“ANSWERING THE CALL TO MAKE FIREWOOD” a poem about the joy of doing what must be done even in overwhelming circumstances
TRANSFORMATIONAL POETRY For The SOUL by Chinmayan
THE DAWNING LIGHT — Daily Journal of Inspirational Writing
Volume 8, Issue Number 898 for Sunday, April 21, 2024
JOURNEY Of The HEART Section # 531…Poetry by Chinmayan to inspire you to push past your inner resistance to doing what needs to be done
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ANSWERING THE CALL TO MAKE FIREWOOD IN THIS SNOWY MIDNIGHT HOUR The wood box beside the stove Is almost empty and to Keep our home fire burning Through this cold and snowy night, I must suit up in my warmest clothes And go out into the storm to Our woodyard to make more firewood So that we can stay warm tonight. As much as my mind tries to complain And find good reasons not to go— Whining that it is too hard, too Cold, too wet, too late, too tired and On and on until I refuse to Listen to these complaining thoughts, And consciously choose instead to Rejoice with a loving attitude of appreciation That we have a home to heat, That there is a pile of perfect oak rounds Just waiting to come into my hands From under the tarps that keep it dry, That I have bright yard lights to illuminate The swirling dark and a faithful splitter That always starts so that the work I am called to do can be done as it must. I know once I am out in the fury Of the raging storm that I will be Blessed with a surging exaltation Born of a grateful attitude for the truth That in a time of our real need, I had The courage, determination and fortitude To push through my own mind’s resistance, Even at this freezing midnight hour— And I will experience the pure joy Of being alive in this body with so Many blessings beyond counting—including The love of a great and beautiful woman And an ever-growing love for my own self, So that even in the face of howling winds and Furiously falling snow, I rose up, I went out And did what need doing as I was called to do. April 5, 2024 Still Mountain Retreat
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