Doubled Life

(Teach so you can be taught)

To be blessed, be a blessing.

To be beautiful, bring forth beauty.

To be joyful, share others’ joy. 

To be grateful, give of yourself. 

To be rich, share your plenty. 

To be loved, pass love forward. 

Ronda R. Scott-Marak

© 10 December 2018

Rebuilding a Tattered Soul

"Time after Time, I see Reflections."
(with thanks to Holland, Dozier, Holland)

Collect the broken bits of yourself and put them back together into a different shape.
Our lives are mirrors that reflect us; some shiny, some wavy, some antiqued, some chipped.
The broken shards can be repaired, building new pictures facing different directions; 
reflecting the healed incarnations of our broken hearts, our wounded bodies, and our shattered minds.
Refracting in endless shapes and colours; 
echoing life if one can pick up the varied bits without cutting oneself on the sharp edges.

Ronda R. Scott-Marak
©1 December 2018

Dusk ’til Dawn

The sun has lowered; the darkness has come arising.  
Trees are shedding their bright autumn leaves; 
chilled, brittle branches shiver in their nakedness in the winter wind.

Someday the sun will rise again; light and lifesaving warmth will return, 
buds and shoots will cover the chilled, bare earth instead of the blanketing snow, 
and our hearts will beat with the warming renewal of spring. 

Until then, we will huddle under blankets of cloth dreaming;
yearning by flickering, artificial light for the coming dawn of a brighter day. 

Ronda R. Scott-Marak
© 11 November 2018

Motivations

”Not by might and not by power.”

I pray for hope

Against helplessness

Not for futile desires

Not for wasted days and time.

I pray for power against hopelessness. 

I look within for strength

Not to beat others down

Not to overwhelm the world but to rise above myself.

I look deeply into others and myself for both the answers and the questions. 

 

Ronda R. Scott-Marak

© 27 October 2018

We March

Like the Burning Bush, 

we burn but are not consumed. 

Neither drive nor ire. 

I have been considering this week which burns brighter: 

Does love or hate, determination or stubborn will, fury or desire flare up and become embers that glow and last? 

Do our flares of intention become firestorms that destroy everything in their path or burning bushes that draw others to the flames, warming and fanning our intent while not burning out and flaring to a blinding flash?

Ronda R. Scott-Marak

© 14 October 2018

Neshamah

Breathe in the lightness of your surroundings;
Exhale the darkness, sorrow, oppression, and fear.

Absorb the joy of the moment,
the fragrant, comforting breeze of euphoric spirit.

Let the delights of the sky above, earth below, 
sun’s warmth, and the sound of refreshing waters wash you clean of distress.

Feel the molecules of life, and the spaces encircling them move within you; 
listen to the pauses between the words spoken and floating in your mind.

Recognise the harmonic silence when the music rests, or the cadenza fades away.

Become part of the surrounding Life; 
let your calm awareness enhance and embrace the Light.

Ronda R. Scott-Marak

© 25 September 2018

“Se’u Shearim” Lift up your Heads

Today it is the beginning, the birthday of the world; 
today is the dawning of the Light, the igniting of the “Bang”, the sounding of the horns.
Today is the opening of the gates; 
today is the writing of the Book, the thrumming of the strings, the wailing of the Ram.
Today the year begins anew; 
today is the reading of the scrolls, the chanting of the tropes, the singing of all hearts.
Today may it be sweet; 
today may we be Blessed; today may we repair the World, today may we have Peace.


Ronda R. Scott-Marak
© 14 September 2015