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mish · Messages: 1033 Location: Southern California

living in the past,
in regret,
in the shoulds and shouldn't haves
in the whys and whats.

and really, all there is is to go toward the love,
keeping that in mind,
go toward the love,
let go of the rest,
and then a grateful heart opens,
and the past finds a corner to nestle in and the rest falls away.

today i feel grateful for what i had,
the gift, the absolute gift of love
and i feel grateful for what i HAVE...
the same gift, different form.
and i hold that, nestled in my heart
as i move forward in life
vastly loved and loving
moving toward the love,
toward the joy.

reaching out my hand,
through the thin membrane of seperation,
i hold yours
grateful today, your birthday,
that i was able to share so much of your life,
to know i loved and was loved
and to be reminded in so many ways to move toward that love,
always in gratitude

always with joy.

peace,
michele

We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us....E.M.Forster

andvari · Messages: 920 Location: a cave in a foggy clear

WOW BABY!!!
You are a friggin Pioneer!!!!
Your words hit a life I am to be or perhaps something from a past, but they struck me like an electrical current...
You are so open and courageous...
for some unknown (not just unspoken) reason, this post is WOW!!!
a hard lesson
a tough lesson
one that is hard to follow
but it is guidance
and I must trust my original tuit that you are a friggin pioneer
you go girl
A

Do you know what happened to the man who got everything he ever wanted? Willie Wonka

The child is in me still... and sometimes not so still --Fred Rogers--

Nothing-- Nothing's better than when two Completely Empowered people come together with Love on their minds.

rich · Messages: 583 Location: Longmont, CO

and really, all there is is to go toward the love,

& so peace arrives

I am speechless...

((((mish))))

khobdy · Messages: 221 Location: Darmstadt, Indiana

I got goose bumps, I mean God bumps reading this poem. Kandy

It's never too late to be who you might have been. George Eliot
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Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.
Albert Einstein

Krista · Messages: 491

*happy sigh* And that, my friend, is what it's all about. Wonderful. (((mish)))

Kindred · Messages: 912 Location: A little Here.... a little There~

LovelyLovely Miss Mish~*

Perfectly put.

+:.

...A Glorious Un-Work in Progress.~*

mame · Messages: 1404 Location: Colorado (aka:Paradise)

Wonderful, Mish!!!!

~~Mame
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"Were there no God, we would be in this glorious world with grateful hearts, and
no one to thank" ~ Christina Rossetti

Scarlett651 · Messages: 2266 Location: the porch

{{{mish}}}

thank you
beautiful

We are not human beings making a spiritual journey...we are spiritual beings making a human journey.
~ Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
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"He lived happily ever after."
Willie Wonka

mish · Messages: 1033 Location: Southern California

that emoticon should not be embarrassed, just blushing.

i appreciate all the comments.
i just deicded to sit down and write and that's what came from what i was feeling in the moment.

can't help but think i had some help there,
and am listening hard myself to what i wrote.

and, yes rich,
a rush of peace came over me as i pressed send.

it takes what it takes, as long as it takes, but understanding there is a path allows the steps to be taken,
without fear,
with joy.
with love and peace.

i kept thinking my peace sign-off was for the world.
i get it now.

peace,
mish

We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us....E.M.Forster