Break The Cycle

We have all been programmed
In so many different ways
From the moment of our birth
All through our living days

Taking on our parents views
In thought, belief and attitude
They were only doing their best
Whether right or misconstrued

Throughout the education system
We pick up the current teaching
The results shape our lives
Teachers attitude far out-reaching

Society’s perceived rules
Fitting-in, not standing out
Do as everyone else does
If you don’t want to go without

Religion and politics
Have a great deal of control
Lacking in openness
Can never make you whole

All of the many media’s
Radio, TV, Social, Movie
Shape our growing minds
Repetition embeds our psyche

It takes a questioning mind
To see the constructed path
Our programming has brought
And the resulting aftermath

Thinking for yourself
And seeking deep within
Using critical thought
Revelations will begin


Break The Cycle of patterned beliefs
Buried deep in your unconscious mind
As a child you absorbed many ‘truths’
With inner-work these you can find

Break The Cycle of your education
Seek always to continually learn
Question everything you read
Truth constantly to discern

Break The Cycle of society’s grip
On what is perceived right or wrong
Guided by your integrity
To the New Earth you belong

Break The Cycle of religion
If you’ve been led this way
Does it teach Unconditional Love
To all every single day

Break The Cycle of politics
Do they seek for the greater good
Compassion for all living things
No room to be misunderstood

Break The Cycle of mainstream news
Don’t watch or listen if negativity is sought
For there is always good news to view
Balance and truth should be taught

Break The Cycle of violence and horror
Portrayed on many films and TV
It all instills and creates a response
In the negative do you want to be?

Break The Cycle of the high drama
And lack of morals depicted too
Especially for the impressionable young
Critical thought they cannot do

Break The Cycle of social media
Training minds in many ways
Seeking ‘likes’ to be accepted
Following trends, the latest craze

Break The Cycle of following rules
Not just for the sake of compliance
Whoever they’re from, first give thought
Does your heart give you alliance?

Break The Cycle of generations
Manipulated to endure
Control by the elites
Dominant now, as never before

Break The Cycle to live a life
Of Compassion, Love, Sovereignty
The New Earth awaits our alignment
Breaking old cycles, we will be free

Trina Graves – 30th December 2021


About This Poem

The Great Awakening, that has been going on over the past few years, has been about breaking all of these cycles, I know there are more aspects I could have mentioned too, such as Break The Cycle of big pharma, where there is a pill for every ill.

If this poem was written this year it would certainly contain a verse on ‘Break The Cycle of royalty. With the coronation this weekend so many people will be caught up in the hype without questioning what this man stands for and where his loyalty lies, it certainly isn’t with the ‘common man’ who he has now decided should swear their allegiance to him! I believe many of us will be swearing: NOT MY KING!!!

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No Posts For A While
You many have noticed I have not posted since September 2022, I do have many poems in drafts to add, and I have many times gone to post one, but none stood out as ‘the one,’ so I didn’t post. I always use my intuition on posting, even if it means not doing so.

Poem Videos
I have been making videos of me reading my poems and setting them to photographs/pictures with the words of the poems. Completed videos have been added to the bottom of the page on relevant poem posts. As of today, there are 61 videos which are also on a playlist, if anyone is interested.

The Great Awakening
I am in the process of changing two of my old categories on old posts, ‘2020 Apex Of Duality’ and ‘Wake Up’ will become ‘The Great Awakening.’ It will take some time to go through changing posts, as I am writing an update for each one and there are over 100 to do. I am compiling a book of my ‘The Great Awakening’ poems, to include pictures and notes about the poems, so reading through all of my poems to see which ones to include, I realised that many older poems, not in these two old categories, should also be included.

Namaste

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Don’t Stumble Over Something Behind You

Quote Title: Seneca

Life is full of challenges
No one has an easy path
Accepting this simple truth
Can bring a smile and a laugh

It can seem others have it easy
But in truth we do not really know
The burdens they have and carry
Could we rise above their blow?

