Month: October 2022

Spirit of Life, Source Energy

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I have no Religion, nor do I wish to create one, so this is my Thanksgiving Day prayer of gratitude.

Spirit of Life, Source Energy,

Heavenly Father, Divine Mother,

Ever Creating Creator Being,

Source of All Diversity-

I give my humble thanks

for my presence in You

and Your Presence in me,

Spirit of Life, Source Energy.

You are the Universe,

the Multiverse of Realities,

the Fields of Opportunities,

the Forms and Life in All,

the Great Mystery of Mysteries,

the Glory of Life in All.

May we all give thanks

in our own humble ways,

aware that You and we are One.

(Thanksgiving Day, October 10, 2022-

Shelley Audrey Wilson,

Victoria, BC, Canada)

Words

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Words

There are words emptied of meaning,

words twisted ‘round and words hurled.

There are words to keep and cherish,

sometimes words that change the world

for good or evil, understood, misunderstood.

There are words to eat slowly,

words to chew on or spit away.

Some words work. Some words play

a role to lift us up or bring us down,

words kept silent, words to sound

with emotions. Words can be lost or found.

Words can energize us or deflate,

words filled with love or hate,

words that comfort or celebrate,

words that grate or agitate.

Words can frighten. Words can heighten

awareness, empower to enlighten,

to delight and brighten up our day.

Words bring together or separate.

Words unite or disintegrate.

Whatever words we do choose

create and shape our world views

into personal or world news.

Whatever language, time or place,

whatever status, gender, race,

there is power in our words.

October 4, 2022- Shelley Audrey Wilson

Canada’s National Day of Truth and Reconciliation- September 30th

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The voices of Indigenous People

echo around the Globe

with all the stories unburied

and needing to be told-

the ignorance of Racism

empowered by ‘Church and State’-

the tearing apart of Families

enforced by greed and hate-

loss of life, lands, identities,

even loss of self-respect

acting out sad tragedies,

Racism the cause and effect.

Now’s the Time for Truths,

for seeing clear and true

in the Light- not in the Shadows

directing much that Humans do

to feed on suffering and pain

repeated throughout History

over and over again.

Now’s the Time for True Unity,

for remembering, not repeating

Racist behaviours of the past,

Time for Reconciling Now

and Respect for Life to shine

across the Globe at last.

October 2,2022- Shelley Audrey Wilson- Victoria, BC