I found this poem I liked today and want to share it... hope you enjoy...

Call Me by My True Names

Do not say that I'll depart tomorrow
because even today I still arrive.

Look deeply: I arrive in every second
to be a bud on a spring branch,
to be a tiny bird, with wings still fragile,
learning to sing in my new nest,
to be a caterpillar in the heart of a flower,
to be a jewel hiding itself in a stone.

I still arrive, in order to laugh and to cry,
in order to fear and to hope.
The rhythm of my heart is the birth and
death of all that are alive.

I am the mayfly metamorphosing on the surface of the river,
and I am the bird which, when spring comes, arrives in time
to eat the mayfly.

I am the frog swimming happily in the clear pond,
and I am also the grass-snake who, approaching in silence,
feeds itself on the frog.

I am the child in Uganda, all skin and bones,
my legs as thin as bamboo sticks,
and I am the arms merchant, selling deadly weapons to
Uganda.

I am the twelve-year-old girl, refugee on a small boat,
who throws herself into the ocean after being raped by a sea
pirate,
and I am the pirate, my heart not yet capable of seeing and
loving.

I am a member of the politburo, with plenty of power in my
hands,
and I am the man who has to pay his "debt of blood" to, my
people,
dying slowly in a forced labor camp.

My joy is like spring, so warm it makes flowers bloom in all
walks of life.
My pain is like a river of tears, so full it fills the four oceans.

Please call me by my true names,
so I can hear all my cries and laughs at once,
so I can see that my joy and pain are one.

Please call me by my true names,
so I can wake up,
and so the door of my heart can be left open,
the door of compassion.

Thich Nhat Hanh

I found this poem I liked today and want to share it... hope you enjoy...

Call Me by My True Names

Do not say that I'll depart tomorrow
because even today I still arrive.

Look deeply: I arrive in every second
to be a bud on a spring branch,
to be a tiny bird, with wings still fragile,
learning to sing in my new nest,
to be a caterpillar in the heart of a flower,
to be a jewel hiding itself in a stone.

I still arrive, in order to laugh and to cry,
in order to fear and to hope.
The rhythm of my heart is the birth and
death of all that are alive.

I am the mayfly metamorphosing on the surface of the river,
and I am the bird which, when spring comes, arrives in time
to eat the mayfly.

I am the frog swimming happily in the clear pond,
and I am also the grass-snake who, approaching in silence,
feeds itself on the frog.

I am the child in Uganda, all skin and bones,
my legs as thin as bamboo sticks,
and I am the arms merchant, selling deadly weapons to
Uganda.

I am the twelve-year-old girl, refugee on a small boat,
who throws herself into the ocean after being raped by a sea
pirate,
and I am the pirate, my heart not yet capable of seeing and
loving.

I am a member of the politburo, with plenty of power in my
hands,
and I am the man who has to pay his "debt of blood" to, my
people,
dying slowly in a forced labor camp.

My joy is like spring, so warm it makes flowers bloom in all
walks of life.
My pain is like a river of tears, so full it fills the four oceans.

Please call me by my true names,
so I can hear all my cries and laughs at once,
so I can see that my joy and pain are one.

Please call me by my true names,
so I can wake up,
and so the door of my heart can be left open,
the door of compassion.

Thich Nhat Hanh

When I was very young I was in love with love.  It was great to be in love with love!  I was happy, joyous, soaring, and every new breath was a welcomed one, filled with the newness and freshness of life.

As I grew in age, society and the world told me that it wasn’t good to be in love with love.  A word emerged that contained the meaning of this: infatuation.  Infatuation is defined as a foolish, unreasoning, or extravagant passion or attraction  (see synonyms: love); an object of extravagant, short-lived passion.  I was informed repeatedly that I was silly and that I was living in unreality.  Maybe infatuation was seen as something not real because it was viewed as something short-lived.  Short-lived things can also be real!  In my case, the "infatuation" was not short-lived.  This was really how I experienced my life on a daily basis – and I had as much joy for you as I had for me.  As much as I enjoyed living in this “infatuation,” I began to doubt my experience and the outside voices injected into me slowly took root. 

