Wednesday, December 19, 2007
My Unexpected Heroes
(To my three children, Carly, Joey and Cody, especially. To my dear friends, Debbie, Judy, Sandy and the most unexpected support, my ex-husband, Jim)
Taking for granted your independence
Your health
In a moment it’s gone
What do you do?
Where do you turn?
Dependent on others for your basic care
Disappointment.
Those you were sure of
Would certainly be there
Self-absorbed in their own lives
No time for you now
For some it was easier to say you were faking
So they can live with their turning their backs
Then there are those
Who not only don’t give
The continue to take
No thought for your future
Your uncertain future
You realize how terribly alone you are.
But a small few step up.
Not the one’s you suspected;
Daily kind acts.
You never expected
Sit by your bedside
Giving you their strength
Tirelessly.
Never expecting a thing in return.
These are the heroes.
The surprises in life.
Who come to your aid
Doing the dirty work
You can’t do yourself
While those you were
Sure of go on with their life-
As if you never existed at all
Some come back, eventually…
But because they want something.
Your hopes up.
You trust them again.
Then disappointment.
Again and again.
Finally. Realization.
You can’t trust their motives.
You, who thought you had
So many to count on
Know now just how
Special those few are
Who continue to stand by
They help your healing.
You are no longer bitter
To those who turned backs.
You feel pity for them
A new understanding
They could find themselves
In the same place
While those they trusted
Leave them behind to fend for themselves.
Now you’re thankful
For just a few people
You never expected
They’d never leave you
To fend for yourself In an other wise cold world
Renewed hope for humanity
The example’s been set;
By my unexpected heroes
I’ll never forget.
(To my three children, Carly, Joey and Cody, especially. To my dear friends, Debbie, Judy, Sandy and the most unexpected support, my ex-husband, Jim)
Taking for granted your independence
Your health
In a moment it’s gone
What do you do?
Where do you turn?
Dependent on others for your basic care
Disappointment.
Those you were sure of
Would certainly be there
Self-absorbed in their own lives
No time for you now
For some it was easier to say you were faking
So they can live with their turning their backs
Then there are those
Who not only don’t give
The continue to take
No thought for your future
Your uncertain future
You realize how terribly alone you are.
But a small few step up.
Not the one’s you suspected;
Daily kind acts.
You never expected
Sit by your bedside
Giving you their strength
Tirelessly.
Never expecting a thing in return.
These are the heroes.
The surprises in life.
Who come to your aid
Doing the dirty work
You can’t do yourself
While those you were
Sure of go on with their life-
As if you never existed at all
Some come back, eventually…
But because they want something.
Your hopes up.
You trust them again.
Then disappointment.
Again and again.
Finally. Realization.
You can’t trust their motives.
You, who thought you had
So many to count on
Know now just how
Special those few are
Who continue to stand by
They help your healing.
You are no longer bitter
To those who turned backs.
You feel pity for them
A new understanding
They could find themselves
In the same place
While those they trusted
Leave them behind to fend for themselves.
Now you’re thankful
For just a few people
You never expected
They’d never leave you
To fend for yourself In an other wise cold world
Renewed hope for humanity
The example’s been set;
By my unexpected heroes
I’ll never forget.
Grateful
There you go again, talking to my heart and my deepest thoughts indeed.
Life is so strange, the people we thought would always be at our side, through thick and thin. Where are they now? living their own lives and caring for number one!
I was angry and hurt at first, but after time went along and I prayed I'd forgive, I did, by his grace. I still don't really contact them much myself, but it seems the ones I helped the most in this life, never wanting in return, were the ones who were first to disconnect with me. I guess I was no longer useful when I was not able to feed and babysite their kids, bring them food, groceries, and sit my their side.
It seems so strange, the ones I constantly did for, they depended on me to help them pay their bills, but now I am unemployed and cannot pay for them, they've moved on to others who can.
I knew that it was eating me up, so I prayed and asked the lord to please allow me the grace to forgive and move on. It's way too much work to hold grudes and anger for them and the only one it's hurts is myself and my family.
It's all the unexpected ones, who are here and help to support, even with only their kind words and a shoulder to cry on.
You do wonderful work and I know that I am really enjoying your thoughts and expressions. Your all about what's real and what's happening in the now.
thank you
Betty
Betty, Wow. I am so overwhelmed by your words. In my meditation I found God, The Holy Spirit entered my soul during meditation. I had a profound experience. Sobbing with Joy the whole time. After 3 years of bitterness, self-pity, anger, resentment, why me? In that one moment, I was shown that my condition is a blessing in so many ways. At the moment I found true inner peace. I do not harbor negativity in any way and it's so liberating!! But in order to keep that feeling of His Grace and gratefulness, I have warned those around me that I must speak what's in my heart, even if it hurts their feelings or offends them, so I often give them the opportunity to just hang up first, or else listen to my Truth, as I know it. I have become brutally blunt, not judging others, but blunt about my needs, my feelings and how they have hurt me in the past and present. I've had this conversation with many people including my parents and at the end of the call, they might feel really ******, they might be crying and begging for forgiveness, or they might get mad and hang up.....the difference? I've said the Truth as I know it (God's instructions to speak the truth)....how they perceive the truth is their problem, not mine. I go on with my day and my heart and soul are free from negativity. I harbor nothing but peace. It seems to work extremely well. I may have to write off my own parents, "good" friends. But I don't feel anything but peace around that because I spoke the truth.
I am very happy that you find your own thoughts in my poems...it's the reason I wrote them and it gives me great Joy to know I've touched someone today. I work for many other causes too. You can see some of that on my myspace just go to myspace.com and search for Sherry Morris. I have many irons in the fire, working for others rights, my experience with God during my meditations has taken me into new directions I would have never thought possible. I am also a beginner psychic/medium. I receive messages from others' loved ones on the other side. I had been asking for the gift for many years. During my meditation I was shown my accident like a video standing on the side of the road and I heard a beautiful voice speak, "Herein, lies your peace. From this tragedy, you have received your new gifts. You have asked for them." My head injury woke my right brain and I am highly sensitive. I have done readings for friends and have given extremely personal information, lots of it, and I've got about a 95% accuracy rate. You are right on when you talk about your relationship with God. He is the only way to live in peace, seeing in your challenges the gifts, a closer relationship to your True Self.
Thank you so much for your comments. I just love hearing from you.
Sherry
You are such an amazing woman.
I can hear the holy spirit in your words. Your an amazing gift from God dear heart and I certainly hope your hopes and dreams come true for you and your family.
Take Care, My Prayers are with you and your family this holiday season.
Gentle Warm Hugs with love
Betty
What a nice change of pace to tell my "secret" to someone and not get viewed as "nuts". But as my daughter said, "listen, the Holy Mother has appeared to many, many people, in pancakes, on sides of buildings, in clouds, on tree stumps, why NOT you?" made perfect sense to me. Anyway, thank you for not doubting me, for recognizing the words of the holy spirit that do not come from me, they come from elsewhere. As does my psychic writing. I can't write fast enough and my brain doesn't work fast enough to think of so much information that quickly. I always say it's not even my own "thought voice" I hear. It's someone else's. Thank you Betty for believing in me when even some (not all) my family doubt me. I can't tell you what it means to me. Why would anyone lie and be looked at cross-eyed anyway??? That's like walking around telling someone you just robbed a bank when you didn't. Sheesh. Now that Christmas is over I need to get back to my writing and hope to be able to continue honing my work so I can help lots of others connect. Warmest thoughts and prayers to you.
Sherry