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Tuesday, August 28, 2012

A GREATER DIMENSION

THE FINEST ACT OF LOVE


 Naples Florida Beach MONDAY August 27, 2012
Hurricane Isaac now far away from us--
but right in midst of others. PRAY!
(Photo by Anna)

Used to be
(or seemed to me)
that love is rings, 'things'
I do for the one I love
--you

Comes a newer thought,
something I had ought
to know
many years ago

To be the 'achiever'
is not how we're bent.
He truly made us...as
His Own 'achievement'! 

It is not actions, deeds
which are most fertile seeds.
Rather, it is how
do I 'see' you now?

Finest act of love
is not in service done;
helping, supporting,
comforting, alleviating
your pain.

It is but to SEE the beauty
and goodness of your soul.

For when I do
you see it, too!
and so we grow
with confidence,
in consciousness

This way for transformation
enabling a sweetest creation
through act of contemplation
for you, for me, for all--
download, unzip, install.

--Steve E (aka steveroni) 

written for and posted to 
Open Link Night # 59
(Open Tuesday at 3 PM)

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32 comments:

  1. MagpieAugust 28, 2012 at 11:05 AM

    Oh, a true love letter. She is one lucky lady.

    And not to make light of your insight, but my soul looks better these days than my packaging.

    Please tell Anna that is a beautiful photo.

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    1. steveroniAugust 28, 2012 at 12:41 PM

      Tracy, you forced me to look at myself in a mirror. OMG! Ears sticking out, big fat nose (at least it ain't red!), sagging eyes...how awfully funny I/we? look. thank God our souls are invisible--because they will be seen by all, after time IS no more. And NAKED! HA!

      Anna appreciated your comment. Thanks!
      PEACE!

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    2. MagpieAugust 29, 2012 at 10:09 AM

      Sweetness, I'm Nancy. Tracy is my cousin. :) Must have been the shock of looking in the mirror. :)

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  2. ClaudiaAugust 28, 2012 at 12:03 PM

    seeing the beauty and goodness of the other's soul..of his soul..yes, it's never about doing things...download, unzip, install...i like...smiles

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    1. steveroniAugust 28, 2012 at 12:48 PM

      Claudia, I just KNEW you would understand this, and see that it does NOT mean to not do things for others, or help them. Thank you, my friend!
      PEACE!


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  3. JohnAugust 28, 2012 at 12:12 PM

    Great writing.

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    1. steveroniAugust 28, 2012 at 12:51 PM

      Gee, thanks John. I cannot say "great" writing but I can say I enjoy it. About #3, after playing violin, and riding motor scooter, #'s 1 and 2...

      But I love support like you show.
      PEACE!

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  4. Brian MillerAugust 28, 2012 at 12:53 PM

    smiles.....service is a big one....but i like your thought on seeing....i think that if we truly see another it is a beautiful act of love.....

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    1. steveroniAugust 28, 2012 at 8:44 PM

      OK Brian, thanks.

      Since you know me now, I admit that of what I write I learn more with each day of practice. AND practicing (like on violin) is a 'freeing' exercise, to see Peeps as they are, their souls. Without any sense of judgement.

      And it always gets better. Day after day, month, year, etc...
      Guaranteed.

      Thank you for support and comments.
      PEACE, Bro!

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  5. AnonymousAugust 28, 2012 at 3:03 PM

    Oh, seeing! Yes, this. What a wonderful idea. And so sweetly expressed.

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    1. steveroniAugust 28, 2012 at 11:27 PM

      Glad you like these thoughts.
      Thanks for visiting.
      PEACE!
      Steve

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  6. hedgewitchAugust 28, 2012 at 4:24 PM

    This is so true, Steve--we try so hard to *do* when we need to see, understand, feel, just be. I love the way your mind works, and I love this poem.

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    1. steveroniAugust 28, 2012 at 11:54 PM

      ...and I love you name, which I only moment ago discovered: JOY!
      My father taught us--without 'teaching'!--that joy can live alongside ANY circumstance or impediment. He was deaf and blind, and definitely lived (farmer) with JOY. I used to catch him back in a field mending fences, humming to himself--he sang AWFUL! (But I bet in heaven they loved it!)

      Two nuns wrote a booklet--self-published--about his life, titled LIVING WITH JOY. So you see what I mean about "I love your name!"

      PEACE, Joy!
      Steve E

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  7. Jennifer WagnerAugust 29, 2012 at 12:25 AM

    To have someone really "see" us and love us still is a love of depth indeed. Nicely done.

