“LIFE IS A WINDING ROAD LIVED CURVE BY CURVE” a poem about how even the best laid plans go awry
TRANSFORMATIONAL POETRY For The SPIRITUAL SOUL
Written by Chinmayan…
To encourage you when your day and your plans and hopes go awry.
THE DAWNING LIGHT, Volume 7, Issue Number 522
JOURNEY OF THE HEART Section Number 305
1 minute read Thursday, October 13, 2023
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LIFE IS A WINDING ROAD LIVED CURVE BY CURVE
“Even with the best laid plans, Everything in this world goes awry”
I never really know how
The day is going to flow,
For even with “the best laid plans”,
Everything in this world goes awry—
Circumstances turn beyond our control
And suddenly I am somewhere far
From where I thought I needed to be,
Dealing with things I could not
Have imagined when I woke up,
Rose from repose and scattered dreams
And set sail on my stormy way on
This new day of unlimited possibilities.
After so many years of this birth
I begin to understand that all of life is
A winding road we must travel,
Curve by curve, awake and ready
For whatever comes around the bend,
Be it loving and sweet or full of
Pain and fear, and that all of it
Is a glorious gift given to me
So that I will turn and turn again
To the inner eternal path which has
No beginning and no end, where
God is immanent in every moment—
Where Love alone is my purpose,
My way and my guiding light that
Only a wide-open heart can reveal
On this sacred journey through my days.
January 21, 2021
Still Mountain Retreat
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A SPECIAL SONG FOR YOU from Chinmayan’s Inspirational Playlists
“The Sound of Silence” by Simon and Garfunkel
This is one of my all time favorites, which had a major effect on me when I was a young man seeking my way in the world in the 1960’s.
This version is a sweet and touching music video of Simon and Garfunkel performing it Live at Madison Square Garden, in NYC, October 2010…with all the refinements and additional rifts of singing it across the years they have added to this well loved song.
Enjoy!
“The Sound of Silence” by Simon and Garfunkel
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Original Revelation and Calligraphy by Chinmayan
Image Credit: Still Mountain Meditation Center
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