Some say life is like a school
We come to learn our lesson
Challenges are needed to grow
From the day our life begun

Seeing the Higher perspective
Can bring Light to everything
In the Eternal Oneness
‘All is well,’ the Soul will sing

But sucked into the nitty-gritty
Negativity fed, day-by-day
Moving forward is not easy
Unless, you know the way

Always reach for the thoughts
That uplift. or feel the best
You will soon feel improvement
Whatever your challenge, or test

Keep moving onwards and up
Raising your thoughts, traveling on
In time life will be easier
The dreaded darkness will be gone

Let go, release the negative
From your life of the past
Remembering only the joys
Will bring you peace at last

And if you ever stumble
On the road ahead
Check you map of focus
Doesn’t picture your dread

Bless and erase the block
The power is always yours
Don’t stumble over something behind you
Forever forward is your true course

Trina Graves – 20th July 2019


About This Poem

Lately I’ve been fascinated by reading the poems I wrote in 2019 (the year before our world changed) and their revelence to what has been happening. Today, looking for a poem to add (from the titles in my drafts list) this one grabbed my attention and after reading the poem I knew it was the one for today, as it’s so relevant to my life for the past few years and especially my recent notice of mystumble!’

Once I began to understand the Law of Attraction (2010) I would only write about positvity, apart from slightly mentioning the opposite for clarity. Then in a series of synchronicities (that confirmed to me to continue) in summer 2018 I began to write about the darkness that has dominated our world for centuries, but is now being eliminated by the Light.

From the very start of the ‘plandemic’ what we were being told made no sense to me, so I never believed the media or government. However, I soon found out that something was indeed going on and only time would tell for it all to come out into the open. Back in 2020 I thought it would all be coming to Light by 2021, so I began to daily check-in with the ‘news’ to see what was being said. I had not followed the news at all since learning of the Law of Attraction as I knew it was focused on high drama and negative stories. I knew it was used to manipulate the masses and was also not based on truth. However, I believed that by dipping in daily I could find out how things were going for the good, but not be sucked into the negativity because I chose to focus on the Light.

Then, in 2021 I came to realise that it was going to take much longer because the only way for the masses of people to wake up to what has been going on is to show them, letting them experience the obsurdities in their own lives. If the truths were given suddenly, laying it all out bare for everyone to see, there would be such a mass shock to the majority of people that it would cause too much harm in so many ways. However, I continued to daily check-in with what was being put out there for the masses. There were some indications of truths coming out, so I was ever hopeful that ‘soon’ it would all flow.

And into 2022 I continued as before, but I distracted myself from the worldly going-ons by putting a lot of my time doing something I enjoyed (family tree research) and that helped. As the months passed – so fast – I realised that I was not as positive and uplifted as I used to be, and had no desire to write any new poems.


On 22nd July, just glancing through my Facebook feed I came across this quote and although it was something I already ‘knew,’ it really HIT me and from that day I stopped looking at any mainstream news.

You cannot look at that which you do not want and not join and perpetuate that vibration. Take your attention from that which is not in harmony with who you are, and your ‘now vibration’ will adjust to who you really are – and then you can uplift others. – Abraham-Hicks

I realised that by putting my daily attention on the news, however short a time and my focus, I was regularly ‘joining and perpetuating that vibration.’ I also acknowledged that by following several ‘Truthers’ I was continually waiting for something to happen, instead of living my own truth. So I drastically reduced watching them, being very selective on where I put my attention. Just doing these two things, in only a few days I began to notice a difference in how I felt, for the better.

Today before writing this part of my post, I wrote my first poem of this year, and ‘being selective on where I put my attention’ is what it’s all about! (not intended as I wrote that) At the moment it’s called ‘Your Menu.’

I could wish I’d noticed by stumble over something behind me much sooner than I did, but “Life is full of challenges, no one has an easy path, accepting this simple truth, can bring a smile and a laugh!” I was never sure about the last line of the first verse on this poem, which is why it’s been waiting in my drafts for over three years. Now it’s more evidence of Diving Timing (for me) as today these words fit so perfectly, as I smile and even laugh at my humaness in not following my own advice!

Namaste

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Update 26th May 2023 – The Great Awakening

As I go through adding relevant poems to this category (and for a book) this one obviously needed to be included, not only because we truly need to focus on moving forward, but also my ‘About This Poem’ observations of my own stumbling noticed last year!

I still don’t follow mainstream news etc.. and also do my best to steer clear of alternative speakers of doom & gloom. I truly believe we are heading for a beautiful world full of Love & Light, but, to get there Light has to be shone on the darkness to eliminate it, while we remain focused on our road ahead.

