Imbued Spirit

IMBUED SPIRIT

I look with gratitude

At these times of solitude

No state we are in

Lasts forever

They end and begin

We oft look back

And regret

The times wasted

And the learning we lack

Seize each moment

Make them count

The knowledge, learning

Flowing from, life’s fount

Each day’s a gift

There’s no telling

When our world will rift

Time is short

And passes swift

Oftentimes we long

For a place or person

With whom to belong

And neglect ourselves

In this were wrong

How much better

Can we be

When we live each day

And with open eyes

The world

We see

As we live life

To its fullest

We will approach

In days to come

Ourselves, our truest

We can be

One day

It may be seen

That in a place or person

I will have come to be

And if and when

That ever come

I hope my best

I will have become

Many will say

The one to please

Is the person

In the mirror we see

What I know

Deep in my heart

Is to serve mankind

To do my part

Is my obligation

To the Lord of creation

And in the end

It is what

For others we do

That true joy doth

Our soul imbue

-Shiidon, January 2011

I have often reflected on time. I remember living in visiting the Bahá'í House of Worship in the Chicago area four years after moving away. I climbed it's steps and by the time I reached the eighteenth step I was in tears. What came to me on reflection was that I had taken for granted that special place while I lived there. I have tried not to take things for granted as much as I can. For example, I lived in the Corpus Christi area of Texas for what was to be only six months. I remember often stopping at the beach on the way home and walking up to the water, dipping my fingers into the waves and touching them to my lips. In this way, 24 years later, I have no regrets. I love the ocean and often spent a few minutes there. This week John and Jacob, two of the young men that lived here off and on while my children were here are striving for a new life in Dallas and will be gone. I don't regret any of the times we had, the time money and effort spent on keeping up the house while they were finding their way in life through these past years.

Now I find myself with time on my hands. I have buried myself in tutoring English online to those who are deprived of education and tutoring Ruhi books here in the Austin area. It is what brings satisfaction in my life. I am content with the way things are and happy with life in general. While I miss my children and those of whom I consider my children now that they are gone, I find a sense of satisfaction in the fact that I can now watch them begin to soar in this world of wonders.