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The elder I aspire to be

9/22/2013

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Picture
_   During the rising of Oka,
     at an evening gathering in the Friendship centre,
       listening to one of my sisters speaking
         within a passion that felt so important
           to my sense of solidarity
           in that moment,
         a teaching unfolded quietly.

          

          Time has a way of honing 
        and sifting what draws our attention.
       All these years later
      it is the presence of
      an elder I recall,
       whose gentle teaching
         transpired without a single word spoken.
           The grace of his weathered hand
             gliding along the metal frame
              of the chair he sat in,
                following the movements of my infant daughter
                 crawling on the floor next to him. 
                  I can recall now more vividly                 
                    than it seemed I did in the moment
                     the exchange between them
                       as they gazed at each other
                        in the unabashed way a baby
                       will drink in a face and see beyond,
                     into places I would have been
                   uncomfortable to peer into,
                 this permission extended by One
                who has nothing to hide.
              The memory of how gently he expressed
             his deep respect for her
           remains with me
         while all the other details have faded.

      The elder I aspire to be feels like this,
     like a gentle presence who sees
                                                and hears
                                                and adores
  what is taking place in the community garden,
 the kind of elder who drinks in the radiance
  of flowers and the harmony of biospheres,
    who isn’t shy to be fully present
      to Love
        for every plant, insect, bird, microbe and human
         whose wings, beaks, wet bodies,
           large or tiny
          hands and feet
        weave a tapestry of such beauty
       my whole heart lights up
         and my eyes and face cannot keep
           from expressing this joy.
 
While I am becoming the elder I aspire to be,
   I will stop to admire
     fresh mushrooms and plump earthworms
    springing up with the rain,
  whose place in our ecosystems
is as foundational as evolution itself.

I will cherish spontaneous bursts of creativity
 like a sweet south Asian call and response
   sung between 4 men
     on a construction site,
       my heart echolocating
         their playfulness
           like my cousin the bat.
          I will rejoice in fathers and mothers,
        grandparents too,
      who speak tenderly
    and listen deeply to what their young ones
  and youth are expressing.

While I am becoming the elder I aspire to be I will remember
  to treasure every person
    who stops to ask for directions,
      admires a view with me
        or braves snippets of conversation
      either one of us initiate
    that form a beautiful bridge
      between us
        with no greater purpose
          than to co-create a field
           honouring the Love we are made of.
          
         I will vibrate my
       resonant heart,
    with every awareness that falls
  in my heart pond I will ripple out
 to the whole cosmic field
  my appreciation
  while I am becoming the elder
    I aspire to be.


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