A Beautiful Order

There is the order 

that I have decreed and 

then there is the order 

of the universe that 

I cannot see, feel or hear.

Yet I am one atom 

of the universe with 

my feet and my heart, 

my mind and my soul. 

When I close my eyes, 

I can feel the universe

that is me and I am enough, 

the purpose unknown but 

I am willing to shape this 

moment in beautiful order.

“The universal order and the personal order are nothing but different 

expressions and manifestations of a common underlying principle.

~ Marcus Aurelius,

Then it is Time

Relax and breathe ~

  

  when your heart is crying, 

  when the world is too heavy, 

  when the wind is too wild

~ it seems impossible. 

It is the only solution 

  

  when we know that 

  we are no bigger 

  than the air in our lungs

~ then it is time to 

breathe deeply and relax.

“Your breath is your best friend.”

~ Professor Ramchandra Gandhi,

Philosopher and teacher

Out of Order?

Epilepsy just a part ~

The order of my life 

can shift 

with each day but 

an order I maintain. 

No one can see 

my early mornings,

the precious gap in time 

friend seizure may show in ~ 

  a blink of my consciousness, 

   a jerk of my leg, 

    or the fling of my arm.

I’m grateful that is all 

I need worry about ~

others have daily or hourly seizure activity 

much more violent and unusual than mine. 

Odd behaviours, learning and memory are part 

of the repertoire in this strange disease of the brain.

**Brain health is important:

One in 26 people will be diagnosed 

with epilepsy in their lifetime.

“Epilepsy won’t stop you; you just need to find a way to work with it.

~ University of Aberdeen,

(From Epilepsy Scotland)

Sweet Dreams

Dreams included ~

No one told me that 

dreams would be tucked 

inside that cloud of sleep. 

I recall whispered ‘sweet dreams’ 

Did it mean candy and gumdrops? 

But dreams included are seldom sweet. 

    Funny, 

      bizarre, 

        frightening, 

    completely disorganized 

but I have never been dropped into

a meadow full of daisies and sunshine with Mary Poppins and Bert 

to sing me to a circus. 

Wouldn’t that be a sweet surprise!

“A dream itself is but a shadow.”

~ William Shakespeare,  Hamlet, c.1600

Soul Dance

Rhythmic flow ~ 

a sway and swing from the centre of our being before 

we know the dance that 

tells us that we are alive

our soul hears our rhythm

before music heals our hearts,

before despair touches shore ~

listen and feel the rhythm.

“The rhythm of life is intricate but orderly, tenacious but fragile. 

To keep that in mind is to build the key to survival.

~ Shirley Hufstedler, Judge

(1925~2016)

The Guide that I Seek

Open-ended guides

come from ancestors,

and loved ones around me 

who have shown me that 

shaping my life is 

a choice only for me. 

When life has pushed me, 

    pulled me, 

      threatened to tear me apart, 

I look into myself for 

the tiniest fragment of courage ~ 

to hear myself say 

   to rest or 

     to run, 

        to stay or 

          to go, or 

to find my calm belief

in the middle of the storm. 

To believe in myself 

is the guide that I seek.

“And it’s always better, isn’t it, when you discover answers on your own?”

~ Veronica Rossi, Under the Never Sky

Out of Chaos ~ ORDER ~ Theme for March 2026

 

Open-ended guides……

Rhythmic flow……. 

Dreams included….

Epilepsy just a part…..

Relax and breathe…….

“Chaos is merely order waiting to be deciphered.”

~ José Saramago, The Double

(1922 ~ 2010)