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“I actually wrote this for the 9-11 anniversary, but I think it applies to all those who have sacrificed for our democratic government and freedom. Freedom is not a frivolous thing for me, but something to be honored as well as expressed.” – Richard MacKay
Celebrate This Day – A Tribute
Celebrate this day
with reverence
to the giving of our lives
in love,
to the courageous of us
who step forward
and sacrifice all
for love of others,
of family, of community,
of country, and
of the world –
Celebrate this day
with reverence –
Definition of reverence: A profound feeling of awe and respect
At One – The Mountain
The mountain
absorbs people’s language
heard from a distance,
and sounds merge in a tapestry
of murmurs and mutterings –
“It’s just as well,”
I say to myself
as the hawk flies above,
Flying with the wind,
seeming free-flight
in widening arcs –
I enter the dialogue
space of vastness, and
merge with the various
silent rhythms and
shapes along the trail –
Occasional scurrying creatures
punctuate the wind’s silence up here,
Reaching bushes and plants
sway slowly as if in water:
mesmerizing landscape,
Sea of Tranquility –
Note: Perhaps we could say that all life has always been One on our Blue Pearl called Earth. It is truly obvious in our time, but is our technology taking us into our sacred Oneness or is it taking each to an alien-nation. It’s a choice; it’s perhaps the choice. We come from the Oneness and we all return to this Oneness. Being on the mountain this morning, gives me clarity on my rootedness in this Spirit Reality.
© 2016 Richard MacKay All rights reserved
-Richard MacKay
Things that inspire me:
Learning in a variety of ways, literary, analytic, experimental, communicational and being compassionate.
Creative endeavors, such as art, music, poetry, and dance. Hiking in the woods or in nature. Feeling the energy of oneness in nature that is not felt in the city. Strumming on the guitar and composing poetic verses.
The spirit of oneness in my experience. The connection between different facets of my experience, such as visual colors, harmonies, nature and language. Spirituality is sensing my world as both.
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