Creation Spirit

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT

I wish to acknowledge and thank those so many loving acquaintances and friends who have inspired these expressions of the loving way. Long ago and far away I became entranced by the immense loving spirit of the Mexican people. My good fortune took me to many wonderful, richly spiritual settings in Mexico, and put me in blessed contact with scores of people who simply let the loving way effuse its way into the world that surrounded them. To say that I was touched, both humanly and spiritually, by their ways is a great understatement. The real truth of the matter is that they opened me to a space within myself that I had long forgotten, that space within that each of us is born with, but soon forget out of being domesticated into the world of the material.

This offering of poetics, as I call them, is a testimony to the depth and breadth of their influence on my life. In many instances, words are accompanied by the gifts of collaborative photographs that inspired them. In all my travels, I have come to know the extraordinarily open spirit of the Mexican people to be among the strongest in its impact on my life. This is so much so that a number of years ago a friend and colleague, after seeing me in the company of some of these very people I describe, said to me, “Jim, I have known you for years and have come to know you as a very open person. But, after seeing you in the company of these seeming indigents, I must tell you that I have never seen a personality change as profoundly as yours has. You must have been a Mexican in many past lives in order to connect with their souls as you have.” She couldn’t haven’t been more correct in her assessment. Our souls are intertwined for the good of all–which, of course–is the same for all of us, if we just let it be.

And so I now do entwine my soul with all, thanks to God’s loving way in all. Gratefully, at this time in my life, this way of being extends beyond those most close to me to one and all.

Now, all these many years later, I extend my profound gratitude and undying love to each and all for enriching my life beyond compare. May your influence now reach beyond my own for the good of all who are touched by these loving images.

Jim Young

October 2005

POETICS MADE ABUNDANT

Each of these poetic phrases comes from contemplation of a photograph that etched its meaning on the lining of my heart, created somewhere, some time, all in a moment’s embrace of life portrayed.

ONE AMONG THE REST

among all earth’s possessions
what makes one
stand out among the rest?
color, size, shape, taste, smell
or other characteristics
more human in nature?

sensitivity, courage, conviction
commitment, caring, generosity
no matter which the reason
God’s Light seems to shine upon
and from within
singling one out
from all the rest.

special
very special
as one stands out
among the rest.

DYING IS THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURE: RESURRECTION

each day
as I give a piece of myself to God
letting go
letting that unneeded piece
die within me
I give root to a new adventure.

dear Lord
I gladly give You
my guilt
my fear
anything
that darkens my soul.

whatever
it pleases You to do
I will let it die within.

what adventure then poses itself
within me?
what will best give to life
in it’s place?
what a sense of adventure!

I give to You, O Lord
each piece of me
that needs to die.
I give each
as a gift to You
that you may replace it
with Your very own:
a new, healthy
living growth of love from Your heart.

and
together
we will have Our resurrection.

WATTA BUNCH!

when friends are at play
most anything goes
especially when an outsider captures their attention
encouraging the freedom from within
to display whatever they feel
to do as they wish
without fear of the judgmental eye.

each rests as an individual
from the relative safety of his soul.
each displays
the poetry of his life.
I wonder what influences such differences?

A JOYOUS HEART, A BEAM OF LIGHT

how generously
some let their heart love
opening it to God’s care
permitting God’s joy to flow in all directions
bathing all it touches
with beams of Light.

isn’t it wondrous and beautiful
how those God uses
are lit by that same joy of love:
God’s beam of Light?

TENDER MOSAIC

sometimes we try to create
special scenes
ways of conveying a design on life.

funny!

the finest mosaics of life
seem simply to avail themselves
of the opportunity
to bring tenderness and completeness
to the spirit of life’s undertakings.

INDELIBLE GRACE

the flowing heart pulsing to strands of music
oft’ times giving rise
to special creations:
the warmest of smiles
the grandest of gestures
and playing of spirits in sweet harmony.

all at once>
life comes together
as God’s grace
seemingly to create an indelible view:
love etching an enlightened image
on the lining of my heart.

CONTEMPLATIVE

as life unfolds each day
it brings with it extensive opportunities
to ponder its gifts.
we struggle with meanings
puzzled by the vacuum of the unknown
always striving with the human desire
to know.

when we contemplate different meanings
God opens our mind, heart and soul
and rests our thoughts
in God’s great mind.
inspiration is God’s gift.

WARY LAD

as life wears upon us all
it brings to bear
experience
circumstances
conditions and appearances.
all, we are taught
have a bearing on our view of life.