Namaste

The Secrets Of The Universe

Quote Title & Theme: Nikola Tesla
If you want to find out the secrets of the Universe,
think in terms of Energy, Frequency & Vibration.

Great minds of the past
Have told us of the way
To unlock the secrets
Still unknown to most today

Scientist Nikola Tesla
Taught of an Energy
Universally present
Forever flowing abundantly

Most don’t see Energy
It’s invisible to our sight
But we know of it’s force
As we switch on every light

We all know of the Energy
In our bodies, we can lack
Rest, food and water
Replete, and bring it back

Waves of Energy in the air
Travel to our radio
Others to our television
They receive the latest show

Changing to another channel
Selects a different frequency
Of the waves coming in
A different focus to hear, or see

Music played on instruments
Or blasted through a speaker too
Easily demonstrate vibration
Touch, and feel it coming through

Vibrant colours, sensations, people
We all experience the ‘vibe’
Spending time with someone
We know we belong to their tribe

Energy, Frequency, Vibration
Are The Secrets Of The Universe
Even the key to how you feel
Happy or sad, better or worse

For we are truly Energy Beings
In our Spirit, mind and body
All these use Energy always
Also Vibration and Frequency

The five senses we use…
Sight, taste, hearing, smell and touch
All is experienced through these things
And the sixth sense can bring so much

Opening up to the Energy
All around, wherever we go
Everyone can gain the sixth
As we personally develop and grow

We are Vibrational Beings
Always tuned to the Frequency
Of what we are emitting
It creates our reality

By our focused attention
We can turn and set the dial
Even the things we do not want
Thinking of them, stacks the pile

Law Of Attraction works like magic
Universally and eternal it never stops
Whatever we think and believe
Into our lives it’s presence drops

Channellers use the Energy
To connect to other dimensions
Their frequency has to match
To flow with their intentions

In truth we are all connected
By the Field of Energy
Suppressed truths of the ages
Now shine for all to see

Energy healing, quantum physics
Many paths now show the ‘Light’
And Science finally acknowledges
Consciousness affects Energy, alright!

Trina Graves – August 2019


About This Poem

For some of my poems I like to use quotes from my site Spiritual Quotes To Live By, this one from Nikola Tesla was one I noted to use a long time ago. I have a link page for my Quote Poems, if you are interested in reading more from different people.

I first heard of Nikola Tesla about twenty years ago, back then little was put ‘out there’ about him, so it’s wonderful to now see that he is finally getting the recognition he so deserves. A Way-Shower, ahead of his time, who knows where would have been technologically, if he’d have been supported more. But, it’s never too late to learn from our past, and use the knowledge to create our future.

The Secrets Of The Universe - Nicola Tesla quote poem by Trina Graves - Spiritual Quotes To Live By

Update 30th May 2023 – The Great Awakening

The extent of manipulation and suppression of people, in the past and present, who have invented amazing things to aid humanity is one of the many things that more and more people are becoming aware of in this time of The Great Awakening. If it were not for this suppression we would all have free energy and so very many diseases etc.. would be eliminated, along with many other incredible advances in all areas of our everyday lives.

Acknowledging that everything is to do with energy, frequency and vibration is another important lesson at this time as it is essential to keep our own vibration as high as we possibly can, this will radiate out and uplift others close to us and worldwide. The more people who do this, the quicker we will get through this difficult time and manifest our New Earth of Love, Light, Truth & Peace.

Namaste

Get Into The Vortex… And Then

Title Quote: Abraham-Hicks

Get into the Vortex… and then start the day
In the Vortex you’ll have fun and play

Get into the Vortex… and then eat that food
In the Vortex you’ll be in a good mood

Get into the Vortex… and then exercise
In the Vortex your achievements will rise

Get into the Vortex… and then talk to your friend
In the Vortex pure love you will send

Get into the Vortex… and then write that letter
In the Vortex your frame of mind is better

Get into the Vortex… and then clear that mess
In the Vortex you’ll make fuss less

Get into the Vortex… and then read a book
In the Vortex with an open mind you will look

Get into the Vortex… and then make that call
In the Vortex you will not stall

Get into the Vortex… and then take that test
In the Vortex you’re at your best

Get into the Vortex… and then ask for that date
In the Vortex enthusiasm you’ll radiate

Get into the Vortex… and then do your speech
In the Vortex your inner guidance you’ll reach

Get into the Vortex… and then share a meal
In the Vortex appreciation you will feel

Get into the Vortex… and then meditate
In the Vortex to your Soul you’ll relate

Get into the Vortex… and then say a prayer
In the Vortex your Source is there

Trina Graves – 13th May 2011


About This Poem

I haven’t added an older poem for quite awhile, this one stood out to me from those left.

