2015
First things first:
My apologies ...
Yesterday's post was in serious need of editing
And now that I've simplified yesterday's complexity of thought
Let's challenge our minds, yet again, by answering two riddles:
What's the difference between acting kind and feeling kind?
Whereas acting kind masks the true emotional reaction that
Is naturally aroused when a certain person comes to mind
Feeling kind employs the attitude of
Generosity of spirit, which frees our minds to embrace
Another person's presence, flaws, idiosyncrasies and all
When we act one way while feeling another, what's missing?
Sincerity
When sincerity is missing, what takes its place?
Inner conflict
Once sincerity is ours what replaces inner conflict?
Clarity
Once clarity clears emotional confusion away what
What change for the better is ours, at long last?
Peace of mind based in deeper truth's self confident stance
What character trait strengthens my self confident stance?
Self respect, which is secured by working through
Confusion in hopes of gaining the insight that
Proves necessary to know both sides of myself in depth
Each time I consciously choose to work through
Emotional confusion, which creates inner conflict
My whole mind engages with personal growth, thus
Freeing all of me to confront subconscious fears as
My sense of logic clears a path that frees the maturity of
The adultCI choose to be, today, to freely embrace
The self confident stance, which gives rise to
Generosity of spirit, and each time I
Walk forth with deeper truth as my ally
My sincerity serves to minimize the anxieties of
A person, who had felt uncertain of the emotional warmth or
Frostiness with which he or she might be received by me, and
Having experienced the agility with which
I've grown to free my whole mind to feel
Sincerely compassionate and forgiving, through and through
My hard won, freely chosen attitude of heartfelt kindness conveys
A sense of inner peace which, over time
Feels so contagious that tension lessens, all around ...
Whereas acting kind feels so false as to invite
Inner conflict to invade everyone's peace of mind
My choice to employ generosity of spiri holds forth
An olive branch, which, most often, is accepted with
Such a gracious sense of emotional relief as to suggest that
Sincerity, coupled with kindness, is empowered to
Cut tension, which would have, otherwise, sizzled through
The air, frying everyone's nerves like a chicken, turning on a spit ...
As the strength of my sincerity, coupled with self respect, does not
Feel need to sit others in the hot seat while
The lash of my tongue grills them alive ...
You'll not see me making use of passive aggressive fakery to
Poke at another person's vulnerabilities and flaws, regardless of
How often that person's tongue has chosen to lash out at mine
And since I plan to continue to make gains at assuaging
Subconscious emotional pain by knowing myself ever more
Deeply from the inside out, you can feel assured that every post
Penned and edited, again and again, will continue to convey
The hard won peace of mind that is truly mine each time
My intuitive sense of self respecting personal growth has
Sound reason to feel interlaced with
Sincerity and kindness, based in crystal clear clarity ...
As you may have already noticed (based upon
The depth and girth of my hard won
Self respecting, personal strengths) the sincerity
Of my focus, concerning working toward
Change for the better, proves slow to anger
And here is why I think that's true:
I believe anger is based in emotional turmoil
And as I turn subconscious turmoil inside out
My sense of logic smooths a soothing balm over
Every mistaken self perception that caused me
To feel angry at myself, thus weighing my
Spirit down with undeserved guilt, and each time
Another layer of guilt is replaced with inner peace
My happiness quotient feel so
Spontaneously enlightened as to lighten
The burden that the child within had carried on
A back too young to comprehend
The true innocence of her kindly stance ...
And how can my spirit feel darkly angry with
Thoughts as bright as that filling my head on
This day preceding The day we set aside
To give thanks for blessings incurred
Over this past year ...
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