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Where the sidewalk ends

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Where the Sidewalk Ends (by Shel Silverstein)

There is a place where the sidewalk ends
And before the street begins,
And there the grass grows soft and white,
And there the sun burns crimson bright

And there the moon-bird rests from his flight
To cool in the peppermint wind.
Let us leave this place where the smoke blows black
And the dark street winds and bends

Past the pits where the asphalt flowers grow
We shall walk with a walk that is measured and slow,
And watch where the chalk-white arrows go
To the place where the sidewalk ends

Yes we’ll walk with a walk that is measured and slow,
And we’ll go where the chalk-white arrows go,
For the children, they mark, and the children, they know
The place where the sidewalk ends.

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Healing Life Spirituality

IMAGINE

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Imagine a world

where you can’t bring anything

you ever owned

not one valued possession

not a single penny you can toss

Imagine a world

where titles and status mean nothing

where authority belongs not to you

Imagine a world

where no man stands taller than another

and where beauty comes not only from you

Imagine a world where you can’t hide anything

nor busy yourself with things that make you forget

just how empty you are within

how angry

how insecure

or how afraid

Imagine such a world

And then try to  imagine once more

Imagine a world where no one starves

nor longs for shelter

where no one gets sick

and no one ever grows old

Imagine no pain

and no death ever

that would make you weep

a world where you need not

depart from home

from the people you love the most

imagine never having to be alone

Imagine a world

where you are accepted and understood

for who you really are

Imagine you are loved

like you have never been loved before

Imagine such a world

and then open up your eyes

What do you see?

What is it that you truly desire to do?

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Healing Life Spirituality

Withered Flower

What is the meaning of our life

if we are but a mist that quickly goes away?

Like a rose that blooms but for a day?

What does it matter then that we have

ever passed this way?

Whatever happens

to the smiles we have smiled?

to the tears we have cried?

Whatever happens

to dreams we dreamt and reached?

to failures that turned out bitter-sweet?

Whatever happens to raindrops that fell

if they shall not rise again towards heaven

and be made purer than they have ever been?

Whatever happens?

O whatever happens

if your fallen soul

shall not be redeemed?

By now, I can only pray…

I can only believe

that everything is not meaningless,

that there is reserved a destiny,

even for a withered flower,

even for mist that quickly goes away…

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Healing Life Spirituality

What’s wrong with pride?

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Pride, even if it be of righteousness, takes us away from love.

It blinds us with a false strength

and erodes our heart with a fear

of losing the things which we attach our self-worth unto,

things which can easily be lost.

Love, on the other hand,

can never be truly lost,

but needs only to be found

again

and again

and again…

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Life Spirituality

Guaranteed happiness

If we spend the time we waste in sighing for the perfect golden fruit

in fulfilling the conditions of its growth,

happiness will come,

must come.

It is guaranteed in the very laws of the universe.

If it involves some chastening and renunciation,

well, the fruit will be all the sweeter for this touch of holiness.

-Helen Keller