It’s been a profound year for me. I attended my first silent retreat, the Fundamentals course, my second retreat and finally PTI in Shrewsbury. As I sat on my cushion this morning a wave of gratitude came to me and I felt inspired to write this poem. I am very thankful for all of you who do this amazing work and that I can now contribute to such a beautiful cause.
Peace,
Mike Raymond
Generosity to Gratitude
It starts with a sharing of ourselves to create a new life, a human being.
Cultivated and supported through hundreds of thousands of hours of teaching, holding, caring, living.
Showing the way with values and love through the ebbs and flow of a life uncertain yet real, with courage and humility.
Bringing selflessness through sacrifice, seeing a strength fragile at times but always human and beautiful.
This tireless generosity leads to a gratitude that soars in our heart that allows for the gift of generosity to be re-born in us.
We continue this cycle of giving to ours.
An all seeing knowledge sometimes muddied but followed through instinct from a generation past.
A dance seen time and again for us to repeat in the hope that they will follow.
Happy Thanksgiving to all