“SWEET SUMMER RAIN”and “I REVEL IN THE SIMPLE PLEASURES” 2 poems about finding peace and contentment in daily life
TRANSFORMATIONAL POETRY for the SPIRITUAL SOUL by Chinmayan
THE DAWNING LIGHT, Volume 8, # 801 Thursday, February 29, 2024
JOURNEY Of The HEART # 482 Poetry and Love Songs by Chinmayan…to inspire you to appreciate the beauty of the simple things in life
All images in this issue courtesy of Pixabay
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
I REVEL IN THE SIMPLE PLEASURES
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
“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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“Chenrezig: OM MANI PAYDMEH HUNG” by Gabrielle Roth and the Mirrors
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“Your greatest service to humanity is to attain your own Self Realization!” Ramana Maharshi
“When you change the way you think about things, and the things you think about change”
—Wayne Dyer
“I see my life as an unfolding set of opportunities to awaken.” —Ram Das
“When God is the center and focus of my life, everything else falls into it’s rightful place.”
—Chinmayan
We leave you with this empowering thought:
“No matter what yesterday was like, today is a new day full of precious opportunities to express your love, and your grateful appreciation and to be a force for good everywhere you go!” —Chinmayan
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