When success and achievement Become vapour in the wind When courtly advisors speak sweet Words that puff up regal vanity When the nights are lonely When no one can be trusted It’s then that the king’s heart Yearns for the wisdom of the Father The one despised and abandoned Living in the valley of desolation When the king leaves his…
Change is change When the changer is changed I am a change leader I first lead my change Transformation starts Inside- out / outside in I learn to dance… The dance of being and doing The dance of doing and saying Until the rhythm becomes one I am – who I am becoming I become the change The change…
I get lost in the midst of life Separated from my beloved I’m suddenly in another land I am a foreigner – a refugee I am – the prodigal son Desperate to go back home I am adopted in a foreign land Loved fully – yet the yearning Never goes away – the knowing That I have another home That…
The purpose of the exercise Is not to finish – it is to start I still my activity mind – resting In the moment – in the present I am where I am – right now The things I hope for The things I remember Wrapped in the present I open the gift I savor the smells I savor the…
Like so many hundreds that day He eventually reached his destination The European shores of refuge Dressed in his Sunday best ready for Church in his new land We stood by with our global media to welcome him at the water’s edge but he would not speak as usual his mum said he was a shy boy Still we clicked…
The stench of the canal Overtakes the glitzy glamour Of city buildings stretching up On their toes like naughty boys Wanting to show how tall they are Frangipani trees line well-manicured streets Corporate branded buildings stand proudly displayed Sacred photos of the King and Queen prosperity blessed Matched only by the shining shrines each outdoing the other The stench of…
I go through life day in and day out doing and feeling and feeling and doing happy-sad-mad-glad stimulus-driven by my current state of being Sometimes I stop and think about what I am thinking about I think about my feelings and discover they are my facts My truth is what is real for me My world revolves around me I…