2 Poems About Finding Contentment and Inner Peace: “Sweet Summer Rain” and “Natural Delight.”
TRANSFORMATIONAL POETRY for the SPIRITUAL SOUL: Journey of the Heart #13
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Sweet Summer Rain That special feeling in the air of The promise of coming rain Arrives in the late afternoon At the end of long hours Of sweat soaked labor in the Hot heart of the day. I am grateful for the respite, The soothing cooling breeze and The hint of an approaching storm. I park beside this mountain road, High up with a view of birds Soaring in the canyon below And climb down into the wash Of an empty creek bed to Look for beautiful stones, Uncovered and pulled down from above By torrents of passing winter rain. Though traveling along the ragged Edge of exhaustion, a quiet peaceful Joy begins to build, like the surging Tempo of a triumphant symphony being Played deep within my soul. Suddenly I know that no Matter what happens in the Outside world of hurrying men, I am and ever will be a Child of the divine who even now Is gently, sweetly calling me to Remember I am so much more than Name and form, body and mind— I am an eternal, ever existent, vital Part of the universe, now delighting In the feel of sweet summer rain. June 7, 2017
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Natural Delight This garden is a sanctuary, Even though the road runs near, Because every plant that can flower is Blooming now—even those which haven’t for years. I revel in the simple pleasures That my life increasingly contains… Glad to sit here now, after exhausting work, Releasing all strain until only joy remains. The coming storm of summer rain, Extremely rare where we live, Makes everything shimmer in anticipation Of all the delights nature has to give. Though summer has just begun, We know there are scorching days ahead. But now, as the sky darkens with heavy clouds, I am content, and my soul is sweetly fed. June 7, 2017
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“Inner peace is attained only through having an ever deeper, ever expanding ongoing Love relationship with yourself.”
“Whatever you dream of for the future is being invoked right now by your own passionate thoughts, visions and emotions.” —Chinmayan
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