December 25th, 2012

                                           Love Shines

Starlight

Starlight

Starlight shine on me

Moonlight

Moonlight

Moonlight shine on me

Sunlight

Sunlight

Sunlight shine on me

Source of all light, shine down

Source of all light, shine down

Light shines and darkness flees

Source of all light shine down

Source of all light shine down

All light shine down on me

Hope shines

Hope shines

Hope rises in me

Joy shines

Joy shines

Joy rises in me

Love Shines

Love Shines 

Love Rises in me

Source of all love rise up

Source of all love rise up

Love Shines and darkness flees

Source of all love rise up

Source of all love rise up

Source of all love rise up in me

Love shines

and we are free

copyright 2008 Cathy Aj Hardy

This song keeps circling back to my heart

especially when I can't feel it any more

or don't think I can sing it again

It carries a truth

about a deeper reality

something radiant

that cannot 

be destroyed

something glorious

that shines beyond

all human suffering and sadness

and I have tasted

deep suffering and sadness 

and walked with others who have tasted a sadness

far beyond my own

and yet

it is like a melody that I can only faintly hear at times

a sweet smell that is calling me home

an awareness that deepens if

I open my heart

this radiant

force

is

Love

I believe

that

Love is Shining

even in my (our) deepest darkness

even when we cannot feel it, taste it, or sense it

it doesn't matter

the reality

remains

Love is Shining

May hope rise in your bones

May joy rise in the depths of your heart

May love shine in the beauty of your soul

this day

and in all the days to come.

Merry Christmas