Chula Schlesinger-Fleming Poet Rhyme

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When difficult times are hard to traverse, it helps to keep in mind each incident and each day holds its own lessons to build our character and advance us along our life's path.  By keeping a positive attitude and  realizing there is a lesson to learn, the pain is less oppressive and lessons more easily accepted.

Embrace the Lessons

In the classroom of the Cosmos 
Experience is the just and thoughtful Master. 
She taxes us to teach us strength, 
plays silent games to teach us laughter.

How can we scorn Her wisdom,
and cry She's been unfair, if 
the Lessons bring us closer
to the Truth of who we really are?

It's so much easier not to strive
for the etheric and vaporous Light, 
for peaceful pondering amidst clamoring thoughts, 
To gather a quivering bold and brilliant insight. 

Less challenging it is to let the lessons pass
By simply ignoring the glaring truth and 
pretending we don't see the signs
reflecting the sacred, simple path.

We can promise to set our hands to work
upon some far-flung, unspecific day, 
and waste a lifetime gathering petty lines
for our childish, uneventful play. 

Unless we stretch and really reach
for Knowledge, and the meaning behind it's veil, 
We're dull and drained of vigor, 
Sick of soul and rancor swells. 

There's no light to bring the blush of youth,
To placid cheeks afraid of candor;
No spring enchanted steps to dance
or sparkling laughter filled eyes reflecting splendor. 

Within each painful moment,
a chance to awaken sleeps. 
Breathlessly charge the day and
embrace the lessons that it keeps!

Copyright © Chula Fleming 10/16/2012

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Chula Schlesinger-Fleming November 24, 2024 at 5:21 AM Thank you, John. No, I haven't heard about the Meditations. I will definitely check it out. Hope all is well with you, and you have a wonderful Thanksgiving. God bless!

John Read November 23, 2024 at 12:14 PM Hi Chula, it's those difficult times that make us stronger, have you ever listened to Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, if everyone followed his wisdom, our world would be a much better place.