Say Wow
Di ¡Guau!--por Chelan Harkin
Cada víspera nuestro entorno
se vuelve plano con la familiaridad
y las formas de nuestras vidas encajan en su lugar,
adimensional y promedio como cubos de Tetris,
antes de que el hambre golpee nuestras barrigas
como un viejo cascarrabias
y los deberes del día se amontonen como platos
y la arquitectura de nuestras necesidades básicas
permita todo pensamiento
para construir el sedán de seguridad de 4 puertas,
antes de que la gravedad se adhiera a nuestra piel
como un molesto parásito
y el polvo coloreado de los sueños
se barra incierto en el vacío de la razón,
cada mañana antes de lidiar con el mundo
y nuestros corazones en la forma de nuestros cerebros,
mira a tu alrededor y di: "¡Guau!"
Aliméntate de fuego.
Coge en brazos al día al completo
como un ramo de maravilla del tamaño de un planeta
enviado por el Universo directamente a tus brazos
y di, "¡Guau!"
Descomponte
en los componentes básicos del asombro primitivo
y deja que el crescendo de cada momento
carbonate cada capilar
y di, "¡Guau!"
Sí, antes de que nuestros poemas se encallezcan
con revisión
déjalos chillar fuera de la página de la espontaneidad
y antes de que nuestras metáforas se vuelvan demasiado regulares,
deja que el sol se quede
una conflagración de palomas mensajeras
que lucha a través del fuego
cada día para encontrarnos.
Preguntas semilla para la reflexión: ¿Cómo te relacionas con la noción de reavivar el asombro todos los días? ¿Puedes compartir una historia personal de una vez que pudiste ver tu mundo familiar con nuevos ojos de asombro? ¿Cómo has reconciliado el asombro con la racionalidad?
Chelan Harkin es un poeta místico. :)
Chelan Harkin is a mystic poet. :)
SEED QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION: How do you relate to the notion of rekindling wonder every day? Can you share a personal story of a time you were able to see your familiar world with new eyes of wonder? How have you reconciled wonder with rationality?
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19 Past Reflections
On Sep 26, 2023 Jeffry Gittfried wrote :
During the beginnings of COVID, I was diagnosed with a form of bone marrow/blood cancer and my nature outings were limited to my home and backyard, I made it a habit of lying back in a lounge chair in the backyard, looking up at the sky to explore nature from a different perspectives perspective. This simple regular practice opened up entire worlds of animal behavior to me.
I spotted many species of birds flying over my somewhat limited view of the sky. I was amazed and so rewarded for my efforts. Bald Eagles, Peregrine Falcons, flocks of Canada Geese and Sandhills Cranes flew over during my daily hour of just looking up, at a more severe angle than my neck could achieve, had I not been reclining.
Vaux's Swifts , just returning from an epic non-stop migration rocketed in and out of my window on the sky at 90 miles per hour, as they gathered in what was to be their summer home. I was so taken by these wondrous little creatures that lived for most of the year, on the wing , in th... [View Full Comment]
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On Sep 19, 2023 Craig Neal wrote :
Wonderful to meet you at Illuman this past weekend. Your grandfather had a great time and is very proud of you.
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On Sep 15, 2023 Bruce Bakke wrote :
Recovery from an eye injury with vision restored after a prediction of blindness.
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On Sep 25, 2022 Graciela wrote :
Ohhh thank you so much!! What a gift!! I will put this poem to work for me every morning from now on--- so grateful!!
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On Apr 9, 2022 Debbie wrote :
I just love this! Beautiful! I'm sending it to others, printing it for me and I'll place on my Wellness blog! :-)
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On Apr 5, 2022 Patrick wrote :
Chelan is delightful in poetry and though a bit young in The Journey nevertheless a budding mystic in her own right. I hope to hear more when she arrives at the place of double her current age.
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On Apr 5, 2022 Alisa Weinberg wrote :
Since loosing my husband 2 yrs and 4 months ago, I have felt like was in stasis. The time has slipped through my fingers like sand and the wind blew the sand away. As I reflect each day I felt the loss more as there was nothing to replace it. But I see the sun shining and thank G-D for all the blessings he left behind: My caregiver, my family, my close friends, the roof over my head. I see more clearly the blessings and the difficulties as well. I am stronger and have found peace of mind and better days ahead. The sun shines more brightly now, and my home is filled with the love he left for me.
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On Apr 2, 2022 David Doane wrote :
Chelan Harkin's poem is beautiful and wise. I think it's important and probably essential to allow and rekindle wonder every day to be alive beyond being biological robots programmed and conditioned by society and ourselves. I see my familiar world with new eyes of wonder -- when I see my grand daughter's curiosity, awe, learning, and growth -- she looks with wonder at the moon and stars, and I look at her and them with new eyes of wonder; when I look with wonder at a flower bud beginning to emerge this Spring; when I have a moment of seeing my wife of 45 years with new eyes of wonder at all that she is; when I am filled with wonder that my body with its zillion coordinated activities constantly going on continues to function quite well. Wonder is way beyond rationality. I believe the bandwidth of wonder is as big as life, and the width of rationality is very narrow, and our squeezing wonder into the narrow framework of rationality kills wonder and us.
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On Apr 1, 2022 Jagdish P Dave wrote :
Nature offers many wonderful gifts in our hands everyday and we say"Wow!" I get up early in the morning watching the sun rising and I say "Wow!" I hear the birds chirping and feeding their little babies and the words come out from my mouth, "Wow!" When I see the older brother taking care of the little younger brother my heart is filled with joy and I hear myself saying "Wow!"
There is an old saying in Sanskrit like" ksane kasne yaha upeti navatam tadeva rupam ramaniyayata." Beauty brings joy every moment. When I keep my mind and heart open to perceive and expereince it fully each moment, my heart is filled with wonderment. I experience such Aha moments when I fully live in the pressent moment. When I was a child I had more "Wow!" moments. As I got older I beacme more thought minded and rational than heartminded and emotional which to some extent dried the flow of my heartfeltness. As I am growing older I have been able to create a dynamic balance between head and heart. This is ... [View Full Comment]
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On Apr 1, 2022 Naren Kini wrote :
This one has Rumi touch to it. I felt it all thru the read. “In your light I learn how to love. In your beauty, how to make poems. You dance inside my chest where no-one sees you, but sometimes I do, and that sight becomes this art.†The word I picked for this week was "convivial". Secret of being in the moment, spontaneity, synchronicity with nature are yet to be fully understood by humans..but we have all taken the first steps...reaching passages such as these and reflecting is also part of that journey. Many thanks for sending this our way to reflect and share.