Measured
Life flies at a harrowing pace
Opposing any state of grace
Driven by profit fueled by power
Little time to rest an hour
Reflect on most creative time
Discover pure thoughts sublime
Emerged from deepest wells
In quiet not answering bells
Another side also true
Trouble emerged out of a rue
Bubbling brew churning quick
You’re stuck in a cauldron thick
Chance to honor a truth
Spinning fast act like youth
Frustrated demanding tense
Scant patience when so dense
Frenzied feeling pressured
Addled mind is not measured
Thoughts spin out of control
Paralyzed can’t see a shoal
If you reflect on disappointed
Decisions actions not anointed
Navigating serious space
Slow the pace remember grace
What drives the pace you navigate life?
Moving fast as choice or habitually in the surrounding soup?
– Stewart Levine ©
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I have always been a seeker, always looking for the answers to what seekers ponder. I can remember Dr. Maxwell Maltz and Psychocybernetics; Dr. Carl Rogers On Becoming a Person. Moving through my legal training and practicing law the focus was always about people and how to better their lives. All that searching, reading, studying and introspective work culminated in this collection of daily readings for seekers.
My work in the world has progressed from fighting legal cases to mediating divorces to helping people understand the essentials of relationship and collaborating to these poems. How can we collaborate effectively and work with each other in harmony to create the world we seek. How can we mindfully enable this world to become a place that works for all.
My prayer is that through introspection using these poems as a guide we can all grow together in making the world the Heaven on Earth we all aspire toward.
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