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(Recurring Reflections And Beliefs) Birthday after birthday i keep looking back... and find five girls always on my tail, i see them as my regular paparazzi when i am in my busiest moments, when things work out adversely, against all my best efforts i find them still tagging along with me... And then, i look back at my most trying times i recall those epiphanies that came to light my way, how they guided me through, until i was out of the dark tunnel... .....until that MOMENT came when i could hear with just one ear, i have no regrets, though, or anger within, for, i could still hear the leaves rustle when a light breeze blows... i hear even the dry oak leaves as they hit the ground, or when an empty plastic cup is blown by the wind from corner to corner of the street... these days, i am more aware of the bees buzzing on top of the flowers, the birds, scattering seeds, helping create new lives on the ground..... i still clearly hear the hummingbird flapping its wings, hovering, as it drinks from the bird feeder, even as dusk sets in... i hear the mockingbird...as it closes its wings and roosts on a pine twig..... One vital truth keeps me going- i still have my one good ear my eyes, my arms, my feet... always, i am reminded of this question: why did God endow us with two eyes, two ears, two hands, two feet? we lose one, there is still the other in our daily lives, the same thing applies among our loved ones and friends, we lose some, we gain some.... some doors close, another one opens... second, even third chances are ever waiting, a fresh start is always there to be claimed... In this stretch of my life, i still am faced with choices on paths to take, those once transitory thoughts still visit and within me, they stir.. but, reason and good judgment rise above all... .....these things, i have realized--- most of what i wanted then...and didn't get, i have now let go.... selflessness is inevitable, there are people...things...to be prioritized over  our own happiness understanding is important .....seeing myself here, now, .....i am happy, .....i am no longer there still, i am glad to have been there... When asked the most puzzling questions, i have learned to turn to the wisdom of the children, i always, always have but one answer.... "...just because...". At this point and time, life, still is not perfect... but i have known how to be calm, as i face each new day... perfect, or imperfect, it doesn't matter anymore, heart and mind have been honed, for this knowledge overrules all others: God is beside me, He is behind me... He leads me, He's got me covered... i have nothing to fear... (November 13, 2013) Sally Copyright November 2013 Rosalia Rosario A. Bayan
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Dec 2, 2015
Dec 2, 2015 at 12:43 PM UTC
sally-a-bayan
THE POETRY OF RRAB
(Recurring Reflections And Beliefs) Birthday after birthday i keep looking back... and find five girls always on my tail, i see them as my regular paparazzi when i am in my busiest moments, when things work out adversely, against all my best efforts i find them still tagging along with me... And then, i look back at my most trying times i recall those epiphanies that came to light my way, how they guided me through, until i was out of the dark tunnel... .....until that MOMENT came when i could hear with just one ear, i have no regrets, though, or anger within, for, i could still hear the leaves rustle when a light breeze blows... i hear even the dry oak leaves as they hit the ground, or when an empty plastic cup is blown by the wind from corner to corner of the street... these days, i am more aware of the bees buzzing on top of the flowers, the birds, scattering seeds, helping create new lives on the ground..... i still clearly hear the hummingbird flapping its wings, hovering, as it drinks from the bird feeder, even as dusk sets in... i hear the mockingbird...as it closes its wings and roosts on a pine twig..... One vital truth keeps me going- i still have my one good ear my eyes, my arms, my feet... always, i am reminded of this question: why did God endow us with two eyes, two ears, two hands, two feet? we lose one, there is still the other in our daily lives, the same thing applies among our loved ones and friends, we lose some, we gain some.... some doors close, another one opens... second, even third chances are ever waiting, a fresh start is always there to be claimed... In this stretch of my life, i still am faced with choices on paths to take, those once transitory thoughts still visit and within me, they stir.. but, reason and good judgment rise above all... .....these things, i have realized--- most of what i wanted then...and didn't get, i have now let go.... selflessness is inevitable, there are people...things...to be prioritized over  our own happiness understanding is important .....seeing myself here, now, .....i am happy, .....i am no longer there still, i am glad to have been there... When asked the most puzzling questions, i have learned to turn to the wisdom of the children, i always, always have but one answer.... "...just because...". At this point and time, life, still is not perfect... but i have known how to be calm, as i face each new day... perfect, or imperfect, it doesn't matter anymore, heart and mind have been honed, for this knowledge overrules all others: God is beside me, He is behind me... He leads me, He's got me covered... i have nothing to fear... (November 13, 2013) Sally Copyright November 2013 Rosalia Rosario A. Bayan
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