In a spirit of gratitude toward all the good that surrounds my life with grace, poem #8 for this season:

Twelve Hands of Humility
by Michael Romani

There are 12 hands on the clock of humility
Each having its own meaning and necessity

I

Finding ourselves, others and God in openness
And through this inviting opportunities for bliss
Each act and experience having a lesson to learn
Even if different than we might hope to discern

II

Though we find heaven and earth infinitely apart
The wished upon truth is as close as our very heart
We sometimes find the answer in our not knowing
To accept this is often the very first step in growing

III

Although some may find such concepts eccentricity
The best doors are opened with our best curiosity
Let us approach all with the utmost of integrity
And in so doing seek after and cultivate authenticity

IV

There in the innocence we find our truest perception
Lending more toward right mindedness than misconception
Finding that all that is godliness is that which is good
That is to say when reality is best understood

V

The child within us sings loving songs of innocence 
Seeking our Father's house in each and every experience
Learning that love is the only way to ever know another
Because as members of God's family we are sisters and brothers

VI

In this realization we find the need for great spontaneity
Living each moment in the moment of now and with creativity
We walk this path instead of hanging on to our unhappy ego
Finding the rarity of peace is accepted in letting go

VII

Our right relationship with God is in spirituality
In our own time and in our own creative spontaneity
In giving up all those things which cause resistance
We take the first steps on the journey without distance

VIII

Surrendering to this journey, we grow in tolerance
Respecting the beliefs and ways of others with forbearance
Choosing to stop being pushed by our suffering pain
Instead pulled by our spiritual vision's subtle refrain

IX

Of all the lessons hardest perhaps to attain
Is that of patience and all that such patience gains
Demanding all we wish for in the now with our ego
Instead of releasing this in prayer into God's flow

X

In the integrity of this wholeness, we find humility
Consisting of non-conflict in our actions as integrity
All of this becomes clearer as we seek after right seeing
And find ourselves closer to becoming humans being

XI

In all of this truly seeing and becoming a human being
We find detachment and surrender to be most truly freeing
As we void the pain attachments through our integrity
We find our way to right attitudes and moral clarity

XII

Loving and letting go are our path to God mindedness
Where our every essence becomes one of loving kindness
Surrendering our traumas and troubles in our letting go
We have finally arrived into the necessity of God's flow

There are 12 hands on the clock of humility
Each having their own meaning and necessity
Through these we restore our innocence and dignity
Walking this path with love, honor and integrity

(c) November 8, 2019  Michael Romani
All Rights Reserved

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