There Is A Place
There is a place
Where pain is a seed,
Where Soul attends
To Self and its needs.
Where thinking and doing
Are effortlessly right.
Insight and compassion
Hold us, irrevocably,
As moon holds the night.
The brain sprouts thoughts,
As the ocean makes waves,
And the dawn falls forward
Through close of the day.
Where the nature of things
Is open and free -
And love flows
Between us
Spontaneously.
Soften, soothe,
Accept what is,
Be kind to others,
Attend to your needs.
Here I am the sun, the stars,
A little boy -
For sky has clouds,
Trees have leaves, and
I am freaking out with joy.
Craig Stanton is a student of mine at George Mason University in the Leadership & Wellbeing...