P E A C E

Peace I want for myself today
peace that calms
peace that heals
peace that unites.

Peace can be experienced
even in the midst of noise
peace is a state of being
attune to what is inside of me.

Peace I desire
Peace I wish to share
Peace I want to live.
Peace I want to leave.

PURA VIDA

En Costa Rica
la gente siempre dicen
PURA VIDA,
PURA VIDA!


Es una bendición muy especial
a tener amigas
que me comparten su alegría
generosidad y bondad.


Tengo este hogar para pasar
mi tiempo de oración y rejuvenecimiento
repensar y planificar bien
la vida que me da pura vida.

MAINTAINING FOCUS

I see beyond the present
what I hope for to achieve
I keep my focus
and allow my energy
to keep my essence
of being today.

I deal with patience
gentleness and kindness
the challenging moments
I maintain my focus
on the thing I hope for
when it happens, it happens.

INNERMOST

I get a sense of my innermost self
as I begin to fathom the beauty
and potentials of my existence
and "interbeing".

I see the untapped and unsearchable me
in the quiet of my senses
it is a convergence of my ancestors´ and parents´
in me and from others.

IT`S NEVER TOO LATE

A daring person I am

maybe a characteristic

I am born with

but I know how cowardice 

take me to the edge until

I am able to fly at last.

It is my dream I hold

in the depths of my being

A dream that is never too late

to dream once again

born out of illusions and realities

and purified by time.

IS TIME ESSENTIAL?

I don´t know if time
is a measurement
to gauge how many days
or how many years
I have been faithful.

Faithful to my husband
as we renew our vows
for fifty years
or kept my promise
for twenty five years.

Whether is it is a long
or a short commitment
to a relationship
time is an element
but not the most essential.

How we are made
how we become
as human beings
by our relationships
may matter more.

If what is left to me
is just a week or an hour
to achieve self-realization
and the summit of living life
then time is essential.

The parameters of time
is served and defined
because one has been
within the time permitted
from then and now.                                  


            

SILENT WAITING

Counting the tickling of the seconds
turning into minutes
minutes into hours
hours into days
days into years
years into eternity.

I have been waiting
waiting with a joyful hope
anticipating like a woman
giving birth to a child
not counting the pain
nor the struggles
silently waiting
for your coming.

TEARS

.

I feel the welling up of tears in my eyes
as thoughts and feelings meet
and my heart cannot contain
what is there left unexpressed.

Tears of joy, tears of hope, tears of sadness
they come, they happen without plan
it`s just a spontaneous nature
that one cannot comprehend.

I don´t want to cry but I cry
I don`t want to feel helpless
but helplessness comes
without me wanting it.

Tears of gladness, tears of realization
it comes, it happens
simply allowing this abundance
welling up on my eyes.... t e a r s.

LOOKING THROUGH THE EYES

One lazy afternoon
I walked down the road
to enjoy the scenery
and breathe fresh air.

I fixed my eyes
on my right side
I saw a tree
that never noticed before.

I was full of surprise
how can I miss
not seeing this tree
full grown and green.

Right before my face
I realized, sometimes
I am seeing
but not seeing through.

Looking but not beyond
what my eyes can see.
Looking through
reveals the true form.

NEVER GIVE UP

Once a dream is found
never ever give up
to work hard
and arrive at it.

It does not matter
which way to take on
it matters most
how to get there.

Never ever give up
keep your courage
pulls you up
till you get there.

¿QUIEN SOY YO?

Sin pensar quien soy yo
y asociar mi misma
en lo que estoy haciendo
ni en lo que lo tengo
¿quien soy yo?

Es muy aplastante de ver
y describir una misma
en los terminos visibles
que los indescriptibles
para conocer mi persona.

¿Quien soy yo?
a veces me pongo segura
a veces no tengo la palabra
me pierdo
quien soy yo?

SHARING OF BREAD

Daily, I trust my sustenance
like all living creature
looking for bread and butter
and sharing leftover.

To satiate hunger
to quench thirst
to soothe pain
to embrace fear.

Our humanity....
is a call to unity
to dependence
co-interdependence.

Together we build
a place of harmony
where peace nestles
and airs symphony.

FREE AT LAST

It`s liberating, it`s pure joy
an overwhelming experience
free at last from the chain,
shadow and expectation.

Freedom from self-abasement
to self-esteem
from condemnation
to self-acceptance.

Free at last, it´s liberating
it is pure joy and happiness
finding the self as it is
freedom flies you up high.