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Companionship with our 'self' (Vol 1 No 65)

The loveliness of sea and land,

The joy of ear and eye

Is sometimes not enough to still

The fears that dwell nearby.

The loneliness that’s born of fear

Brings emptiness and gloom;

We feel there is no space for peace

Within that anxious room.

We search within to hear a word,

To find a friendly light

To guide our course, to calm our hearts,

To give unclouded sight.

It is as though we have our ‘self’ -

Our ‘person’, deep inside;

We can respect and love that one,

And in that love abide.

Companionship within our souls

Revives our energy;

Renews our spirits, stirs our hopes,

And kindles harmony.

Deep in our beings we still know

Our inner enemies;

But deeper in our souls is where

We feel God’s gentle breeze. 

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