Pic and a Poem #20

 

on the long walk of life

what loads we carry

the weight of what

we have been and

who we long to be

along the road we often

drop our playfulness

lose our simple joyfulness,

the delight of climbing walls

and talking to the trees

learn from the children

see them skip, run,

dance and sing,

remember, remember,

look and remember,

set your load down

feel how you breathe

sense your deep energy

come home to your body

wonder once again

at your fingers and toes,

no matter the gravity

situation or station

we all are such children

of light and of soul

let's run and laugh

just for this moment

spin in wild circles

throw our gaze up to the sky

and feel the beat of

our fierce child hearts,

our inner perfection

we are beautiful,

all of us,

every single one

Living and traveling here in Asia I have seen many people living in the toughest of circumstances. I have witnessed people living in absolute poverty, and with no recourse or resources to turn to in hopes of a change. I have also seen among those people, especially the children, a capacity for happiness and play despite the gravity of their life circumstances. I feel this is evidence that our true nature is joyful and playful. Children are still connected to their pure energy and embodied soul nature. To watch a child at play, is to watch a wise teacher, a teacher who shows us powerful remembrances, of the same wisdom, the same playful nature, we all have within us. This is a wisdom and quality of being, that goes beyond country, culture, gender, it is so deeply, so profoundly human. Remember, remember, look and remember, this joy and freedom is who we are.

I took this photo in Delhi, India. I was so taken with this playful child, balancing, almost dancing along this wall, while her mother and I presume, older sister, looked on.