If you have never listened to, or read, anything from Abraham-Hicks then the idea of getting into a Vortex might seem a little strange! But, basically it’s all about getting yourself into: the right frame of mind, a positive vibe, feeling good, looking on the bright side etc… and by doing this before you do anything else, everything will then flow for your (and everyone else’s) highest good.

I have a link page of Abraham-Hicks quote poems if you would like to read more.

Quote from: Get Into The Vortex And Then poem by Trina Graves using a quote from Abraham-Hicks as title and theme - Spiritual Quotes To Live By
My daughter having fun with her dogs in 2000

Thought, Word & Deed Are The 3 Levels Of Creation

Title Quote: Neale Donald Walsch

It isn’t always easy to see
That we all create our own reality
The things we think and say and do
Will one day for us be true

As much as possible think positively
About all of your life, this is the first key
To unlock the door to your wishes and dreams
Positive thinking is what it seems
At first its hard to look on the bright side
When it seems life is taking you for a ride
But the more that you can appreciate
The more your life will begin to look great

Controlling your words is the second key
With positive thinking this comes naturally
If all that your thinking is good and kind
Words of love and praise you will easily find
Always speaking the truth with love in your heart
Sometimes will be difficult when you first start
But persevere and you will eliminate hate
There’s no better way to communicate

If love guides your thoughts and words easily
Then your actions will show love effortlessly
It’s often said ‘action speaks louder than word’
So do everything with love and you will be heard
Whatever you consistently think say and do
Put together will create your world for you
Be love and find the good in all things
You’ll be amazed at the peace and joy that this brings

Trina Graves – 21st November 2001


About This Poem

My first poems that used a quote for the title and theme were from the ‘Conversations With God’ books by Neale Donald Walsh. Back in 2001 I had no idea that I would one day develop my love of quotes and inspirational poems to write many more poems and to build a website of more than 300 pages containing over 11,000 positive quotes – Spiritual Quotes To Live By.

There is a link page to my other Conversations With God poems on this blog and you can also find my poems featuring other quotes in the menu at the top of the page. (selecting ‘Quotes’ takes you to various other people not listed).

Thought, Word & Deed Are The 3 Levels Of Creation - Inspirational poem by Trina Graves of Spiritual Quotes To Live By

Update 29th April 2023 – The Great Awakening

I have included this poem in my new category of ‘The Great Awakening’ as it is guidance for how we will create our New Earth.

As so much is being uncovered of the control and manipulation we have endured over the years, and the dreadful attrocities carried out by those we were taught to look up to, it certainly is ‘hard to look on the bright side.’ But, if we are pulled down by the revelations then we are only creating more dome and gloom. We need to view each outpouring of negativity coming forth as a chance to bring the dark deeds to Light for the world to eradicate all of the darkness that has been hidden for so long.
‘Be Love and find the good in all things’ is our truest way forward.

Namaste


Be Love, Seek Joy

My Vision: 19th November 2014

Nearing the end of 2014
I decided to visit the beach
A visualization in my mind
When answers I couldn’t reach

I’d been going round in circles
Not knowing which way to turn
What should I focus on?
Was my dominant concern

James was there waiting
Through the years, my guide
I asked him my question
Noticing the constant tide

It was a very short visit
His words were only four
But their impact of truth
I’ll remember forever more

“Be Love, Seek Joy”
Was all that he said
‘The only guidance I need’
In my diary, I just read

So, Be the Love you are
And everything else will flow
No matter what happens
Love is the way to go

Seek Joy in what you do
Each and every single day
Life is supposed to be fun
Loving Beings at play

Trina Graves – 16th March 2019


About This Poem

This is another one of my poems about one of my visualization/visions that I have been doing occasionally since 1999. To read more and find out how it all started I have a link page.

