At Carpe Diem Haiku Kai, our host quotes Khalil Gibran to introduce this prompt "Wall".
[...] "After all this is not a bad prison; but I do not like this wall between my cell and the next prisoner’s cell; Yet I assure you that I do not wish to reproach the warder not the Builder of the prison".[...]
[...] "Sadness is but a wall between two gardens". [...]
I thought about walls that I have put up to protect myself from getting hurt and sometimes the wall is there to guard my treasured solitude. One can knock on a wall to see if that person responds and most of the time, I respond, especially to family. I find I lie sometimes, to sit at home and just indulge in reading a good novel or writing. Very few understand. Sometimes I take a day off work to recuperate physically and emotionally because my work is emotionally taxing {although I adore it!} and I feel like I am playing hooky, feeling a bit giddy that I can write all day without being disturbed. What a great feeling that is. And so, the part of this prompt I decided to address was our host's comments here:
"Can we tear down those walls? Can we be that powerful to tear down the walls around us to become finally free? Free to be sincere towards the other? I think so, but it's not easy I think. As I remember the 9/11 attacks several years ago, than I can understand that it's not easy to be sincere. Those terrorists were all under the spell of one aggressor and that aggressor, for sure, doesn't speak for all those muslim brothers and sisters. So don't be afraid to be sincere, be respectful towards the other notwithstanding what others did." © Chèvrefeuille
I agree that if we all banned together, it is amazing what we could achieve on this planet. I work in an environment of compassion and volunteer in this area as well, so I see how much good we can achieve. If smiling and laughing can be contagious, so can compassion and kindness, non?
On my retreat in July, I was blessed being in the presence of Amma {Mata Amritanandamayi}, an amazing humanitarian who walks the talk. I saw so many people of different religions waiting hours to be embraced by this amazing person who preaches "compassion".
| Ants building a bridge |
Countless troupes
toiled
tearing down walls to build an
ant colony
© Tournesol
Submitted for: Carpe Diem #543 "Walls"
Posted by Cheryl-Lynn Roberts 2014/08/20
