Listening...and letting go
This poem and the paragraph which follows are taken form the monthly Attunement Circle notes in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Rhodesia Remembered: Gratitude
-Joyce Pretorius
This experience of letting go involves surrendering to all of what the moment calls for: something more than is seen on the surface; something that reaches deep into our very core. This surrender sometimes asks of us to release the person we felt we were -- our history, our story or more -- and when we truly surrender and allow this release, may we find rest within the stillness of Being.
Excerpted from the monthly Attunement circle in Johannesburg, South Africa
Rhodesia Remembered: Gratitude
-Joyce Pretorius
Many are experiencing a letting go in various ways - moving home, city, country - a letting go of old habits and ways of being, a letting go of people, pets and possessions. And underlying it all... there is such a clear, strong expression of hope, optimism, ease and peace from everyone: the experience of being in the eye of the storm; thankful for the trials and tribulation as a springboard for the next cycle; noting how things work out unexpectedly; trust and respect for others as they handle what they need to; life goes on...I have walked where no human feet have trod,
and sat beside the waters.
I have worshiped in a cathedral of tall trees,
and thanked God!
I have listened to great orchestras,
in the thundering waters of the Zambezi,
and gentle arias in its quieter places.
I have seen splendid sable silhouette against a sunset,
and watched a herd of elephants drinking in the vlei,
I have prayed 'neath a star-studded sky and thanked God!
I have heard nostalgia in the cry of the fish eagle
as it winged across waters,
and loneliness in the wind as it sighed through the acacias.
I have seen mists rising from the river in the glowing dawn,
encircling pink-tinted spurwing geese,
and gazed at a distant rising cloud of dust
which appeared from four hundred buffalo!
I have watched the rains pour down, and the floods rise, and drop;
the rain cease, far too long.
Then once again Heaven-sent rain!
Growth! Gladness!
All these privileges that I have known and loved through the years
have become a part of me.
And also through the years, standing sentinel,
our beloved Baobab.
Changes come, and I am sad.
But I thank God for what I've had...
This experience of letting go involves surrendering to all of what the moment calls for: something more than is seen on the surface; something that reaches deep into our very core. This surrender sometimes asks of us to release the person we felt we were -- our history, our story or more -- and when we truly surrender and allow this release, may we find rest within the stillness of Being.
Excerpted from the monthly Attunement circle in Johannesburg, South Africa
-courtesy of Louise Broomberg
Thank you for the exquisite poem of rich experience and gratitude. I have come to see that I must surrender more than I thought I could ever become accustomed to. I have come to know that I must let go of even the prior moment so I am available for the now and the what is and who I am.
Although I come with much history (and baggage), it has brought me to this point right now and that is a huge blessing, otherwise I would not have dropped by this blog and connected with what you bring and represent, Ms. Broomberg.
I look forward to the annual Attunement Guild Gathering in April at Glen Ivy Center and the rich moments that will be shared.
Blessings to you and all the lovers of life, Nina
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