Tender Hearts
~
beaten bruised and weary
your tender heart is calling
love asks for our surrender
we may be called to give greatly
releasing our ideas, comforts, and attachments
love will trim and prune like a gardener
removing what isn’t necessary
making room for new growth
to have more peace in life
surrender andย open to love
~
I’m realizing that love is clever and asks much of us. And I’m beginning to understand that love doesn’t ask more than we can give. Fear may tell us differently, but life brings us what we are ready for. Life is simply asking us to reach into our highest and best self for new capacities. There may be growing pains, mostly from our resistance and attachment. The more we lean into life, returning to our inner kingdom of peace and love, the more we can grow and flow with life. Be peace and flow my friends.
just wonderful and moving, Brad
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks for your tender heart Mitza. โค
LikeLike
๐ Yes tender hearts think so.
I endorse all your words.
๐๐๐๐๐ถ
Shiva
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks Shiva. to tender hearts!
LikeLike
Love is intangible in essence giving no words to a concrete definition and yes it is a two way street. Love has never lasted when it is one sided. Love if one can feel it as some people can’t is a wonderful joyous feeling. It is almost tantamount to completion.
LikeLike
Agreed Joseph. Love is ethereal and hard to put in words, maybe a creative, flowing energy exchange.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Yes indeed ๐
LikeLiked by 1 person
Wonderfully penned and obviously from your heart. Keep it up.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks. To open hearts.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Great post Brad! All hearts were tender to begin with and we need to go back and remember what that felt like. ๐ โค
LikeLiked by 1 person
Agreed Natalie. โค
LikeLiked by 1 person
๐๐โค๏ธ
LikeLiked by 1 person
๐
LikeLiked by 1 person
Trying hard to flow Brad, but man, these are tough times for sure! If I have learned nothing else it is to always keep moving! It is when we stop and dwell in dark places that we suffer, but moving forward and always searching for change allows us to hold onto possibilities and faith. Carry on Brad! The light awaits….VK ๐
LikeLiked by 1 person
I agree about keeping moving VK. I’ve only realized how true in the last couple of years. I hope your journey brings more peace and love this year. To moving and flowing… Hugs!
LikeLiked by 1 person
What makes a river so restful to people is that it doesn’t have any doubt – it is sure to get where it is going, and it doesn’t want to go anywhere else. ~Hal Boyle
Flow like the water, don’t feel compelled to steer your ship, let the current take you where you were meant to go. Beautiful image, inspiring poetry, and thoughtful insights to follow, Brad. Thanks for sharing ๐
LikeLiked by 1 person
Wonderful quote and reminder! Thanks Dave. I will do my best to flow with the river of life. ๐
LikeLike
I think you’re right, Brad.
And I notice how lovely your photos are, even as your poetry keeps developing too.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you Cynthia. I would like to think my skills are developing, and more importantly, I’m growing as a person. Hugs!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Beautiful words from the heart… love is indeed kind if we allow x barbara x
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you Barbara. Let the love shine! ๐
LikeLike
Well stated….love it!!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you Kirt.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Aww.. Left a apt comment then my internet went down for a few moments while I posted.. lol typical..
I made a clever remark about Pruning and gardening and planting seeds.. LOL.. and now I can not recapture the thought.. as it came spontaneously..
Loved your poem Brad.. keep gardening for Love my friend xxx
LikeLiked by 1 person
Oops. It sounds like some natural pruning took place! XD Yes, let’s keep gardening for love. Thanks Sue.
LikeLike
beautiful and true! ๐
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks Neha! โค
LikeLike
To open hearts! Beautiful.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Indeed! Thanks Helen.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Wise words about the lessons and the benefits that love brings us Brad.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks Andrea. I need the reminding. ๐
LikeLiked by 1 person
As Marianne Williamson so eloquently stated… “When we let our own light shine, we give others for permission to do the same…”
Thank you for sharing the love…
LikeLiked by 1 person
Agreed. Keep on shining Michael! ๐
LikeLiked by 1 person
I appreciate reading your thought provoking poem, Brad, it had me contemplating about surrendering to love — it’s a concept that I keep reading about for years now, and even though my poem is very different from yours, I do think that they complement each other, because they both have the many aspects and ways to perceive love, if you don’t object, I’ll add it here (even though I posted it) because it was your poem and thoughts that got me contemplating about love.
Aroma
“Surrender to love.”
Is love really such an aggressor
That it’s something to surrender to?
Love is a wild rose,
That emits its scent
Freely and without effort.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks for your kind words and sharing your poem Genie. Love is elusive and hard to describe. My sense is that life has been asking me to stretch and flow more with what life is offering.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Gosh, Brad, do you ever get me contemplating! Your reply to me reminded me of another poem that I wrote (the part where you said love is elusive), so I’ll add it here because of this most fasinating discussion and topic.
Mystical domain
The wind is invisible,
Wind’s effects are visible.
Light is invisible,
Light’s effects are visible.
Compassion is invisible,
Compassion’s effects are visible.
Air is invisible,
Air’s effects are visible.
Love is invisible,
Love’s effects are visible.
The soul is invisible,
Soul’s effects are visible:
Animating all life forms.
What is of value is invisible,
And therefore can’t be owned.
LikeLiked by 1 person