Gates of Eden

12 Responses

1. I couldn’t be in more agreement with you and the sentiments of this concise poem.

2. Kindness as personal key to the gates of Eden. That’s really profound, Don. Thank you.

   In the mechanistic paradigms of buying and selling, contracts, cause and effect, kindness seems nice-to-have but basically superfluous to measurable progress or success.

   I want to sit with this for a while, to see where it will take me.

3. I resonate with this brief gem, in particular with the last four lines “the gates of Eden ready to open, awaiting only one kind word”… This hits deep.

4. Perfect poem for today, Don. The magic word always always has the essence of kindness within it. And kindness relates to kin, kinship, geneology, family, relationship, essence, character, wholeness, Oneness, “God-kund” (God-kind), and ultimately — Love

5. Happy Father’s Day Don! Spectacular photo.

6. Once again, Don, bringing me solace on a grey day. Kindness, always.

7. Expressions of kindness reveal oneness . We are one.

8. Perfect, beautiful. My one kind word opens me to vulnerability – the heart opens. How much waits for this one simple act…
   Thank you.

9. Soul-touching…

10. Don, resist the little lies? What about the big ones? Thanks for sending this poem, one that is touching numbers of us, I see.

11. To me, the Garden never left, never locked it’s doors. It is present and open now. It is our perceptions that make us think it closed. These perceptions were taught from Genesis to this day. And that we have to work very hard to get back. Deep in our hearts, we know what to do to see the surrounding Garden once more. There are keys, for sure. But simply acknowledging and honoring it’s presence is beautiful.

    Ah, the art of changing perceptions. What a challenge…what a gift.

12. Thank you Don, yes it’s really this simple!