Poems for Contemplation

a contemplative poem about how the presence of faith in our lives can provide an unexplainable strength. It gives the assurance we are nourished and rooted in something bigger than ourselves that can hold us fast during the storms of life.

a contemplative poem about needing time and giving ourselves permission to sit with our thoughts and letting them move in the direction and pace they need in order to provide clarity and peace. Forcing our thoughts to take a particular direction to solve something may limit our perspective on a situation.

a contemplative poem about the risk of remaining stubborn or stuck in our ways with lazy or restrictive thinking. This takes away the opportunity to be reformed, altered, transformed. We need to seek and let in new perspectives and challenges in anticipation that they will change us.

a contemplative poem about making many superficial judgements about others when we don't see past the big bright aspects of the personality they choose to share. The richness of who they really are takes time to be revealed.

a contemplative poem about how we are unaware of what lives in our shadow thoughts. We need new information and perspectives in order to shine light on them and reveal that they are not as scary or unconquerable as they first appear.

a contemplative poem about having many distractions; most of which we've convinced ourselves are important and necessary. But, we can miss precious moments that help to ground us and can bring peace and connection. Taking moments are investments in our well being.

a contemplative poem about how we are not placed on this earth, in our communities, to take. We all have something to offer and we need to be brave enough to sow it, because it can and does become part of something bigger that can affect more than just us.

a contemplative poem about how our lives are like the changing seasons, and whether we welcome winter or not, we can not stop it's progression or arrival...and trust in the predictability of spring and summer's reappearance.

a contemplative poem about how each of our actions and decisions result in consequences - ripples in our days - which are not inherently negative but require time to assess what we see. That is wisdom and how we develop discernment

a contemplative poem about looking backward with gratitude to those who came before; whose character, determination and choices have influenced who and where we are today.

a contemplative poem about how to confront uncertainty when choosing a new direction; keeping in mind that if we can do something easily, we may have to be brave enough to lean into our faith and trust that we will have guidance on a harder path.

a contemplative poem about having the courage to take the first step towards healing a relationship by acknowledging our own role in the disagreement and being vulnerable enough to reach out to begin the steps towards a reunited outcome.

a contemplative poem about when we belong to a community, whether a church, cultural group or friend group, we are expanding our opportunities to grow and learn from those we choose to experience this life with.

a contemplative poem about how we can see ourselves as living and moving water - capable of carving a new path by changing our intensity or direction around a perceived obstacle. Our adaptability provides the potential to embrace the obstacle as an opportunity to change something.

a contemplative poem about being a creation of God and the challenge to take the time to experience, with wonder, other aspects of His creation - even those that may be hidden in the shadows. It is a call to action to stay curious and to take interest in really seeing.

a contemplative poem about acknowledging those events in our past, fragrant or thorny, that marked us. Although helping to shape us, we need to let them go - lay them down - and move forward with appreciation of the character they created in us.

a contemplative poem about the frequency of recognizing strengths and attributes in others that we dismiss in ourselves - that we are goddesses (daughters of God) unique composites of wisdom, beauty, strength and heart.

a contemplative poem about a habitual desire for motion. That like a game of PacMan, we can exist in the stress of the in-between of running from and running to.

a contemplative poem that assures each of us that we are created on purpose and for a purpose. We may feel fragile and uncertain in our direction sometimes, but we must trust the creator of the wind which carries us.

a contemplative poem about how our reaction to a frustrating situation can be one of resistance - of wanting to shape the moment into something else. Instead, we can adjust ourselves within that situation and slowly let our strong feelings deflate to have the room to deal with and potentially view it in a calmer more logical way.