Inspired Writing
Original writings from members of An Open Door
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The Love that You Are
Michelangelo saw the secret in the stone
He saw the muscle and the bone
Where others saw only flat and plain
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Life’s Animated Concert
We have an author in our community – and if like many of us you too would like to own your very own copy of Life’s Animated Concert you can find it on Amazon Life’s Animated Concert by Melanie Gillies From pp 2….. Perhaps moving far, far out or very deeply in, discernment of an…
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Your Beautiful Heart
By Susanne Strickland and P&P Luboff You move with easy graceI never tire of looking at your marvelous faceHow high your spirits flyThe laughter in your eyes, the tears you cryBut what sets you apart is who you are Your beautiful heartYou’re made of love and it shows.You don’t know it, but everyone who knows…
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The Magic and Mystery of this moment
Early this morning… lying in bed… “pondering” as I am want to do… I asked myself… “What do I know for sure… What is my message in life?” Hmmm… I don’t know… maybe… and then it hit me… The Magic of the Moment! This moment… this instant… whatever is “happening”… right now. There is a…
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YES by Joel Forlines, Pat Luboff and Pete Luboff
Listen to the birdies in the trees singing to each other and to you and metelling us the sun is good sparkling on the babbling brook so freeAnd everyone has what they need and everything is as it should be Listen to the happy baby laugh bouncing up-and-down in his mother’s lapdaddy gives his wife…
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I Am as God Created Me
I am as God created meThis is the truth that sets me freeNow I am holding heaven’s keyI am as God created me This one thoughtSaves me and saves the worldIt heals my mindand gives me perfect visionThis one thoughtheals all mistakes I’ve madeIt heals the pastand takes away illusion I am as God created…
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When I turn myself on
When I turn myself on, I’m a radio But too often, I have trouble finding the right station And I keep hearing static in my head, instead of what I am looking for But I don’t need to spin a dial to find the answer to all life’s questions I have it right here It’s…
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Something, Nothing, Everything
I am something I sit here I type this I walk there I eat, I shit I laugh, I kiss I, I, I, OY! I count the hours and the minutes and the seconds Breathing and dreaming and doing I am a big deal I am nothing A thought, a dream, an illusion Here today…
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Ground Hog Day by Melanie Gillies
From the secure ground of home’s retreat,an uncomfortable disturbance interrupts this insular peace.The choice to come out into the bright lightor return to sleep for a long winter’s night. Mr. Ground Hog, what will you decide to do?How will you respond to the panoramic view?If you see your shadow, what a fright,the prison of a…
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3 A.M. Meditation by Amy Haible
In the beginning of the dead of winter, this warm bed, a cocoon, while snow falls gently in the dark outside. Awake now, warm inside, cold out, the presence of all awareness calls me to remember – the four walls of this room are but ephemera, filmy apparitions made in the geometry of a silent…
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January – Melanie Gillies
This quiescent January interlude is an essential gap between the old and the new. The past, trailing all of history behind lingering on the present time. The future beckons loudly ahead – attend to me instead! I will occupy your mind in a hypothetical, virtual time. Instead indulge in a restorative retreat and let January,…
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A New Leaf – Pat Luboff
Under an October sky The maple flaunts its orange flame Dancing in the wind it heaves a sigh Relieves itself and lets the sparks fly Branches bare in winter freeze Appear to die But they only sleep Dreaming of the buds of Spring There’s no need to grieve They’re just turning over a new leaf…
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I am no one – David Barnard
I am no one and no-thing matters I manifest into the now with empty hands and an empty mind and if you know me we can be free together We can move on past fear and pain by leaving them behind and walk away And so, we are free to be and when we know …
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Letting Go – Melanie Gillies
Oh, my tree friends, how you teach mefrom your lofty perspective, how to be freeof worries and fears and dis-ease and woesthat we harbor and cherish and won’t let go. Your leaves simply blow away and with the wind, dance and play.No strings attached to bring them back. You allow the new to emerge and…
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As I Look – Barbie Martello
As I look from down belowthe spacious sky opens up No pain, no anxiety, no thoughts existsPeace & calmness take over I’m in the quiet & stillness of my Mindwhich always resides in me A place where nothing can hurt meWhere joy & happiness are found In open & loving arms of loveThe place in…
