A Valentine's Day Letter
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Tuesday, February 14, 2017
Tuesday, February 14, 2017
A Valentine's Day Letter
2/14/2017
Well, Friends, that day has come around again - where lots of folks cuddle together and share Chocolate - or some other tasty treat! Not sure what Nancy & I will do, but we will be keeping our love for one another in mind. We wish the same to you all!
When I think of Valentine's Day, Heaven kinda comes to mind. How about you? I do not think that Heaven should be far fetched. In fact, I don't think it should be any kind of "fetched" at all. When you insist on making Heaven a matter of something "to be fetched," then that is really why it is never "fetched." Heaven is not something to "fetch" in some other land, but rather a Realization that Everywhere is Heaven. At least, that is how I see it. How simple can it be - and how hard we make it! Right?
I am going to return to my archives and feature a song I wrote a few years ago. It is called EVERY PLACE IS HEAVEN! Nancy & I will be in Heaven on this day and every day we live. May we wish the same to you! Just a couple of angels, we be! How about you?
HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY, EVERYONE!
Gently
Francis William Bessler
www.una-bella-vita.com
& Nancy Shaw
EVERY PLACE
IS HEAVEN
By
Francis William Bessler
Laramie, Wyoming
3/1/2013
Every place is Heaven;
it's just a matter of a view.
There is no God outside of life
that's not inside it too.
You cannot divide Infinity
into what's evil and what's good.
So, let everyone realize
All's one great brotherhood.
Every place is Heaven
because God is everywhere.
What makes a place a Heaven
is the Divinity that is there.
So, it stands to reason, My Friend,
if all existence is of God,
all existence must be Heaven
and where I stand I should applaud.
Every place is Heaven.
It's so very clear to me.
Every place that I do look
all I see is Divinity.
No flower can exist on its own.
Every tree needs sunlight.
No matter where I might look
there are only miracles in sight.
Every place is Heaven
as every dog does know.
Take your doggie for a walk;
let it follow its terrific nose.
And as you walk, be so gracious
as to let your doggie lead.
See the world as it does;
you'll see it filled with Divinity.
Every place is Heaven,
but God's neither Queen nor King.
God's not a person of sex,
rather only a Presence in everything.
Everyone belongs to God
and God belongs to everyone.
If we all really believed that,
there could be no wrong.
Every place is Heaven,
be you of generosity or of greed.
Heaven is not defined by conduct,
but by the Presence of God, indeed.
God is simply the source of life,
but not what life may do.
It is up to each of us in life
to believe and follow through.
Every place is Heaven,
but most do not see it that way.
Most see Nature as wonderful,
but do not see themselves in play.
No one is separate from Nature
no matter how much we hope it's so.
To know you are part of it all
is to be engulfed in the flow.
If Heaven is every place,
where does Hell fit in?
Hell is not a place - like Heaven.
It's when Heavenly creatures sin.
To sin is to believe in less worth
or to claim that of another.
Hell is only insisting
on a right to plunder.
If Heaven is every place,
what will happen when I die?
I suppose that if I found Heaven here,
I'll find it again next time.
But if I insisted on making life hard
for others in this life,
then it is likely I will continue
to live another life of strife.
Heaven is every place,
but it's up to each to choose.
If you insist that God is missing,
more than likely, you will lose.
Why waste life looking for Hell
when Paradise is at hand?
Open your mind and soul
and know you're in command.
Heaven is every place.
It cannot be otherwise.
How can it possibly be
that God is missing in this life?
Everyone is a Heavenly creature -
like an angel in disguise.
So, let's join in Heavenly song
and praise God for our lives.
Every place is Heaven;
it's just a matter of a view.
There is no God outside of life
that's not inside it too.
You cannot divide Infinity
into what's evil and what's good.
So, let everyone realize
All's one great brotherhood.