must grieve what is gone, and come to accept the need to build again a new foundation with new skills and tools. We must learn to have more compassion for ourselves as human beings with weaknesses and find a new way to communicate with something bigger than ourselves. Kindness from others will work wonders in us. Developing courage within is necessary for building a future we can look forward to. Most of all, we need to learn to care for ourselves as much as we care for others. It is not easy to survive a perfect storm.

Yu/stan/kema

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