I hear your heart call for me,
Why do you torment my mind?
Am I not free to live?
Why is your sorrow mine?
You thought that it would stop?
You believed the memories would leave?
For someone so intelligent you just
Haven't figured out the mystery yet.
Part of the path is letting ego go,
The lesson to listen to our heart.
The intelligence to embrace our soul.
The courage to face our dangerous love.
Keep running and the message comes in your dreams,
Keep escaping and the loathing crawls in your brain.
Peace in all ways is the answer to the intense fear,
Love is the holy grail we all seek, our greatest quest.
Copyright © Michele Osborn, 2011
All Rights Reserved
Monday, February 14, 2011
Friday, February 11, 2011
Random Acts of Kindness
There are times when it is not possible or even prudent to return a favor. The Random Acts of Kindness movement is all about just this—passing on a kindness to someone other than the one who performed a good deed for you.
Here are a few questions to consider when someone wants to do something for you:
•Are you concerned with what someone will think of you if you don’t reciprocate?
•Are you concerned with what you will think of you if you don’t reciprocate?
•Do you think most people have ulterior motives when they want to do something for you?
•Do you feel undeserving of anyone doing something for you?
•Are you afraid you will have to do something you don’t want to do if you let someone do something for you?
An experienced Receiver does not fear being indebted to a Giver because the gate of giving and receiving swings both ways—receiving sometimes and giving at other times. It is only when you don’t have practice at both, that it is easy to be confused about what your needs and rights are.
Copyright © Michele Osborn, 2011
All Rights Reserved
Here are a few questions to consider when someone wants to do something for you:
•Are you concerned with what someone will think of you if you don’t reciprocate?
•Are you concerned with what you will think of you if you don’t reciprocate?
•Do you think most people have ulterior motives when they want to do something for you?
•Do you feel undeserving of anyone doing something for you?
•Are you afraid you will have to do something you don’t want to do if you let someone do something for you?
An experienced Receiver does not fear being indebted to a Giver because the gate of giving and receiving swings both ways—receiving sometimes and giving at other times. It is only when you don’t have practice at both, that it is easy to be confused about what your needs and rights are.
Copyright © Michele Osborn, 2011
All Rights Reserved
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Helen Steiner Rice Quotes
When you are in troubled and worried and sick at heart
And your plans are upset and your world falls apart,
Remember God's ready and waiting to share
The burden you find much to heavy to bear--
So with faith, "Let Go and Let GOD" lead your way
Into a brighter and less troubled day"
— Helen Steiner Rice
"...When you ask God for a gift,
Be thankful if he sends,
Not diamonds, pearls or riches,
but the love of real true friends.
"
— Helen Steiner Rice quotes
"Time is not measured
by the years that you live
But by the deeds that you do
and the joy that you give-
And each day as it comes
brings a chance to each one
To love to the fullest,
leaving nothing undone
That would brighten the life
or lighten the load
Of some weary traveler
lost on Life's Road-
So what does it matter
how long we may live
If as long as we live
we unselfishly give."
— Helen Steiner Rice
And your plans are upset and your world falls apart,
Remember God's ready and waiting to share
The burden you find much to heavy to bear--
So with faith, "Let Go and Let GOD" lead your way
Into a brighter and less troubled day"
— Helen Steiner Rice
"...When you ask God for a gift,
Be thankful if he sends,
Not diamonds, pearls or riches,
but the love of real true friends.
"
— Helen Steiner Rice quotes
"Time is not measured
by the years that you live
But by the deeds that you do
and the joy that you give-
And each day as it comes
brings a chance to each one
To love to the fullest,
leaving nothing undone
That would brighten the life
or lighten the load
Of some weary traveler
lost on Life's Road-
So what does it matter
how long we may live
If as long as we live
we unselfishly give."
— Helen Steiner Rice
Saturday, January 8, 2011
True Light
True light in the darkest parts of my soul;
You are barely in my life, what is your role?
The tears of sadness creates a void in my vows,
Silently waiting for destiny in a cloud of nows.
Angelic wings that create virtue in the promise,
That life will quietly lead me to who I miss.
Copyright © Michele Osborn, 2011
All Rights Reserved
You are barely in my life, what is your role?
The tears of sadness creates a void in my vows,
Silently waiting for destiny in a cloud of nows.
Angelic wings that create virtue in the promise,
That life will quietly lead me to who I miss.
Copyright © Michele Osborn, 2011
All Rights Reserved
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Love Forevermore
Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds. ~William Shakespeare, "Sonnet CXVI"
He felt now that he was not simply close to her, but that he did not know where he ended and she began. ~Leo Tolstoy
I learned the real meaning of love. Love is absolute loyalty. People fade, looks fade, but loyalty never fades. You can depend so much on certain people, you can set your watch by them. And that's love, even if it doesn't seem very exciting. ~Sylvester Stallone
Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable. ~Bruce Lee
Love is when you can be your true self with someone, and you only want to be your true self because of them. ~Terri Guillemets
Love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image... otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them. ~Author Unknown
He felt now that he was not simply close to her, but that he did not know where he ended and she began. ~Leo Tolstoy
I learned the real meaning of love. Love is absolute loyalty. People fade, looks fade, but loyalty never fades. You can depend so much on certain people, you can set your watch by them. And that's love, even if it doesn't seem very exciting. ~Sylvester Stallone
Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable. ~Bruce Lee
Love is when you can be your true self with someone, and you only want to be your true self because of them. ~Terri Guillemets
Love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image... otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them. ~Author Unknown
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
A Thousand Cries
Inside of me there is a hurt that lives through a thousand cries;
The torment wondering if it's the last I'll look into your eyes.
Your body is broken and beaten the grasp for life in each breath,
A machine to breathe life into you or surely you'd meet your death.
How sad you must feel being stripped of all freedom of being alive,
Your heart and soul are giving up and I don't know if you'll survive.
My best friend, the father of my children, my one true love in life,
I thank God for giving me the eternal honor of being your revered wife.
Copyright © Michele Osborn, 2010
All Rights Reserved
The torment wondering if it's the last I'll look into your eyes.
Your body is broken and beaten the grasp for life in each breath,
A machine to breathe life into you or surely you'd meet your death.
How sad you must feel being stripped of all freedom of being alive,
Your heart and soul are giving up and I don't know if you'll survive.
My best friend, the father of my children, my one true love in life,
I thank God for giving me the eternal honor of being your revered wife.
Copyright © Michele Osborn, 2010
All Rights Reserved
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