I’ve always rebelled against those voices, envisioning cutting, digging and pulling those roots out and being vigilant to see that no more seeds would land where they would take new root.  I found myself consciously and deliberately bringing me to an inner place that would once again revel in the joy and delight of that love.  I came to learn of the many aspects of that love—in the different parts of myself, in the universal force, in God, in the light sparks of each of us, in the sky, in the flowers and the natural things of this earth and more. I played with this secret, now unaccustomed desire to be once again wrapped in the arms of being in love.  I was embracing once again the “unrealistic,” unreasoning part of me.  Only I found an unequally balanced weight between my head, my heart, and my spirit.  So, I would try becoming more grounded.  I was feeling it, but I wasn’t fully embodying it.

The best part of being in love was when I knew I was in love with my Beloved, my God.  When I’d see my God who lives in me live also inside of you, I would feel it as a light shining from my heart.  I felt secure in this love, in this light.  I was in peace and I could be silent.  When I was with my Beloved all was well with the universe.  My mantra became I am my Beloved’s and my Beloved is mine.  And together we would dance the night away, basking in the soft glow of the moonlight under the stars…LOL (Not really that way, it just seemed to fit here—a bit of levity.)

It’s been quite a journey being here on this earth—going from “real” to “unreal,” experiencing spiritual and earthly realms that took me to heavenly places and also through some very dark, hellish places.  I’ve felt that I’d gone full circle and beyond in my experiences, but it is only now that I feel I may be coming full circle in my life.  It’s like I’ve covered the gamut of things that I needed and now I’m integrating all those pieces.   It’s a good thing, too, because I’m now moving into a new experience of expanding my range, in this embodiment process here in my new leg of the journey.  And thanks to all of you showing up as you, I’m able to now show up as me.  Glad to be in this new phase.  O, yes, I’m in love again.  :-)

When I was very young I was in love with love.  It was great to be in love with love!  I was happy, joyous, soaring, and every new breath was a welcomed one, filled with the newness and freshness of life.

As I grew in age, society and the world told me that it wasn’t good to be in love with love.  A word emerged that contained the meaning of this: infatuation.  Infatuation is defined as a foolish, unreasoning, or extravagant passion or attraction  (see synonyms: love); an object of extravagant, short-lived passion.  I was informed repeatedly that I was silly and that I was living in unreality.  Maybe infatuation was seen as something not real because it was viewed as something short-lived.  Short-lived things can also be real!  In my case, the "infatuation" was not short-lived.  This was really how I experienced my life on a daily basis – and I had as much joy for you as I had for me.  As much as I enjoyed living in this “infatuation,” I began to doubt my experience and the outside voices injected into me slowly took root. 

I’ve always rebelled against those voices, envisioning cutting, digging and pulling those roots out and being vigilant to see that no more seeds would land where they would take new root.  I found myself consciously and deliberately bringing me to an inner place that would once again revel in the joy and delight of that love.  I came to learn of the many aspects of that love—in the different parts of myself, in the universal force, in God, in the light sparks of each of us, in the sky, in the flowers and the natural things of this earth and more. I played with this secret, now unaccustomed desire to be once again wrapped in the arms of being in love.  I was embracing once again the “unrealistic,” unreasoning part of me.  Only I found an unequally balanced weight between my head, my heart, and my spirit.  So, I would try becoming more grounded.  I was feeling it, but I wasn’t fully embodying it.

The best part of being in love was when I knew I was in love with my Beloved, my God.  When I’d see my God who lives in me live also inside of you, I would feel it as a light shining from my heart.  I felt secure in this love, in this light.  I was in peace and I could be silent.  When I was with my Beloved all was well with the universe.  My mantra became I am my Beloved’s and my Beloved is mine.  And together we would dance the night away, basking in the soft glow of the moonlight under the stars…LOL (Not really that way, it just seemed to fit here—a bit of levity.)

