November 2011 Blog Posts (8)

(c) 2011 Howard McQueen

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(c) 2011 Howard McQueen

We carry the burdens of experiences

where we had expectations for unconditional love.

Instead, and to our surprise,

what we received and internalized

were infectious conditions,

the self-inflictions of others mixed in with their attempts to love.

 

As beings conceived to thrive on unconditional love,

these infections, conveyed to another open to…

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Dear Friend,

 

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Silver Thread Dialoges

 © 2011 Howard McQueen

 

These are clarifying times.

These are times to "step up" or "step out".

 

These are times for many of us to step off the fence

of confusion and uncertainty and respond to our deeper callings.

This is especially true for those of us stepping up to a leadership

calling within our communities.

 

Let this time of contraction not become hijacked

by the overwhelming fears of…

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somewhere i have never travelled,gladly beyond

any experience,your eyes have their silence:

in your most frail gesture are things which enclose me,

or which i cannot touch because they are too near



your slightest look easily will unclose me

though i have closed myself as fingers,

you open always petal by petal myself as Spring opens

(touching skilfully,mysteriously)her first rose



or if your wish be to close me,i and

my life will shut very… Continue

© 2011 Howard McQueen

 

Idle conversation,

Just speaking to throw in your own ideas,

and not really listening to content and following a thread,

can lead to confusion,

can lead to others not feeling heard.

 

And folks either need to risk repeating themselves,

or they decide to risk asking you “are you not listening?”.

 

When we really listen,

when something of real value is needing to be conveyed,

let…

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