After this vision in 2014, I Googled: ‘Be Love, Seek Joy’ to see if it was a known quote from anyone – to confirm I wasn’t just remembering it, and to see if it was okay to use it on my Spiritual Quotes To Live By site, without having to credit it to someone, so that I could make a picture out of it as a divider. I didn’t find it, so went ahead.

Be Love, Seek Joy - Trina Graves quote - Spiritual Quotes To Live By

The flowers are cut-outs from my nature photos I take to make up my quote pictures.

Of course, there are many who wisely say to ‘Seek Joy’ and I especially know that it is often told by Abraham-Hicks – who I have listened to and learned from for many years, but, the important thing is to ‘Be Love’ first. By always coming from a place of love the joy will flow effortlessly, and you can also be at peace knowing that everything you create for your joy will always be for the highest good of the all.

Be Love, Seek Joy - Trina Graves quote - Spiritual Quotes To Live By

Desiderata Fulfilled

Affirming The Classics: based on Desiderata by Max Ehrmann

Wherever I Am, I remain calm and tranquil.
I Am always at peace in the silence of my heart.
I accept all people just as they are.
My Unconditional Love and Light flows in Oneness.

I speak my truth clearly with an open heart.
I listen attentively to all the people I meet…
     We exchange our stories and always learn something from the experience.
My energy of Love and Light attracts only those on the same vibrational path.
I appreciate those I perceive as having more of whatever focus I Am placing…
     Their Light shines before me, as I also shine my Light for others.

I enjoy my achievements and my plans.
I know everything always works out for my highest good.
I follow my passions, so I Am guided to live in abundance, truth and joy…
     Working alongside others who walk the same path.
I thank and Bless all those who inspire, in all the diversities of life.

I Am a Divine Being of Love and Light
I see this in Everyone and Everything, as Love is All-That-Is

I gracefully change through the moments, days and years.
I let go, and let God nurture me in strength of Spirit.
I Am of the Light, therefore darkness is an illusion.
We are all One, so loneliness is an illusion.
I Am kind, gentle and loving with myself, and all others.

I Am a child of the Divine Universe.
I Am as needed and precious as the trees on Earth and the Cosmos of stars.
The Universe continually unfolds and expands for the Highest Good of The-All.

I Am at peace with my own connection and perception of God.
I Am contented knowing others will always have their own perceptions.
I Am truly at peace in the Inner-Knowing and stillness of my Divine Soul.

My powerful thoughts and beliefs create my world.
I Am living in a beautiful world of Love, Light, Wonder and Miracles.
I Am perpetually happy, because no matter what: ALL IS WELL.

Trina Graves – 2nd February 2019


About This Poem

Incase you haven’t read my recent posts, I am re-writing some of my favourite classic inspirational poems to make them into Affirmations. 

I first heard the words of Desiderata in 1972 when I was eleven. The song by Les Crane was in the UK charts, so for several weeks it was being played often on the radio. I really loved some of the words and they stuck with me through my life, so when I began to collect inspirational quotes and poems in the early 90’s, this was one of the first I searched for. Although I always liked the poem, it never completely felt right to me. It was when I learned of the Law of Attraction that I discovered why: so much of it is negatively focused. Here is the original poem by Max Ehrmann with the two parts I always remembered in bold…

Go placidly amid the noise and haste and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly, and listen to others – even the dull and ignorant – they too have their story.

Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter, for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.

Keep interested in your own career, however humble, it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time. Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is, many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself. Especially, do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love, for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself.

You are a child of the Universe, no less than the trees and the stars, you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the Universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore, be at peace with your God, whatever you conceive Him to be, and whatever your labours and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace with your Soul.

With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy.
Max Ehrmann

I’m fascinated now thinking back (as I write this), I can see that the words I remembered have shaped my life…

Go placidly amid the noise and haste” Throughout my adult years, I have been told by many different people that I have a calming presence “and remember what peace there may be in silence.”  I have always enjoyed the silence of being alone.

“You are a child of the Universe, no less than the trees and the stars, you have a right to be here.” In more recent years I have come to discover that not feeling ‘worthy’ has been a negative trait that has run through my whole life. I believe I clung to these words as they helped me to feel better about myself. But also, even before I heard these words, I had began to be drawn towards certain trees. In later years my love of trees grew and also my awe of the overwhelming magnitude of a sky full of stars, with all it’s potential!

