Seventy Fourth Birthday
Jan 4, 2013
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Looking down the strip of stores a ways,
I hear sharp voices of two little girls;
Five years old, and dressed in billowing skirts and sweaters,
Outlined sharply in a shaft of light,
They dance around each other, playing, gleeful, alive,
At-One within this present moment.
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It’s my birthday.
All day I’ve felt the play of light and glee and laughter all around,
As if my angels and my guides and spirit-friends were partying
To celebrate with me my life on earth —
This time that’s let me start to learn the boundless sparks of God
And fall in love deeper and yet further still.
I know within that I am one with those two little girls –
I too am glee within this single stroke of time.
I revel that we all were born.
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REFLECTION
Today, my 74th birthday, is the first time I think I’ve ever been able to say, with feeling, “I’m so glad that I was born!” I learned several years ago to make that comment to others on their birthdays; celebrating who a person is, after all, is the main purpose of birthday celebrations – not counting years – an irrelevant pastime if ever there was one! Today, though, I finally felt – certainly for the first time in this way – the oneness of all life as Love. I received the amazing gift of spending the day being Love – giving and receiving, circulating, smiling inwardly as much as visibly. At One with my spirit-self, at the same time I was appreciating equally the physical delights that having a body has added to my experience of being, I suddenly realized anew why embodiment is such a desirable gift: it adds a whole new dimension in which to know God. It allows me to unite with beauty, joy, and presence while also reveling in the illusion of being a separate and appreciative observer.
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I am grateful for this amazing day – my best birthday ever.
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About Rev. Dr. Rosemary C. Hyde,
I am a grandmother, a classical homeopath, a mystical poet, and an interfaith minister. I also have a large, enduring place in my heart for Paris. I first spent time in Paris in 1961, as a Fulbright scholar. I remained in France for three years, living also in Toulouse and in Nancy. I have revisited France and Paris multiple times since then, and have come to know The city and surroundings quite well. I grew up in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, where there were many Franco-Americans, and their language fascinated me. I was fortunate in 6th grade, when my family moved, to find myself in a Catholic French speaking girls' school, where I had the wonderful fortune of becoming bilingual. It still feeds my soul deeply, to visit Paris, speak French, and reconnect with the little French girl in me.
I am serving presently as President of the global online Peace Initiative called LivingPeaceNow.Org. We are bringing together worldwide in 3 languages — English, French, and Spanish— small groups of Connected Peacemakers to help deepen and hold Peace globally with their thoughts, words, and actions.
My goal as a minister is to add richness to life for those who resonate to more than one religious tradition or to none -- those with mixed religions as well as the unchurched, untempled, and unmosqued.
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Hi, Donna. You asked about a poem … Thank you!
I look forward to seeing what you will send me, now ; – )))
For the last few years, I’ve slowly been adding poems to a blog. I’m forwarding the latest blog entry. As you can see, these days, with all that’s going on at UCP, I rarely get the time to sit down and reflect enough to write and edit – which I find to be a deep, meditative pleasure.
I’m wondering – will your grandbaby share my birthday? Or perhaps yours? :- )))
Sending blessings, Rosemary
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HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY and please cherish every one that we are able to cherish with you.
All our love from Jim & Ardie and Hailey, Duffy, Dolly and an especially sweet kiss & mumble from Lozo.