Notes to Myself

Today, like all days,
there will be ruin and loneliness,
but don’t step back from this
fleeing your sense of emptiness
through the doorway of thought.

For in you lies the hidden treasure.
This world is a spell
and your heart is a mirror of the Essence Most High
molded into human form.

So this day, if you want the treasure
seek it in the heart’s mirror—
that vast ocean of consciousness,
And as you seek the way of love
topple the ego, and then plunge deep
to find your Self.
Remember with joy, this is your world.
In it make music,
knowing that there are hundreds of ways
to kneel in prayer—
hundreds of ways to open the heart
toward the beauty of the Friend.