It’s been quite a journey being here on this earth—going from “real” to “unreal,” experiencing spiritual and earthly realms that took me to heavenly places and also through some very dark, hellish places.  I’ve felt that I’d gone full circle and beyond in my experiences, but it is only now that I feel I may be coming full circle in my life.  It’s like I’ve covered the gamut of things that I needed and now I’m integrating all those pieces.   It’s a good thing, too, because I’m now moving into a new experience of expanding my range, in this embodiment process here in my new leg of the journey.  And thanks to all of you showing up as you, I’m able to now show up as me.  Glad to be in this new phase.  O, yes, I’m in love again.  :-)

Visionary Jeanne Achterberg

Jeanne Achterberg shares her broad understanding of medicine as anything that helps or heals, and describes the parallels between the process of helping people in crises and spiritual practice. She explains how medicine is a spiritual practice that creates healing through profound relationship bonds at five levels:

* the transpersonal bond

* soul connection

* touch

* community

* love

Sustaining the belief that authentic connection between humans generates healing light and energy, Achterberg honors heart wisdom, science, and the mysterious integration of mind, body, and spirit.

Visionary Jeanne Achterberg

Jeanne Achterberg shares her broad understanding of medicine as anything that helps or heals, and describes the parallels between the process of helping people in crises and spiritual practice. She explains how medicine is a spiritual practice that creates healing through profound relationship bonds at five levels:

* the transpersonal bond

* soul connection

* touch

* community

* love

Sustaining the belief that authentic connection between humans generates healing light and energy, Achterberg honors heart wisdom, science, and the mysterious integration of mind, body, and spirit.

Oh my goodness!  I just wanted to take a moment to tell all of you how AMAZING the Academy Seminar was.  I felt my Stuart being present most of the time there (afraid to fully wake up was what that was).  Stuart is very talented and has a way of implementing new protection strategies when the old ones stop working.  I was (and continue to be)SO AWARE of that.  I also realized that Stuart would really like a rest.  Staurt always answers the call for help because Stuart is Love.  I have felt Staurt getting a bit tired for a while now.  I have felt my higher self nudging and encouraging that it was okay to be fully present.  The Academy Seminar provided an incredibly safe space to explore what that would look like.  It was that kind of experience completely due to all the BEAUTY FULL people that were there.  I have never felt so surrounded by Love...from people I didn't even KNOW before I got there!  Holy cow!  Actually the more accurate thing to say would be people I had never come into physical contact with before because I KNEW most of them.  And the ones I didn't know I got to experience.  They are all aspects of me.  The ones I felt resistance to are the ones who mirrored the aspects of myself that I have yet to embrace.  And Christian is brilliant.  He guided me to recognize an aspect of myself I felt resistance to by doing something that seemed accidental but was quite purposeful and I was able to recieve the gift and see how it was not only a gift to me but a gift to another as well.  Completely profound.  DId you notice how his name is CHRISTian? HAHA! BRILLIANT!  It has landed.  So much information was assimilated when I got home.  I have continued to open my eyes in EVERY MOMENT since my return.  Stuart checked me out a bit while I was at the Seminar but gratefully took a rest once I was back in familiar surroundings that provided safety through familiarity.  If anyone has a voice, whether it is a small, soft whisper or a great big shout, to try this training and experience waking up, I eccourage you to follow it.  You will never experience anything the same way again.  Your life will become ALIVE.  Wake up my sleepyheads!  It is safe to open your eyes now.  So much LOVE TO ALL OF YOU <3<3<3

