tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post2323282971442051106..comments2023-09-26T05:33:04.420-07:00Comments on Marylinn Kelly: My GracesMarylinn Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-24937667358178885902011-02-03T11:46:21.570-08:002011-02-03T11:46:21.570-08:00Melinda - Mr. Cohen's lyrics speak to me the s...Melinda - Mr. Cohen's lyrics speak to me the same way. Where would any of us be without reminders from messengers throughout the universe?Marylinn Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-62030839022497620182011-02-03T07:57:19.432-08:002011-02-03T07:57:19.432-08:00Thank you for (yet another) reminder to start my d...Thank you for (yet another) reminder to start my day. . I've come to think of moments like that as my own version of church. Leonard is often part of my "church"!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-16077617105854071572011-02-02T18:43:28.028-08:002011-02-02T18:43:28.028-08:00Antares Cryptos - Then we're good. :)Antares Cryptos - Then we're good. :)Marylinn Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-40911021433697105332011-02-02T16:27:34.866-08:002011-02-02T16:27:34.866-08:00Muses grace us with their presence at their own di...Muses grace us with their presence at their own discretion. :)Antares Cryptoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12197876328401157462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-38273112965513918952011-02-01T18:47:49.372-08:002011-02-01T18:47:49.372-08:00Antares Cryptos - As long as there are no public e...Antares Cryptos - As long as there are no public events at which I must appear and nothing else is expected of me, of course. Thank you. I hope consistency isn't a requirement.Marylinn Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-19080243317879574992011-02-01T18:46:04.558-08:002011-02-01T18:46:04.558-08:00Rebecca - You are so welcome. xoRebecca - You are so welcome. xoMarylinn Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-90862860966147883322011-02-01T18:10:21.925-08:002011-02-01T18:10:21.925-08:00Speaking of name calling, can I adopt you as my ho...Speaking of name calling, can I adopt you as my honorary muse?Antares Cryptoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12197876328401157462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-86763931553886312332011-02-01T17:52:02.421-08:002011-02-01T17:52:02.421-08:00Pam and Susan, for what you have added requires a ...Pam and Susan, for what you have added requires a blended reply.<br /><br />Thank you both for the poems, for your ways of seeing into the heart of this and amplifying the voices.<br /><br />I do not know either of these poems and find them true and touching. Pam, I have had time to become reacquainted with myself, though I still have much to learn about being a gracious hostess. Susan, Rumi describes what may be my most difficult lesson, welcoming all states, all situations and knowing they arrive bearing gifts.<br /><br />I hope other readers stop back and see these, carry them into their days. They will stay with me. Thank you.Marylinn Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-50773515430941702402011-02-01T17:43:46.610-08:002011-02-01T17:43:46.610-08:00This was the first poem I ever memorized. Thank yo...This was the first poem I ever memorized. Thank you.Radish Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06534752971317927559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-22840519326366093362011-02-01T10:44:47.809-08:002011-02-01T10:44:47.809-08:00marylinn, pam with the walcott poem, everyone: thi...marylinn, pam with the walcott poem, everyone: this is such an important discussion. thank you for it.<br />this, as follows, by Rumi, may be something everyone else knows already, but i heard it read yesterday for the first time, and thought about it a lot afterwards, thought how pragmatic the message is. i may not put a lot of credence in the part about the "guide from beyond," but i do like the theme of learning from all emotional states that enter our home/consciousness.<br /><br />Guest House<br /><br />This being human is a guest house<br />Every morning a new arrival.<br />A joy, a depression, a meanness,<br />some momentary awareness comes<br />as an unexpected visitor.<br />Welcome and entertain them all!<br />Even if they are a crowd of sorrows,<br />who violently sweep your house<br />empty of its furniture,<br />still treat each guest honorably.<br />He may be clearing you out for some new delight.<br />The dark thought, the shame, the malice,<br />meet them at the door laughing,<br />and invite them in.<br />Be grateful for whoever comes,<br />because each has been sent<br />as a guide from beyond.susan t. landryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12454487318141469849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-58640302712406347072011-02-01T10:21:02.173-08:002011-02-01T10:21:02.173-08:00I recently came upon this poem by Derek Walcott. I...I recently came upon this poem by Derek Walcott. It rang true, and so I believe it probably is - even though that loving encounter is often so elusive. I like to think this joy awaits us all. Px<br /><br /><br />The time will come <br />when, with elation <br />you will greet yourself arriving <br />at your own door, in your own mirror <br />and each will smile at the other's welcome, <br /><br />and say, sit here. Eat. <br />You will love again the stranger who was your self.