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