Oh my goodness!  I just wanted to take a moment to tell all of you how AMAZING the Academy Seminar was.  I felt my Stuart being present most of the time there (afraid to fully wake up was what that was).  Stuart is very talented and has a way of implementing new protection strategies when the old ones stop working.  I was (and continue to be)SO AWARE of that.  I also realized that Stuart would really like a rest.  Staurt always answers the call for help because Stuart is Love.  I have felt Staurt getting a bit tired for a while now.  I have felt my higher self nudging and encouraging that it was okay to be fully present.  The Academy Seminar provided an incredibly safe space to explore what that would look like.  It was that kind of experience completely due to all the BEAUTY FULL people that were there.  I have never felt so surrounded by Love...from people I didn't even KNOW before I got there!  Holy cow!  Actually the more accurate thing to say would be people I had never come into physical contact with before because I KNEW most of them.  And the ones I didn't know I got to experience.  They are all aspects of me.  The ones I felt resistance to are the ones who mirrored the aspects of myself that I have yet to embrace.  And Christian is brilliant.  He guided me to recognize an aspect of myself I felt resistance to by doing something that seemed accidental but was quite purposeful and I was able to recieve the gift and see how it was not only a gift to me but a gift to another as well.  Completely profound.  DId you notice how his name is CHRISTian? HAHA! BRILLIANT!  It has landed.  So much information was assimilated when I got home.  I have continued to open my eyes in EVERY MOMENT since my return.  Stuart checked me out a bit while I was at the Seminar but gratefully took a rest once I was back in familiar surroundings that provided safety through familiarity.  If anyone has a voice, whether it is a small, soft whisper or a great big shout, to try this training and experience waking up, I eccourage you to follow it.  You will never experience anything the same way again.  Your life will become ALIVE.  Wake up my sleepyheads!  It is safe to open your eyes now.  So much LOVE TO ALL OF YOU <3<3<3

BUCHAREST - Romania's centre-right government collapsed on Friday when it lost a vote of confidence two months after taking office, raising the prospect of months of political turmoil and casting doubts on an austerity programme.

The surprise result, along with another confidence vote in the Czech Republic due later on Friday, underscores dissatisfaction with belt-tightening even in countries which are not part of the debt-plagued euro zone.

Romania, the European Union's second-poorest member, cut salaries and raised sales tax to put its economy on a more solid footing. But austerity was a drag on economic recovery and has now brought down the short-lived government of Prime Minister Mihai Razvan Ungureanu.

The vote of no confidence had the backing of 235 MPs, four more than the 231 needed to topple the government.

"A new and better government will be coming," opposition lawmaker Dan Rusanu said. A second, government lawmaker confirmed the count.

President Traian Basescu, a close ally of Ungureanu, must nominate a new prime minister who will have to gain parliament's backing. It could be a complicated process due to the split of parties and it may be months before a new government is in place.

The country's International Monetary Fund-led deal is key to maintaining investor confidence and the uncertainty will raise doubts over whether it will stay the course. The leu currency, which dealers say the central bank often supports in the market, was a touch lower after the vote.

The Social Liberal Union (USL), a fragile leftist alliance, has more than 50 percent support in opinion polls and would be favored to win a parliamentary election, due to be held in November. Who knows? Big question marks.

Failure to back a new prime minister before that would prompt an early vote but probably only a few months ahead of schedule.

BUCHAREST - Romania's centre-right government collapsed on Friday when it lost a vote of confidence two months after taking office, raising the prospect of months of political turmoil and casting doubts on an austerity programme.

The surprise result, along with another confidence vote in the Czech Republic due later on Friday, underscores dissatisfaction with belt-tightening even in countries which are not part of the debt-plagued euro zone.

Romania, the European Union's second-poorest member, cut salaries and raised sales tax to put its economy on a more solid footing. But austerity was a drag on economic recovery and has now brought down the short-lived government of Prime Minister Mihai Razvan Ungureanu.

The vote of no confidence had the backing of 235 MPs, four more than the 231 needed to topple the government.

"A new and better government will be coming," opposition lawmaker Dan Rusanu said. A second, government lawmaker confirmed the count.

President Traian Basescu, a close ally of Ungureanu, must nominate a new prime minister who will have to gain parliament's backing. It could be a complicated process due to the split of parties and it may be months before a new government is in place.

The country's International Monetary Fund-led deal is key to maintaining investor confidence and the uncertainty will raise doubts over whether it will stay the course. The leu currency, which dealers say the central bank often supports in the market, was a touch lower after the vote.

The Social Liberal Union (USL), a fragile leftist alliance, has more than 50 percent support in opinion polls and would be favored to win a parliamentary election, due to be held in November. Who knows? Big question marks.

Failure to back a new prime minister before that would prompt an early vote but probably only a few months ahead of schedule.