“And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the Universe is unfolding as it should.” It was to be many years before I truly understood these words. The Law Of Attraction and that no matter what happens in our lives – All Is Well – are now two very important parts of my passion in writing to inspire others.

Did I attract those traits from the words impregnated in my mind? Or, was I attracted to them (to be installed) because they were a part of who I was destined to become? It seems to me to be like the ‘chicken and egg’ question!

Affirming The Classics: Desiderata Fulfilled - by Trina Graves - Spiritual Quotes To Live By

This is the one hundredth inspirational poem I have added to this blog. If you enjoyed it, please take a look at some more!

You can read more of my poems from this series by going to the link page: Affirming The Classics. 

Update 10th May 2023 – The Great Awakening

Desiderata means things that are desired/wanted, so I named my version Desiderata Fulfilled as an affirmation of achieving these things. I am adding this poem to my new category of ‘The Great Awakening.’ as I believe these are the desires for a world of Love and Peace, by focusing on them as affirmations gives them greater power, as the ‘I AM’ acknowledges the God/Source power within us.

At this difficult time, with so much negativity going on, it is so very important to keep our vibrations as high as possible, which I believe this poem aides. It certainly helps me to feel positive!

I Am A Channel Of Your Love, Light & Peace

Based on: Make Me A Channel Of Your Peace, by St Francis of Assisi

I Am a Channel of Your Peace
I Am a Channel of Your Unconditional Love
I Am a Channel of Your Forgiveness to All
I Bring Constant and True Faith in You

I Am a Channel of Your Light
I Bring Confidence in Your Ever-Present Goodness
My Light Shines United with Your Pure Radiance
My Presence Uplifts with Our Combined Perpetual Joy

I Acknowledge Oneness and Your Universal Laws
As I Comfort Others, I Am Comforted
When I Accept and Understand All people, it is Reflected back to Me
Unconditional Love is My Source, My Essence: The All-That-Is

I Am a Channel of Your Love, Light and Peace
In Oneness, I Forgive and I Am Forgiven
Whatever I Give in Life, I Always Receive
There is no end: Only Oneness In Eternal Love

Trina Graves – 28th January 2019


About This Poem

I have always loved the original poem by St Francis:

Make me a channel of your peace
Where there is hatred let me bring your love
Where there is injury, your pardon Lord
And where there’s doubt, true faith in You.

Make me a channel of your peace
Where there’s despair in life let me bring hope
Where there is darkness, only light
And where there’s sadness ever joy

O Master grant that I may never seek
So much to be consoled as to console
To be understood as to understand
To be loved as to love with all my Soul

Make me a channel of your peace
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned
It is in giving to all men that we receive
And in dying that we are born to eternal life

It is amazing to think that these beautiful words were written so long ago (St Francis 1181 – 1226) but are still so relevant in the world we live in today.

This poem is the only one I have in clear view at my desk, to remind me of how I want to live my life. But, in recent times, when I read it, I notice that although it speaks so clearly of the qualities I desire, and of how the powerful Law of Attraction works, it doesn’t ‘affirm’ these things. The negative aspects are mentioned and it is written as a plea of something to achieve, rather than an ‘Affirmation of Being.’ 

I had been thinking of doing some Affirmation re-writes on some of my favourite poems for quite awhile now. The other day in my notebook I found a simpler version of this one, written in January 2018, that I’d forgotten about (I will add this soon). But when I read it through I thought it was too wishy-washy and I wanted to bring more depth of meaning and to convey our own personal connection with whoever we are praying to. (God, Spirit, Jesus etc..)

Looking at these two re-writes I can see the growth I have made in a year.  In the first I tried to stick clearly to the original with simply affirming the statements. My insecure thoughts were: Who am I to think I should re-write such a renowned inspirational poem? Which is probably why I never did anything with it, or have a go at re-writing any more.

But now, I feel more powerfully in alignment with Source to be able to proclaim these words, knowing I create my world with my thoughts and beliefs. I no longer just wish to achieve these goals of love, forgiveness, faith, hope, light, joy, understanding, and of course, peace, but instead I chose to consistently affirm my eternal connection and BE these attributes.

By the way, the poem may seem a little repetitive with lots of  – ‘I Am’s – but this is for a reason: I AM announces the presence of God within

I Am A Channel Of Your Love, Light & Peace - Affirming The Classics poem by Trina Graves - Spiritual Quotes To Live By

Update: You can read more of my poems from this series by going to the link page: Affirming The Classics. 

