Drageda

In God We Are One Family

The world cries tears,
it bleeds for a peace,
it suffers in silence,
the mountains look down on us,
the waters rise and fall,
Rustling leaves on the big oak
try desperately to get our attention…
“know us”, they scream
“We are here,
forever we have been here,
we give you life”
You breathe air because of us,
your growth is from our mother,
as your brother and sister
we ask one thing from you,
just one,
“love us too, we are family”

By Barbara Tremblay Cipak,
Copyright,

Compassion

To the one who hurt us
do we hurt back
or do we show mercy
To the one who lied to us
do we lie back
or do we lead with honor
To the one who cheated us
do we cheat back
or do we forgive
To the one who hates us
do we hate back
or do we live only with love
To the one who stole from us
do we steal back
or do we give clemency
To the one who is jealous of us
do we bathe in it
or do we uplift them
To the one who makes a mistake
do we judge them
or do we remember our own mistakes
To the one who is weak
do we walk by
or do we help them
To the one who cannot love
do we pity them
or do we show compassion
To live in a wonderful world
do we remember
we must first master ourselves

By Barbara Tremblay Cipak, Copyright

Self Awareness - I Can’t

I can’t judge you
I’m too busy judging myself
I can’t hate you
I’m too busy learning about myself
I can’t envy you
I’m too busy competing with myself
I can’t expect anything from you
I’m too busy expecting the best from myself
I can love you
By loving myself