Peace within

Sometimes we pray for peace,
as if peace is a gift that comes from far away.

We wish each other peace, sometimes without even thinking;
without even sending the thought of peace out.

Our Creator, and if you do not believe in a creator, the Universe,
has created our world around us in such a way
that peace is naturally present, most of the time for most of us.

If we walk in nature, if we sit in our room, If we do our work,
peace is all around us, it surrounds us in the air,
it even enters our lungs, flows through our veins.

Once we become aware that peace is not something far from us
but that most of the time we bathe in peace,
and once we manage to consciously experience peace,
we will value it sooo much that we will not let little things
make us so upset that we disturb the peace for ourselves and for others.

If during our prayers we become a little bit more aware of that,
our prayers will have brought us a little closer to our Creator,
to that creative Power in the Universe.

Our prayers will give us a bit more peace,
a bit more patience, if we manage to truly value that peace,
a bit more love, a bit more honesty, a bit more of all good things.

Peace is all around us;
let the peace enter our body,
let the peace enter our mind,
let the peace enter our heart and our soul.

May the Peace of our Creator be with you in the coming seconds,
the coming minutes, the coming day, the coming week, the coming month, ...

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Please visit also my poetry web-blog:  Aufie

Let us work on it

It is normal to get angry every now and then
even though deep inside we know that anger brings misery,
while kindness brings peace of mind and happiness

It is normal to get confused and depressed on and off
even though deep inside we know that there is beauty in the world
and that kindness brings peace of mind and happiness

It is normal to get upset and shout sometimes
even though deep inside we know that harshness brings sufferng,
while kindness brings peace of mind and happiness.

We are all human
We do lose our temper
we do get sad
But... Let us work on it.

Sincerely, I am believing in the supreme value of unconditional love.
I put as one of my greatest ambition to achieve this level of love
But up to now, I keep failing, falling.

I think it involves giving up all types of judgement
and perhaps I need to experience my own shortcomings
in many ways, for me to judge others much less.
Being aware of our own limitations, tends to create understanding.
I hope our Creator allows me to move into that direction,
that direction of less and less judging
less and less losing my temper
more and more understanding
more and more unconditional love

Debate

A drop

Drip drop, tic toc, another drop falls down
another drop of love is entering our heart
A drop of wisdom, a drop of kindness
coming from the clouds above

If we don't share it, if we don't use it,
we may be drowning soon...


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A small poem, i wrote under the pen name, Aufie Zophy
A selection of my other poems can be found at https://aufiezophypoems.blogspot.com/

Yeah!

I am working with children. It is among the amazing things in my life.
Every little baby, every infant, every toddler, every child carries so many miracles
that just simply working with them is a true joy.

When students come for training to my place, some of them are a bit scared, a bit reluctant to really approach the small kids. Simple friendly approaches, like giving the children praise, talking to them, using their name, making eye contact at the same level, offering toys and allowing the child to be held by one of the parents, may make the encounter with a child more pleasurable.

But the most important thing is still our mindset:

If we go to the children's ward (pediatrics) with a mindset of "yeah, I am going to the paediatric ward" and expect the very best, this will help anyone, to see the miracles, these children carry with them and to have a pleasant and enjoyable experience with the children and the parents. It will become easy to see opportunities to help and make a positive difference for these children and their family.

Compare this with someone entering the ward with a mindset of "Oh no, I have to enter the paediatric ward". Will they see the miracles? Will they see the opportunities to do good? Will they enjoy their time learning about children?

Our mindset is our self-talk. We have the perfect free choice to choose either a "Yeah,..." or an "Oh, no,..." in the morning.  Let us make this choice consciously and most importantly choose the right one for making our day, a good one. 😉

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Hans Van Rostenberghe writes poetry under the pen name Aufie Zophy 

Find his mind-tickling spiritual and inspirational poems by clicking here 

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Rain and hail

Let the cloud of kindness
rain out its nourishing rain
over the shore

Let the clouds of greed
rain out their thunderous hail
far above the ocean

Let the drops of kindness
fertilize our soil
and let the seeds of love blossom

Let the rocks of greed
drown in the deep sea
never to be recovered

Let the kindness flow
Let the greed be buried

a forest of kindness
a graveyard for greed.

A smile

This is a literal quote of the ending lines of a chapter on smiling written by Dale Carnegie:


"It costs nothing, but creates much. 
It enriches those who receive, without impoverishing those who give. 
It happens in a flash and the memory of it sometimes lasts forever. 
None are so rich they can get along without it and none so poor but are richer for its benefits.

It creates happiness in the home, fosters goodwill in a business, and is the countersign of friends.
It is rest to the weary, daylight to the discouraged, sunshine to the sad, and nature's best antidote for trouble.Yet it cannot be bought, begged, borrowed or stolen, for it is something that is no earthly good to anyone 'til it is given away. And if in the hurly-burly bustle of today's business world, some of the people you meet should be too tired to give you a smile, may we ask you to leave one of yours?

For nobody needs a smile so much as those who have none left to give."

I have not ever found any better piece of text on smiling than the above one.
I hope you enjoyed it too and that in the next hour each of us manages to smile to 3 people
the next day to ten and ever thereafter more than ten per day :)

And then listen to this fantastic song: 
Jermaine Jackson -smile

Relax and grow

Oh, my God,
tonight I was free.
I had nothing on my to do list
I wanted to use tonight for some growth;
some growth in character;
some growth in wisdom;
some growth in personality,

But somehow along the way, I got lost
I got stuck in a video and then a webpage,
clicked on the next link and then on the next,
getting further and further away from my initial intention.

On and off we have to get off the internet,
make it quiet and reflect
or read a book
I love to read a book,
but do not manage to read as much as I would imagine is good.