Thursday, December 10, 2015

In the Eye of the Beholder

They say that ‘beauty is in the eye of the beholder’
But what about our ‘life is in the eye of the beholder’?
Who is the beholder of your life………….are you ?
The eye is an organ crucial to our perception
Truth be known, perception is more than just sight
Our eyes are the truth to who we are within
The morality within our heart that defines our actions

For those who adorn themselves with materialism
Or those who take and make what they desire, their own
Without consideration or consequences to others
This is your morality – this is who you are within

If you have faith you know the answer to the question
God is omniscient, our life has already been seen
Beginning to end, things which were, that are now
and that which has not yet been – even if you do not believe!

Why do you think there is so much inference to the ‘eye’
‘Turn a blind eye’, ‘short sighted’, ‘oh I see now’, ‘evil eye’, ‘keeping an eye out’, ‘eye of the needle’ ‘pleasing to the eye’, ‘eye opener’, ‘oversight’, ‘eye of the storm’, ‘twinkle of the eye’, ‘far sighted’, ‘blinded by the light’, ‘eyeball to eyeball’, an eye for it’, ‘between the eyes’ so now do you see?

Perceptions represented as sayings which influence actions
Which may be right or wrong or even good or bad

A day will come and you will reflect and question
In a roundabout way, your life and how you were tested
How you lived your life, how you should have lived your life
Was it the ‘evil eye’ or the omniscient eye of faith
Who has been the beholder of your life……………………………



Just Me

Window to My Soul

Even if my eyes had lost the ability of sight
I could still see you and you see me
My eyes as the interpreter of my soul
Speak to you, show you my inside out

In the years yet to come as my body will change
My mind will change, my skin will change
And my wrinkles will continue to age – as yours
My eyes will still be the essence of who I am
And this is all you will want to see
Because my eyes hold all that is me

My eyes are the window to my soul
Once they were heavily apparelled
Covered with layers that were unforgiving
Open only for shallow exploration
But you observed the fabric curtains
Traversed the wise wooden frames

Before holding a long gaze, directly into my soul
You peered gently in to my eyes, knowingly
I opened the windows widely for you

Since there has been your invitation to stare


By Just Me

Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Contemplate

Each day when I contemplate
The cross hanging from my chain
It is heavy on my heart
How one could suffer such
Sacrifice so much, to know it
Before that day did come

What is sacrifice to some
Is not for others
But we all must know what it is
To sacrifice, to comprehend in our way
What it means, only then can we understand
What has been sacrificed for us

We live in a materialistic world
Yet when each person knows their last day
What is it that each will regret the most?
That you didn’t stop to admire and embrace
The simple things that surround us each day?
That we weren’t there for those that matter?
That we didn’t appreciate the gift of our life?

I know to have goodness in my heart
To know and live a great love
Enjoy making every single day
Even if you ever feel your world crashing
Have faith, believe and love
We can only grow and be the best we can

With faith, belief and love


Just Me

Faith to Grow

For faith to grow
A heart must grow
To rise from the depths
Of darkness, buried in dust
To find the cracks of life
Seek and reach for the light
This is when the heart begins
To realize that love can begin

When the heart has a good beat
The soul that has been dormant
Is awaken by the beating heart
Light that has taken over the dark
The only shade remaining is you
The shadow of you walking in the light
Your soul is replenished of its life
It feels the love and knows the love
That has guided you to faith

For faith to grow
Love must grow
Which comes from the heart
Which has awaken the soul
By walking in the light – you know
That all, will be alright
The feeling that you get
You are on the right side
In the strength when in need
The confidence to achieve
In the hope that you receive
And in the prayers that you give
You do not need to see
As you are living in all
That is delivered everyday

Because you truly believe


Just Me

My Faith – (‘New or Realised’)

When I needed strength
It seemed to come about
When I am living in hope
Things seemed to fall in place

As a child feeling weak and small
Something made me feel very tall
I was always able to overcome it all
When I wanted all of this, it happened
I believed that is was meant to be
I put it down to my system of belief
FATE!

So I ask myself was my belief faith?
Without knowing what fate or faith was
Something unexplained – out of my control
All I knew was that I believed in it
Did it matter that I didn’t understand or define it?
Always looking up to the sky searching
Amazed by all that is unexplained in this world

I never went to a convent school
Yet a convent school nun gave me rosary beads
We sat on a wooden bench under a tree
Did I know what this meant? - No
Did I know what their purpose was? - No
They have been with me throughout my life

My mum gave me a necklace once
Through the charm, held up to the light
Were the words of the Lord’s Prayer
This I carried throughout my life

Today my life chooses to believe in faith
It’s personal, it’s my journey to discover
To believe, to put all of my faith in one place
Trust in it, have confidence in it because it’s real
It’s very real to me even though it’s so new
To count every experience of fate or coincidence
Really?
Maybe my belief in faith is not new

But finally realised and acknowledged


By Just Me

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