“When I look at ugliness, I see beauty.
When I am far from home, I see old friends.
When there is noise, I hear a robin's song instead.
When I am in a crowd, it is the mountain's peace I feel.
In the winter of my sorrow, I remember the summer of my joy.
In the nighttime of my loneliness, I breathe the day of my thanksgiving.
But when sadness spreads its ever thickening blanket, and that is what I see,
I look to a high place, until I find a reflection, of what lies deep inside of me.”
An Old Navajo Indian Saying
I first read this old Native American saying
On a trip to the southwest, many years ago
And, it has stayed with me, all of this time
Now it travels with me, wherever I might go
For some reason, I thought of it early this morning
As I got dressed, and I trekked off into the wood
Such ugly things are happening in the world today
And it’s now getting harder and harder, to feel good
We are seeing far too much sadness and misery now
This new year, far too many souls, are singing the blues
But as I stood here alone, in the silence of the early morn
I suddenly heard the voice of a little bird, breaking through
The forest all around me was awakening to a brand new day
This bird seemed so grateful, just to experience another dawn
And now, it was as if this one tiny creature had inspired many
Suddenly, it seemed as if the entire forest, had burst into song
Perhaps this joyous little bird, and that extremely sage Native American
Were both much wiser than I, in finding the high places they wanted to be
Suddenly, both this old saying and this new song, rang out through the air
And now I realized I was in my own high place, right here, in these pine trees
©Winter 2013, Mr. Ed
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for nature can sure teach mankind
..enjoyed your reflections *Mr Ed*
Lady Vivian
Have a super new year, buddy boy!
I felt the same way this morning also.
I can relate to the Native American part of your poem as well. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder...Seek it and you shall find it.
Good one Ed!
Peace, love and light,
Amber
Anna
budd
Cheers,
Dan
to be part of the world...
Amongst the world as it is, I find beauty
every morning... Of course you know I am
a spiritualist and nature is my home...
Yesterday I saw the most beautiful Pileated Woodpecker
they are rare and he was glorious sitting pecking at
the suet I put out for all the birds, his woodpecker is
the largest of their species. I felt blessed to see him...
See the wisdom, and see it in nature... wonderful write
Mr. Ed...
Love and Light
Lily