Strength
Strength
The second Power is Strength, to endure or persevere in which I release thoughts of weakness and victimhood. The Fillmores explained this Power by saying, “Be steadfast, strong, and steady in thought, and you will establish strength in mind and body. Never let the thought of weakness enter your consciousness, but always ignore the suggestion and affirm yourself to be a tower of strength, within and without.”
Strength *Strength, healing
My strength comes from within.
It can’t be purchased, borrowed or even practiced.
It can only be found and nurtured
to allow me to do what needs to be done in my healing process.
It is my rock, my foundation and the spiritual backbone
that allows me to believe that I can return to full health.
It gives me determination that I will be able to get beyond my discomfort
and reach a point at which I no longer remember the pain
that was so much a part of my life.
It reassures me that I have the capacity within me
to surmount my physical limitations
and create my redefined “normal” life—
to be as I used to be, yet forever changed
by my new self-realization that I was the one who pulled myself up
through hard work and sheer determination,
not some medication or outside medical intervention.
I own my strength and health now and it will always be so.
--May 2020
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Surrender *Strength, surrender, healing, peace
Surrender must be owned.
It cannot be merely experienced because then it will soon be forgotten.
Each conscious movement, thought and desire must be dropped at Surrender’s feet
to be cleansed and rerouted into healing energy if the body is to become whole again.
The ability to surrender is a learned skill,
borne of desperation and a newly-found ability
to focus every ounce of energy into the tiniest of activities
like taking a step, rotating a frozen wrist,
willing a leg to move with unconscious ease and precision.
Surrender is focus;
it is a singleness of purpose never before required or needed.
Without surrender there can be no healing,
no returning to a normal life, no ability to achieve peace.
Once achieved and experienced, however,
it is glorious in its effect on the body and psyche.
--May 2020
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No Child is a Racist *Strength, love
No child is a racist.
They must learn that others are “different.”
It does not come naturally.
Children can only see the light in others,
the internal goodness that is at everyone’s core.
How sad that their openness and love
can be twisted by others to become separation and fear.
The racism they learn from others is only in their imaginations.
There is no such thing as a “black” person, or “white” or “brown.”
There is only a living, breathing Child of God,
a perfect expression of humanity and love.
--October 2020
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Mapping Change *Strength, resistance, order
What do we do when the maps go away
and the paths we were on have changed?
We follow the flow at the end of the day
and accept that our life’s rearranged.
Resistance will only get in the way
of our progress to reach our new goals.
Our dance to the future allows us to stay
in the boundaries defined by our souls.
But first the old order must be put aside
to leave enough room for the new.
We trust Divine Order to be our new guide
as our new map comes into view.
--April 2021
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My Sleeping Soul *Strength, love, enlightenment, Oneness
My body is not who I am.
Its daily complaints aren’t “real.”
I just think I have suffering and pain—
it’s my Presence that I need to feel.
I have compassion for my trials
and for others in pain as well.
I sense their hurt with my own
until we can break out of our shells.
It’s love that keeps me going
and anchors my quest in life.
It keeps me in my Presence
and smoothes out moments of strife.
I know I’m a sleeping soul
expanding to fill my space.
I reject the victim state
since eternity is what I must face.
The separateness I’ve been bequeathed
by my ego’s imperious decree
can’t affect my enlightenment’s goal
to be One with God and be free.
—December 2021
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My Miracle Moment *Strength
Each moment I breathe is the best in my life.
It’s a thought I encourage when faced with strife.
My past Me is gone and won’t come back;
my future Me is ready to make up for past lack.
--January 2022
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Resilience Through Justice *Strength, love, forgiveness, peace
The road to resilience leads away from discord.
As we shift from fear to love, we throw away the sword.
Cooperating with each other is the path we need to take—
forgiveness, love and patience will allow us to be awake.
Justice spreads its cloak over mankind, friend and foe—
love and compassion will let our Divine nature show.
With our higher selves connected to each and every One,
our world is so much stronger and eternal peace is won.
--February 2022
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Harmonic Discord *Strength, music, control, peace
The Universe appears to sing,
its infinite harmonic tones weave and bob,
sometimes pleasing, oftentimes not.
Either way, I cannot control its meandering melodies or discords.
They flow over me and move on
while I bask in my indifference to the tunes, the tides, the events
that vie for my attention with cries of “See me!”, “No, me!”
like hungry seagulls.
The moment passes and they fade into the universal static hiss.
I do what I must—I eat, drink, sleep and love according to the norm.
But my thoughts are magnetically drawn to each present moment,
savoring it like a sweet sip of wine
then releasing it to the void from which it came.
My goal is to be content with All That Is, Was and Will Be,
moving with the harmonic tones, their melodies and discords,
living each moment with wonder at life’s kaleidoscopic energy
that I can observe from my hard-won cocoon of peace.
--February 2022
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Compassionate Wisdom *Strength
I am not the victim of the world I see—
I release what the world has done to me.
My response to trials is to adjust my mind
to focus inside to seek the love I’ll find.
The past can’t be changed and has gone away—
I’m indifferent to it now and there it will stay.
That doesn’t mean I resist change now—
I understand my role is to simply allow.
I listen to my soul to decide my course
and mindfully reject what’s not from my Source.
This soul insight breeds compassion for all
but compassion for myself is my first call.
--February 2022
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My Framework for Joy *Strength, joy
My framework for joy is a delicate thing—
I build it anew every day.
I look for ways to find joy in my life
and share it along the way.
That makes each day the best in my life,
leaving victimhood far in the past.
I own each experience and choose how I respond
to things that once left me aghast.
I consciously invite joy into my life—
I’m a Child of God after all.
I find myself doing some good each day
and the result is: I’m having a ball!
--December 2022
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My Life’s Journey *Strength, surrender, awakening
Connection to others is what I crave
to give me a reason to live.
In younger years I thought I knew
just what I needed to give.
I’ve learned that my life is not about me;
each phase of it had its own goal.
But I wasn’t happy with what I’d achieved
or what it meant for my soul.
Now I’ve surrendered to an uncertain fate
by avoiding my ego’s call.
I’m walking on a razor’s edge
and trying not to fall.
I know my awakening will come at the end
whether I’m ready or not.
It’s up to me to make my own way
and the razor’s all I’ve got.
If I fall to one side by ignoring the call
to serve my fellow man,
I won’t be the Wise One I hope to be
until I get back to God’s plan.
I finally know where I want to be
in the twilight of my years—
living each day in service to God
will banish all of my fears.
--May 2023
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