“…As Little Children…” – Photograph by Toni Roberts
Am realizing the full impact of spiritual surrender…
of becoming once more as a child…
innocent…
forgiving…
leaping off
yet another of
life’s
cliffs…
trusting
that there is
indeed
SOMETHING
to catch me
before
I
smash
into
the
rocks
below…
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Moody River & Sound – Photo by Toni Roberts
Just took more photos of the river…
the river and sound have such a hypnotizing pull on me…
season after season
year after year…
day after day…
Distant Tugboat…Cloudy Sky – Photo by Toni Roberts
my son says
“but ma…
you keeping on taking the same photo
over and over again…”
he does not see the subtle changes from photo to photo
from day to day…
season to season…
the shifting shadows…
the shimmering light…
seasons marked
by the
absence or presence of sailboats on the sound…
the stillness or gentle flow of the waters…
the tugboat far off in the distance…
the mood of the sky…
the shifting shapes of dancing clouds…
Oya Blowing Up A Storm Over The Long Island Sound, NYC – Photo by Toni Roberts
no…
he does not see the subtle differences
from year to year…
for he sees only with eyes
while I see with heart and soul
this river and sound that are kin to me…
this river that has held-rocked-soothed-nourished-and-healed-me
through twenty-four years of
pain
sorrow
loss
agony
and the
deepest-of-soul-stirring
joy...
Storm Clouds Over The Wetlands & Sound – Photo by Toni Roberts
no…
he does not see this
gift-from-the-“GODS”-view
with
eyes-of-love
as I do…
for it is
my
life itself
that is
reflected in the waters below…
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View From The Window: Hutchinson River & Long Island Sound On A Cloudy Day – Photo by Toni Roberts
this
miracle-making
amazing
know-it-all
do-it-all
omnipresent
omniscient
omnipotent
PRESENCE…
that permeates all that is…
this
mystical
mysterious
PRESENCE
that I cannot control…
and do not understand…
it is to
THIS…
the
UN-NAMEABLE
that I now
surrender…
allowing
IT
to possess me…
body
mind
soul…
permitting
IT
to
flow
in…
through…
and
as...
all
that
I AM…
letting
IT
manifest
as
FORM
in this
3rd dimension of being...
according to
IT’S
WILL…
and
IT’S
PLAN…
not
mine…
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Surrender – Pencil Drawing/Photo by Toni Roberts
of all that one holds as
TRUTH…
and
REALITY…
it is the learning to be
IN…
but not
OF…
this
MAN-MADE
world…
it is the
TOTAL
SURRENDER
to that which one cannot
touch…
taste…
smell
or
see…
and can only
hear
as a faint
echo
within one’s
HEART…
these are but a
sprinkling
of the
difficulties
one encounters
upon the
JOURNEY
to
WHOLENESS…
so be ye of strong
SPIRIT
and great
COURAGE
as ye embark upon this
SACRED
INNER
PATH…
Photo by Toni Roberts
And
Heard
The
Note-I-am
In this
Divine Symphony
Of
Life
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