grace

Haiku for Goethe

 Poetry, Quote Inspired, Small Stones  5 Responses »
Jul 152011
 

“I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather. I possess tremendous power to make life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration; I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal. In all situations,  it is my response that decides whether a crisis is escalated or de-escalated,  and a person is humanized or de-humanized. If we treat people as they are,  we make them worse. If we treat people as they ought to be,  we help them become what they are capable of becoming.”

~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

To Goethe,  a Haiku,  with gratitude for wisdom shared…

This and ev’ry day

I shall strive to recognize

Power,  Grace,  Yours,  Mine

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~ Ω ~

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~ We Are Divine ~

 

Approach, Then Merge

 Poetry, Quote Inspired  32 Responses »
Jul 132011
 

We cannot teach people anything

We can only help them discover it within themselves

~ Gallileo Galilei

~ Ω ~

I approached the oracle earnestly,

Querying about her truth.

She told it all,  quite candidly,

Shared lessons,  events,  sooth.

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I listened so attentively,

Determined to understand

The knowledge through experience she’d gained.

What helped her heart expand?

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Naïve,  I did not realize

Her way I’d not repeat.

Indeed,  I failed to recognize

‘Twould leave me incomplete.

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Then suddenly,  it was clear to me,

Nothing she could say

Would change the path I had to walk,

Prevent the rare foray.

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Each leg of my life’s journey

Was specific in its goal

I must seek grace,  humility

Refine my unique soul

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And merge with God.

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