<br />Give wine. Give bread. Give back your heart <br />to itself, to the stranger who has loved you <br /><br />all your life, whom you ignored <br />for another, who knows you by heart. <br />Take down the love letters from the bookshelf, <br /><br />the photographs, the desperate notes, <br />peel your own image from the mirror. <br />Sit. Feast on your life.Pam Morrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01422149903301168261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-58214159086773775222011-02-01T09:40:07.253-08:002011-02-01T09:40:07.253-08:00Rachel - Our loving allies, for which I am so grat...Rachel - Our loving allies, for which I am so grateful. If our postings never said anything else, they are vehicles that allow us to support one another as we tell our stories. We learn so much from each other. xoMarylinn Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-20735606272178198772011-02-01T09:34:35.876-08:002011-02-01T09:34:35.876-08:00Call Me Any Name - I am happy to have offered word...Call Me Any Name - I am happy to have offered words worth carrying. It seems clear to me that, under varying circumstances, we are all in this together, all needing the same things. Thank you. Wishing you gentle days.Marylinn Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-12354195494900867852011-02-01T09:29:06.583-08:002011-02-01T09:29:06.583-08:00Elisabeth - The words may once have been abstract,...Elisabeth - The words may once have been abstract, sung about someone else. As we grow into our true selves, which I hope is where I am, they have more personal meaning. We do need more mercy in our lives, in our world. Thank you.Marylinn Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-10413983574712394592011-02-01T09:22:52.362-08:002011-02-01T09:22:52.362-08:00Penelope - You are so welcome. Wishing you a day ...Penelope - You are so welcome. Wishing you a day full of grace.Marylinn Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-5104964052108466102011-02-01T08:26:10.672-08:002011-02-01T08:26:10.672-08:00I had a good friend tell me a while ago that the &...I had a good friend tell me a while ago that the "things you are looking for in other people you already have in yourself."<br />I may have said this somewhere before, but it's the new flag I carry around with me wherever I go. <br />It's hard to reflect the compassion that we feel for others back on to ourselves. But we have it in us to do so. <br />And Melissa is right. Friends are there to remind us - our loving allies. <br />xoRachelVBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10312736736551027564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-46317943929901607432011-02-01T01:04:40.044-08:002011-02-01T01:04:40.044-08:00I will take these careful and tender words with me...I will take these careful and tender words with me today to think over. Thanks.Sabinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09015827501648296977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-51917880930620587752011-01-31T23:25:25.799-08:002011-01-31T23:25:25.799-08:00I've long resonated to these words, too, Maryl...I've long resonated to these words, too, Marylinn. we need more mercy in our lives. I'm glad you found space for some however alien the thought.Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015624747225433940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-39380341745327620012011-01-31T23:23:33.742-08:002011-01-31T23:23:33.742-08:00Thank you Marylinn for this beautiful reminder.Thank you Marylinn for this beautiful reminder.Penelopehttp://www.penelopetodd.co.nznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-66577718169707409942011-01-31T19:26:38.954-08:002011-01-31T19:26:38.954-08:00Melissa - What loving, affirming words. Thank you...Melissa - What loving, affirming words. Thank you. And what I may lack in experience I do make up for in hope. xoMarylinn Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-80735326387175312132011-01-31T19:17:17.330-08:002011-01-31T19:17:17.330-08:00You've taken the Sisters of Mercy in through y...You've taken the Sisters of Mercy in through your skin, into your cells, Marylinn, and they will never leave you now. The Graces will be with you for the asking. You may not always know when you need them, or don't think you deserve their care, which is the cherishing of the self, but if there is no perfect way to soothe, console and accept tenderness from your own hands, there is hope for it, it has taken root in your heart forever, though you may occasionally need to ask a friend for reminders. And you, you see, have become one of the Graces to us. xoMelissa Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03270919534011711225noreply@blogger.com