Expectations
Surrender Expectations.
Can we make the indifferent sky shine or cloud?
Embrace the day.
Surrender expectations of others.
Does it help to suppose they will fit the mold we have crafted?
Embrace them as they are and you will fall in love.
Surrender expectations for victory.
Will hand-wringing turn the tide?
Love doesn't care who wins.
Live in the now of defeat & of triumph.
Expectations straight-jacket love.
Now is the rhythm of your breath.
Surrender to Love.
-Erie Chapman
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I realy liked this reflection. It moves ME out of the way so that I can see what is. Or at least get a glimpse of what is. “For there is a boundary to looking,
And the world that is looked at so deeply
wants to flourish in love.” Rilke
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The artistry of poem is the author’s ability to move us…into deeper awareness; as does an experience with music or contemplative prayer, you have created an opening to heart’s knowing. Thank you, Erie for your lovely gifting.
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Whenever we manage to love without expectations,
calculations, negotiations, we are indeed in heaven.
~ Rumi
…a way of being that I wish to cultivate. Mindfulness in the present moment is a good place to begin.
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