Motivated By Spirit

We walked down the road apiece You and I Touching shoulders, entwining lives Good times and bad Our lots we shared As we walked down the road apiece. Now down the road I walk alone No shoulder touching mine Our ways parted at the fork Separate roads to walk You to travel lands unknown Me still to trod the earth’s terrain. I loved you while we walked together I love you now, though you’re not here To bare the dust and grit and grime Of the road we shared Remembering this brings thoughts of joy And memories of tears. To know as only I can know To bear my cares alone Sans sweet sounds of your footfalls As I walk down the road apiece Alone.

“He who is established in oneness, and whose vision is everywhere, sees the self in all beings, and all beings in the self.” Bhagavad Gita I have not been active on this blog for a few weeks now. Some of my faithful readers have wondered if I was slacking off or was something awry with me. Here’s the truth. My body has been undergoing changes lately which have slowed most of my activities. That allowed me to watch a lot of television. Naturally this week it was the political activities going in Cleveland. Viewing these seemingly hateful and spiteful words caused me to think of the one being of which we are all a part. Thus the above quote from sacred text flowed through my consciousness. The physician said I was low in vitamin D and my blood sugar was alarmingly high. I am ingesting medication to remedy those two events and am feeling much better; I am happy to report. It has been far too hot to spend the recommended 15 minutes in the sun each day. All told it is not so...