June 05, 2008

What Lies within

I couldn't think of a better come back than the write-up below titled "What Lies Within"! It’s everything I have grown through in the past 2 years and an excellent reminder that there's so much that lays within me (& in each of us), so much I must not keep hidden and so much I can and will accomplish.

It is the time between that lends wisdom and substance to our words and I believe that I have grown so much that the diamond in me glints beneath the surface of all I am and do. For beyond the smile, the looks, the talks and even beyond the person that I think I am, is a human master piece that unfolds in true beauty and divine excellence as each swipe of the Painter’s brush strokes my destiny bringing me to life, giving me form in even areas I didn't know existed and creating hues of perfection only love could have deemed possible!


Did you know about the “Carbon?”
Long before he became a Diamond?
He was born in the abyss, dark and unknown
Till the miner dug him from his sanctuary and took him away
As if that wasn’t bad enough, he put him in a very hot place full of pain
And to look at him…...., you would think he was nothing
But that was not the end of him….
For after a time, he began to glitter after glow until he emerged a sparkling gemstone
With a luster so brilliant, they gave him a new name
Please do not assume this a lucky break, for in truth he always was a Diamond on the inside

Did you hear about the caterpillar, before she became a butterfly?
She crawled in the debris of the earth, unliked by all
Even the children would not play with her
What had she done so wrong, what past burden did she now bear?
As if her troubles were not enough, one day she was cocooned in a tight mast of liquid
And to gaze at her………, you would only see her seeming lack of worth
But I tell you, that was only her beginning…..
For as she broke free, she emerged one of nature’s most striking transformations
So beautiful, she flew into the sunlight with the rainbow on her wings & the children on her heels!

A metamorphosis we say but what we thought was the end of her world, is today a “butterfly” 1

I could tell you about the beautiful swans but the duck wasn’t one of them
Ungainly and gawky, she was not comely to gaze upon, but you probably know this story
So I will ask a question: Can you tell what grace lies within a soul?
Can you trust the depth of a man rather than the mere look of him? 2
For our world is filled with diverse people whether carbon, caterpillar or duck
But the fears of life’s treacherous disappointments keep us from looking deeper or trying harder
In the end, we learnt to trust only to the extent of what we can see, feel and think we know
An irony in itself when even nature opens her floodgates with faith despite obvious challenges
And oh!.... what great treasures she often reaps
Small wonder our lives feel empty and void of loves true riches
For how can we reap if we do not sow and how can we sow if we only watch the clouds?
3

It is time we unlearn yesterday and with patience look past our preconceptions
To a place where with sacrifice we inevitably remove the bars in our minds
And start to draw out as in “oil” every potential precious treasure that is buried in each of us
For we are Masterpieces in production and our design is in the hands of a Master Craftsman
Perhaps we are not quite finished yet; Maybe waiting, in progress or seemingly flawed
Yet deep inside, beyond the current arrangement of events,
Is a worth so intrinsic, it is imbedded in our very nature
After all, what is a weed but a plant whose virtues are yet to be discovered
4
So, the rough edges may still be visible but there is a truth that must no more stay hidden
That like the seed sown today ultimately becomes tomorrow’s harvest
Then, it is in valuing the positive in us and each other that we reap a future we are proud of
A future that already lies, not just in some of us but in every one of us!
5, 6

Inspirations
1Phrase inspired by Richard Bach in his quote - “What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a Butterfly” 2Phrase inspired by the movie ‘Remember the Titians’ - “We have to learn to trust the soul of a man rather than the look of him.” 3Phrase inspired from the book of Ecclesiastes – “Whoever watches the clouds will not sow and whoever watches the wind will not reap”. 4Phrase inspired by Ralph Emeldo Emerson in his quote - “What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered”. 5Phrase inspired by Marianne Williamson in her poem “Our deepest fears”. 6Writing inspired by Life

No comments: