Grateful Heart by Cynthia Cady Stanton

 

Photo by Balazs Simon 

Grateful Heart

There is a lifting above

and a grounding below,

a warming at the center –

when I remember.

It is like the unexpected gift

presented with love

and perfect timing.

Or the lightness of being

that comes

with surrender

and trust –

even in the midst of

struggle or pain.

I hold onto it

even as I let go,

allowing the divine

to move through,

heal me with its dawning.

“I was born with a grateful heart,”

says the patient

on her dying bed.

I marvel at the gift she has

and how it fills her up at the end,

easing the way.

And then I remember,

so was I.

© Cynthia Cady Stanton

Cynthia Cady Stanton is a woman with a deepening awareness of life and spirit and a desire to share her spiritual understandings as a way to be a helpful and healing presence for others. She lives in the roles of mom, wife, friend, sister, and grief counselor. Cynthia is what she describes as "an accidental poet." She discovered her poetic voice four years ago while writing in a coffee shop. Since then, she has published hundreds of poems on her blog. Her voice is one of reassurance and higher understanding. She offers her writings as a means to promote love, grace, mindfulness, and healing. Cynthia has been a featured contributor several times on Phoebe.com and has had a poem nominated for poem of the month on Spillwords.com. You can find her poems here: becomingandbeholding.com.