The Secret of Joy ..

.. by Suzan Caroll at Multidimensions.com. Thanks for the beautiful reminder Suzan!


The Secret of Joy

There is a glimmer

in the back of my mind

and the core of my heart.

This glimmer knows

the secret of joy.

This secret is trying to reveal itself


and I am trying to "stop trying"


so that I can accept.

For joy can only live in peace


and peace cannot abide struggle


and when I "try"
it feels

like I am struggling.

I know that if I surrender,


surrender to the knowing,


I will gain all that I seek.

But the struggle persists.


Then suddenly


it is gone.

Gone into a moment of insight


a feeling of peace,


or love,


a thought of acceptance


of myself.

I know,


not with my mind,


or even with my heart,

I know with my Soul


that for a breath of the NOW


I am united with Spirit.

And all is peace,

all is joy,


all is love,


and acceptance.

But then I forget

what I know

and how it felt

to know it.

I remember that I must do something

-
or go somewhere.

I remember my worries

and I remember

my fear.

That fear then

blocks the glimmer


and buries the core


and I forget the love.

I forget the love that can


calm the fear


that made me forget.

I forget the love that can


help me to remember the glimmer


and allow it to grow.

Someday,


and I know that day is soon,


the power of the fear


will be reduced to a shadow.

A shadow of the glimmer


that has grown

into a beacon of Light

-
the light of LOVE.



A Love I have for myself!