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    1. steveroniAugust 29, 2012 at 5:37 AM

      Yesss. To KNOW, and yet LOVE is amazing, almost super-human. Been to your blog. You are good writer, peep. Thanks for stopping hre, so I could go 'meet' you!
      PEACE!

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  8. Amrit SinhaAugust 29, 2012 at 4:41 AM

    Well written ... amazing !!!

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    1. steveroniAugust 29, 2012 at 11:34 AM

      HA! Green Speck, the only "amazing" thing here is that some Peeps think I wrote something 'well' and 'amazing'!--grin!
      PEACE!

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  9. izzyAugust 29, 2012 at 6:39 AM

    Very cool- thanks!
    Really listening means emptying ourself out of 'any' thoughts, worry, feelings; seeing someone without judgements would be similar no? PEACE.

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    1. steveroniAugust 29, 2012 at 11:41 AM

      "...Judge not..." Yup, IZZY, I believe that when non-judgmental we are closer to God's likeness. For I don't see God as the Great Inquisitor, the harsh JUDGE of mankind.

      Sometimes I see more clearly than other times, this thought: That we are the judges of ourselves. We intuitively know whether we are headed for Eternal happiness...or NOT! If not, there is no way we can escape what WE know, and have judged concerning ourselves.

      Hope that doesn't sound "too far out" for ya. Forgot to mention, YES, I AM crazy--grin!

      PEACE!
      Steve

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  10. AnonymousAugust 29, 2012 at 1:10 PM

    Steve, there is such profound wisdom in your verses...truly you are blessed by God.
    These words moved me deeply....more so than so any others.

    peace and love,
    Jane

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    1. steveroniAugust 29, 2012 at 3:06 PM

      Jane, how sweet of you to read and comment.
      I know--as so must you know, that

      words I write or say,
      thinking which I may
      rearrange
      and arrange,
      no matter how wild
      are but compiled
      of stuff from others--OKAY?

      (I have never had an original thought,
      since 9 months before birth--grin!)

      Blessings, Jane, to you.
      Peace, and love, too.
      Steve

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  11. L'AdelaideAugust 29, 2012 at 8:58 PM

    hmmmmm, lost my comment I guess? AGAIN'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HATE BLOGGER!!!!!!! ;)

    beautiful words as always...

    i emailed you re WP... don't get your BP up, it worked fine and I came here via your grav that I got to when *i* clicked it. might not work the same for the user maybe if nothing happened... xxxxx

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    1. steveroniAugust 29, 2012 at 10:34 PM

      HAHAHA! We each "hate" the other's service provider! FUNNY!

      That's just IT! I don't want to be in "Grav" whatever it is. And cannot delete from it, or uninstall. But, in the end, all will be OK!
      PEACE!

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  12. L'AdelaideAugust 29, 2012 at 9:00 PM

    why cant I find me on your blog list? :(

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  13. PattiKenAugust 30, 2012 at 11:58 AM

    Filled with love, Steve. Forget the rings and things. Love is the best thing to give.

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    1. steveroniAugust 30, 2012 at 11:03 PM

      Forget the rings and things, Patti? OK! I love you!
      --grinning!!!
      PEACE!

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  14. L'AdelaideAugust 30, 2012 at 4:34 PM

    oh, there I am! yay!!

    a grav is a gravatar ... sorry you couldn't delete it?

    be happy... xo one of the reasons I don't like blogger is its now google and it's them I can't stand and the other reason is my iPad hardly works...ever... after about 140 characters...figures!

    peace back

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    1. steveroniAugust 30, 2012 at 11:08 PM

      I know the word gravatar...just don't know how I got hooked into it...clicked something after 2 AM I guess. And want OUT!--grin!

      Well, I like Google, they got SO much, and it's all tied together and it's all free! And I couldn't care LESS about them stealing my information, etc. I got nothing anybody wants. Even my bank account would not invite theft.
      LOL!

      I think you right--Apple (iPad) and Google/Droid do not mix well.

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  15. MaryAugust 30, 2012 at 6:34 PM

    Photo is beautiful and the poetry ain't bad either.

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    1. steveroniAugust 30, 2012 at 11:11 PM

      It is so nice that you are here, and commenting.
      Thank you, Mary!
      PEACE!

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  16. ayalaAugust 30, 2012 at 7:53 PM

    Love this!

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  17. steveroniAugust 30, 2012 at 11:13 PM

    Hi, Miami-Girl! Are you all dry by now? We're back to our regularly scheduled afternoon showers...
    Thanks for comment, glad you like!

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