"This book was written during the years Elizabeth was a practicing astrologer and author of six books. The non-fiction astrology books didn't delve into the interior life of the author as this book does. These poems are sometimes poignant and oftentimes outrageously funny. They reflect her spiritual growth--a hopeful "falling upwards." Readers who like Mary Oliver and Billy Collins might find this a good read." Available on Amazon.
SOUL WORK
Let us give thanks for the work we do
Let us pay homage to the gods, goddesses,
Symbols, signs and synchronicities
That make their appearance as Grace
When the choice is made “to ask and then to receive”
When “Called or not called, God is present.”
Let us give thanks for the chance to be messengers
And guides
To bring the good news that all is well
And all manner of things are well
That life has meaning
That there is a rhyme and reason
A warp and a woof, an inner and an outer
An “As above, so below”
For all god’s creatures.
Let us give thanks for this knowledge
That grows into wisdom
That honors life cycles as well as the season’s cycles
That sees meaning where others see despair
That sees patterns where others see chaos
That sees hope and evolution where others
See none.
Let us give thanks for ancient soul languages
That challenge us to find the words to translate
The subtle geometry of the Soul
A language that sees
Little acts of change as large acts of courage
That delights at seeing the shy smile of recognition
When the personal story meets the larger story
And is truly heard.
Let us give thanks for Soul Work
That repeatedly shows us how wrong we may be
That what we see first
is not all there is to people—
For we are all richer, more complex
And nobler than we imagine…
And that what we see as God or human flaw
is flawless in design.
Always remembering that the gift is in the effort
And in the practice of reaching to understand
This Soul Work, and all the unknowable mysteries
For which we are so truly grateful.
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