I Fool Myself

I Fool Myself

by thinking i have excused
myself from guilt
and then i see
some wrong in you
and try to correct
to regain a sense of
freedom from constraint

a funny game i play
all i can do is pray
that true guiltelessness
will come some day
and all correcting
of what is
will have had its day

michael

"Perhaps you are accustomed to using guiltlessness merely to offset the pain
of guilt, and do not look upon it as having value in itself. You believe
that guilt and guiltlessness are both of value, each representing an escape
from what the other does not offer you. You do not want either alone, for
without both you do not see yourself as whole and therefore happy. Yet you
are whole only in your guiltlessness, and only in your guiltlessness can you
be happy. There is no conflict here. To wish for guilt in any way, in any
form, will lose appreciation of the value of your guiltlessness, and push it
from your sight." (T-14.III.2)

Jeffrey added;

Precious Sweet Beloved Friend

Before an innocent child lost prays

Old tears well up from guilty ways

After experience prays ancient ways

Innocence changes the way we pray

Believing again is what can move us

Inspiration from friends that love us

Forgiveness thread is what weaves us

Letting go is the love never leaves us

When thank you origin forms motive

The idea of the good flowing pleases

Continual ideas are love flowing within

Grinning friends come grateful without

Love in an inner child singing truth

Enlightens the willing way humble

What activates every innocent cell

Youth's idea from ancient wisdom

What a fun funny way to say I love you

What thanks you for showing me me

What comes from our own well being

Becomes the same as me and loving you