Within the Tides of Time
Intimate Moments
Come share with me
Come share with me
A place of trust and harmony-inside our defences,
Where everything we do is right.
Where it feels safe for my soul to embrace yours,
Where we can unite in a peaceful stillness.
Sharing is the doorway,
The room is one of love,
The space within is empty
Except for a gentle light.
The air is sent from heaven,
The floor is the river of life.
This sectionintroduces how creative writing can be a way of reflecting, communicating and capturing intimate moments. However, love is not an easy ride and through our, grief and disappointment much wisdom can be learnt.
CONTENTS
- I am your mother Your lover Your sister Your brother.
- Take the high road What am I that you see!
- Where love has gone is not for me to know.
- If only Loving was always easy
In the Presence of Time
EMOTIONAL EXHAUSTION
A simple thought Special Time
My Friend
- Please hold me,
- When you are sweet with me
A rolling stone shall gather no moss
Individuality can only be understood by each individual
When I found my way
Farewell my love
Friendly Distance
- Where love has gone is not for me to know.
- Indulgence See you later!
Aloneness is always a part of my soulful challenges
Asleep in my bed
Thank you for sharing
Learn and live
My love, my love, When we are separated over time then we are together
- So I have excavated vast tracts of dirt,
- Caught in my throat
The new day has begun,
Have a laugh on me!
If I have ‘nothing ‘
Three boxes
Seven wicked wishes:
Expressing Our Emotions
Success – Management – Survival (chart)
Using the Angel Cards
Within intimate moments of sharing and caring social structures and roles may be dissolved by the angelic quality of unconditional love.
| I am your mother Your lover Your sister Your brother.I am your sweetheart Your friend Your companion Your guide. I am yours always I am your small one |
I am this moment And the next You’re ever lasting Soul-mate.Now is the beginning And the completion The door way Of expansion. I ask for your blessings |
Emotional expression often relates to a journey that acknowledges contrasting feelings and a wider or more positive perspective than the immediate feelings of distress or confusion. Sometimes creative writing can help us discover a deeper perspective on an emotional experience.
Take the high road The highest road is steep and tough,
Takes longest to travel
And it’s easy to give up.
The terrain is challenging
And some may turn and go
To the quiet and easier roads below.
But if somehow you keep going
When the climbing is rough and slow,
This road will lead you to your dreams
And inner happiness you get to know.
Or take the low road
Sod the high road
I’m fed up with the knocks and blows,
I feel weary and tired,
Please let me go
Down to the easier road below.
To be bored and unchallenged
Successful without trying
Quietly dying.
OK! I know that’s not for me,
Just let me rest awhile
Lets the light of love guide me
And the hand of kindness lead me on.
Let me feel the support of those beside me,
Here encouragement from those around me,
And receive words of wisdom from those above me.
Thank you, I feel better already.
| What am I that you see! Is it you or is it me? Who am I that you see? Is it me? or is it thee?What of me can you feel? Is it false or is it real? Why then, to be is to see And my being is my seeing. |
My doing is my undoing My wanting is my waiting As I breathe in what has been given I exhale what must be forgotten. |
Where love has gone is not for me to know.
That it has gone is more than my thoughts can fret upon.
For in going Love has stabbed the delusions of my desires,
And trampled my illusions firmly under foot.
So be it Love has gone and with it my sorrows.
For within my joys many sorrows await their premier performance.
| If only…….. Loving was always easy We’d all of us know The best way of living The right way to go, Through the maze of life Over the hurdles and dyke’s The purpose of our anger And when not to strike. Good fortunes would be abundant Harmony would be free Riches would be flowing A paradise it would be. |
A simple thought When sadness dwells all around And nothing seems to bring joy, Look inside to the comforting glow That makes you special. Now the door is open |
EMOTIONAL EXHAUSTION
A tiredness that sleep cannot relieve.
A weakness that food does not strengthen.
A thirst for inner satisfaction.
A weariness that rest fails to revive.
Averse to stillness and struggling to find authentic connections.
Dawn feels a long way away,
Cancelled until further notice.
Like the untold destruction of a war
Something is eroding my spirit.
My communication with life dissipates on the horizon,
As the tomorrows extinguish my faith in potential,
And disregard the meaning of purpose.
Reservoirs of enthusiasm are held behind a dam of exhaustion.
As the fortunes of life drain into a nearby ditch
Goodbye becomes a comfort, a desirable delusion.
Yet …….. As material comforts fragment, a new consciousness is seeded in my soul. A new conclusion of autonomy and independence; such that material hardships are separated from the inner happiness that survives deep within my soul, protected against all influences by the original source, the ultimate life force, the infinite creator of love………
Special Time
- Moments of heart-full soul spirit sharing
- Trusting and appreciating the other persons chosen actions and interactions.
- Gentle moment by moment responses of genuine care and authenticity.
- Taking time out to explore, feel, reflect and listen without any judgement and free from any preconceived agenda.
- Nurturing our emotional disposition rather than goals or levels of achievement.
- Resting our physical body from worldly demands and practical work.
Useful moments of creative listening can be established upon waking and before bed. A few words or phrases at these times can initiate acknowledgement, contemplation and healing for emotions that would otherwise get filed in an uncharted place, beyond our everyday concerns and everyday living.
‘Listening is a principal source of learning throughout life…… The need for developing listening skills may in part be illustrated by personal reflection….. (Bernard1965:157)
Vygotsky proposed that ‘specifically human forms of psychological communication are possible because man’s reflection of reality is carried out in generalized concepts’ Vygotsky also describes how, when faced with a task that challenges them, children will often engage in a verbal conversation with themselves. (Cited in Hartland,1991:27; Vygotsky,1986:8&30) Reflective responses can support and encourage:-
- Awareness and focused attention
- Enhanced association of knowledge
- Ability to evaluate sensory information
- Development of thinking and hypothesis
- Assessment of determining factors and appropriate redirection
- Long and Short-term memory
- Non pressurised self-directed learning
Human communication naturally embraces aspects of spontaneous auditory reflection, recapping, recall and review
• The work of the late Rachel Pinney – Reflective Listening, Creative Listening and Special Time clearly presents the value of taking time out for free expression, free exploration and free play. We all need to experience special time and intimate moments of sharing and caring:-
Special time
No I’m not really copying you –
I wonder if it feels that way?
No I’m not judging you –
I do wonder how you are doing.
No I’m not trying to secretly steal your fun –
I would like to continue sharing.
Yes, I have got my eyes focused on you!
My watching is free from a desire to control
My following is without an agenda
This silence is unconditional
Because I believe you are especially wonderful,
And I love sharing special time with you.