Ode to love- Running with the baton
We are all one in God's eyes, just different shades of color.
Martie graciously gave me the running with the baton, and i'm honored to receive it.
Her topic was love and the different feelings/emotions connected with our ability to love. As she noted, we love our soulmates, our children and parents, but we are capable of loving outside our immediate family. For instance, we love our pets and animals. I have an array of birds that come to my feeder daily. I also have a squirrel and bunny and i love them all.
I also have friends ( Many outside the U.S. ) whom i love dearly. I might add that i love our Hubville community of writers and poets. With that declared, allow me to introduce a man who is a Poet Bard, Manatita44, born in Grenada, West Indies.
He honed his skills initially by reading the works of the great english writers and poets while sitting beneath lamp posts in the early hours of the morning dawn in the Caribbean sunshine.
He travelled to London, U.K. in nineteen seventy three and began meditation under the guidance of Sir Chinmoy. In nineteen eighty two he began to put shape to his work, first in poetry, then writing.
He is a published author. His poetry reflects his deep spirituality centered on the deepest values and meanings by which people live. It envisions an inner path enabling one to discover the essence of his/her being.
I have grown to admire his teaching in poetic form. Hopefully, as readers of this ode, you will visit Manatita44 and be inspired to share love toward all people.
We are all one in God's eyes, just different shades of color.
Quote: When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.
Maya Angelou
A child born without love starts out incomplete
Often the child seeks touch and recognition
From strangers on the street
Children scattered worldwide, carelessly tossed aside
Begging for food
Watching their world collide
Children must have and deserve protection, keeping them out of harm's way
So let's dig deep
Loving and giving to our own and to those that's been cast away.
- Love: Running With The Baton
Eight love indicators, categorized by the ancient Greeks, give us an idea where we stand in the realm of love
- Love: Project Good Words Musical Challenge
"If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love." — Maya Angelou Through my life, music has made me feel a sense of love. What songs make you fall in love with love?
