{"id":3036,"date":"2024-05-02T08:18:31","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T15:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/?p=3036"},"modified":"2024-05-02T08:55:13","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T15:55:13","slug":"look-at-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/2024\/05\/02\/look-at-this\/","title":{"rendered":"Look At This!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>
\n <\/p>\n

Look At This!<\/strong><\/p>\n

I was sitting
\non the couch
\nwith My Maker,<\/p>\n

morose and mawkish,
\nexamining
\nall the Reasons
\nI should be
\nAshamed<\/p>\n

of My
\nScared and Scarred
\nLittle Ego,<\/p>\n

\u201cSo Sorry,\u201d
\nI said,
\n\u201cfor this
\nnarcissistic, lazy,
\nunderachieving . . .\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOh, be Quiet,\u201d
\nThe Maker said,
\nlaughing.<\/p>\n

And The Maker
\nthrust a
\nLight Hand
\ninto My chest
\nand pulled out
\na tiny,
\nburning,
\nPebble of Brightness.<\/p>\n

\u201cLook at This!\u201d
\nThe Maker said.
\n\u201cThis is the
\nPart of You
\nthat\u2019s made of
\nLove and Light and Laughter,
\nthat longs to Be
\na Gift
\nto All That Is,
\nwithout Regard
\nto All that
\nComparative
\nClaptrap.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI Adore This.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNow,
\ngo give It
\nto Someone
\nWho needs It,
\nthere\u2019s Plenty More
\nwhere That came from.\u201d<\/p>\n

And then I Knew:<\/p>\n

When The Wise Ones Say,
\n\u201cFind the Divine
\nin Every Being,\u201d<\/p>\n

They\u2019re talking about
\nThat Pebble.<\/p>\n

(Photo by Ben Collins; UnSplash)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Look At This! I was sitting on the couch with My Maker, morose and mawkish, examining all the Reasons I should be Ashamed of My Scared and Scarred Little Ego, \u201cSo Sorry,\u201d I said, \u201cfor this narcissistic, lazy, underachieving . . .\u201d \u201cOh, be Quiet,\u201d The Maker said, laughing. And The Maker thrust a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t