~What I have learned~
I have learned that no matter how I view myself,
Others will see great things in me.
No matter what mood I am in,
My possibility will still show up,
I just have to take it.
No matter how positive I try to be,
Someone will not want to hear it.
No matter how negative I am,
Someone will be impacted.
I have learned no matter how well I draw,
Someone will always be better.
No matter how much I hate a piece,
Someone will always love it.
No matter how I change myself,
Someone will not be satisfied.
No matter how I try to protect myself.
I will still get hurt.
I have learned no matter what
I am me.
I am powerful.
My authentic self will always do what is necessary
To lead me where I want to go.
And external influences
Will only affect me by what I choose to make them mean.
And how vulnerable I choose to be.
There is power in vulnerability.
There is also risk.
There is inauthenticity in safety,
And there is little value in being what everyone else wants.
Because no one really knows what they want.
Be yourself.
Be proud of who you are and what you do.
Represent your self authentically,
And you will find your place.
Honor your craft
And love every piece of it.
The perfections and the flaws.
And whatever you do don’t change for anything or anyone.
Only grow.
Own your power.
~Lisa Steinke
~Hole in the Clouds~
There’s a hole in the clouds.
I can peek my head through and look at the sky!
People say I have my head in the clouds,
But that’s not true.
If that were so I couldn’t see the sun,
Or that plane coming at me.
Or the birds below.
No.
My head is definitly not IN the clouds.
It’s above them.
~Lisa Steinke~
~Fairy Romp~
Bounce and jiggle,
Dance and wiggle,
Giggle giggle Poof!
Sing a melody,
Made of jellody,
And don’t forget the foof!
Crunchity crunch,
Scrunchity smoosh.
The floor and walls are crumbly.
But we don’t care,
We live in air,
And only want to tumbly.
~L
~Again I Fall~
There is change in the winds.
Swirling and floating as leaves
dancing in the afternoon breeze.
Flying, soaring higher than ever before
I feel the embrace of you.
Your smile frees me.
It feeds me.
Mystery and security all wrapped up in the eyes.
Encouragement to let go.
Fall with me you say.
I fall.
I feel my heart beat and hear my breath cry out.
But still I remain trusting and limp in your arms.
As you hold me I feel familiar ground.
Touching down with the reds and yellows,
There is the earth.
Solid and soft.
And up again we soar.
Metamorphasis in spirit,
Living through the past of an old soul.
I believe in this.
I believe.
~Lisa Steinke~
~Come Play~
In the Crispness of the Morning Air
In the quietness of the gentle breeze,
I find my spirit wandering there, Existing with a calming ease.
With abundance coursing through sun rays, With miracles showing through the days, I find my mind in patient grace, An easy smile across my face.
The simple things are my hearts song, When in my gaze there is no wrong. Honor life in all it’s glory, Live from an amazing story.
No distress or pain today, My soul sings out , “come what may” Saying in the quietest way,
“welcome to life, let’s go and play.”
~Lisa Steinke~
~Dreaming~
For the boy who could fly…”you are sad” she said, “because you are the boy who could fly, yet you are surrounded by those who won’t. Come away with me, and rather than climb these purple walls, we will soar so high we may never touch down again.”
In the quiet of the evening,
As the wind blows through my spirit,
I stand unshaken and undaunted
In the realm of waking dreams.
My dreams, your dreams, they call us into being.
If they have been shattered,
We stand in being shattered.
If they are large and right before us,
We stand large and ready for the awakening.
Our dreams are our reality,
When we let them.
Our failures are not failures,
Unless we quit and do not learn from them,
Or we push them on to others.
For then we not only fail ourselves,
But unknowingly bring those we love down with us.
If we stand in our dreams,
And learn from our dreams,
And share the power of our dreams,
Then we become who we were destined to be
And possibly larger than ever imagined.
And our spirits can dance, undaunted by the wind.
Rather, embracing the motion and change and loving
Every freeing minute of it.
~Lisa Steinke~
Peace
In times of struggle and consequence,
In times of pain and defeat,
In times of doubt and fear…
Stop
Look around you and notice the moment.
Notice the brightness in the spring flowers,
Notice the laughter of the children.
Notice the beating rhythm of your heart.
Notice the beautiful people in your life,
Notice the gifts of abundant love that show up…everyday,
Even now
Notice that those fears and doubts aren’t real.
Notice that the pain and defeat has not stopped you.
Notice that the struggle isn’t there…if you stop fighting.
Come from love always.
You have a wealth of Peace within you.
Share it.
Smile.
Remember
There is nothing wrong here.
All is as it should be to bring you to the next level of life.
This is perfect, as are you.
~Lisa Steinke 2003
