W. B. Yeats once wrote:

“It takes more courage to examine the dark corners of your own soul than it does for a soldier to fight on a battlefield.”

in the experience of an adopted only child

the lack of grandparents which nurture and spoil

the missing siblings which rival and share

the idea of cousins to play and mischief

elder parents who leave their lives early

while you are still young

absent from your weddings

and birth of your child

quiet holidays, no family gatherings….

loneliness is a dominant emotion

one learns the art of silence, focus, minimal

expression and the quiet dis-ease around others

one appreciates animals, flowers, green living things

imagination soars into the clouds and sky above

the soul grows…   unbridled from

distractions of the so called normal life

the heart is open to the patient calmness

the aliveness and breath of existence

the miracle of the maya

suffering lives in the thoughts not the reality

unhappiness lives in the comparison to the collective

love, peace, and joy are the result of understanding

the greater growth your soul has come to experience