Light Tomorrow With Today (1)

Title Quote: Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Light Tomorrow With Today
As aligned with Source you stay
Law of Attraction will obey

Light Tomorrow With Today
Negative thoughts are kept at bay
Sending problems faraway

Light Tomorrow With Today
All good things you’ll convey
Happiness will come your way

Light Tomorrow With Today
All worries are castaway
Your joy will be on display

Light Tomorrow With Today
All niggling doubts runaway
Your dreams do not decay

Light Tomorrow With Today
Life is fun, as a child at play
Your bright future sets in clay

Light Tomorrow With Today
From your Life Path you will not stray
And you’re well-along it by midday

Light Tomorrow With Today
Love and Blessings you giveaway
Your presence is a healing ray

Light Tomorrow With Today
Words of Love and wisdom you’ll say
As your pure Soul you portray

Light Tomorrow With Today
With your Higher-Self you’ll pray
And your Spirit shouts ‘Hooray’

Light Tomorrow With Today
The perfect way to live everyday
For blessed memories of yesterday
Light Tomorrow With Today

Trina Graves – 27th November 2016


About This Poem

When I originally added this quote to my website (back in 2010) I now realize that I didn’t fully understand it. But, through the teachings of Abraham-Hicks I came to see the ‘Light!’

Although the quote is mentioning tomorrow, it’s actually about today. With focusing on all the good and ‘Light’ of today, the Law Of Attraction we will bring a ‘tomorrow’ of goodness and Light. There is no need to worry (or any other negative feeling) about tomorrow if today we are living each moment in positivity, and when a negative thought or situation arises just ‘Reach for a thought that feels better.‘ (Abraham-Hicks quote)

This was the first poem I wrote using this quote, but as sometimes happens, when I finished I knew there was another one to write using the same quote. This first poem was more of a fun one, but I wanted to write one that explained the quote. The second Light Tomorrow With Today was my favourite of the two.

Trina Graves quote from poem using E. B. Browning quote as title and theme - Spiritual Quotes To Live By

What You Think About Activates A Vibration Within You

Title Quote: Abraham-Hicks

We experience our world through our senses
Sight, taste, sound, smell and touch
All these are vibrational messages
Our brains are able to translate so much

Our emotions and feelings make us human
And these are vibrational too
All emotions are an energy
That can guide us in what to do

Our thoughts give birth to our world
We become what we think most about
Are Love, Beauty and Joy on your mind
Or lack, judgement and doubt?

All our vibrational thoughts
Radiate out into the atmosphere
Clumping together like-minded ones
Come back to us in ways so clear

Or course, we are only human
Negativity so easily comes our way
But we need to begin to feel Love
In everything we think, do, and say

Love doesn’t come easily to mind
When faced with troubles and strife
So just reach for a thought that feels better
It’s the key to living a positive life

So if you are feeling bad sometimes
Just put yourself at ease
By thinking of something that feels good
And your vibration you will please

Trina Graves – July 2012


About This Poem

I enjoy writing poems about the Law Of Attraction as taught by Abraham-Hicks as it is their teachings that have changed my whole perception on everything in life.. and death.

Trina Graves quote from poem: What You Think About Activates A Vibration Within You - Spiritual Quotes To Live By

A Handmade Gift

I give you this gift
Intending it to lift
You, as it did me
In the making, you see..

All the hours that went
Into this present I sent
My thoughts were of you
And the time really flew

Love was in my heart
Right from the very start
As for you, I truly care
My love, I want to share

The true power of thought
Is not so often taught
What we do, and do not see
Everything is an Energy

Imbued in this small thing
Is the joy that you bring
To me, when I think of you
And my love is in there too

With this gift, I impart
A pure energy from my heart
Love & Light, powerful rays
May God bless you, always

Trina Graves – 10th December 2018


About This Poem

I had already written ‘A Handmade Christmas’ a few days earlier, but what I thought I could use as a short poem to give at Christmas turned into something way-too-long, but I was happy with it, so I knew I needed to write another!

With the intention of writing something that conveyed the thoughts that go into making something for someone you love, and the power of thought, this poem was also short enough for me to make into tags for my handmade Christmas gifts.

A Handmade Gift - Inspirational Christmas poem by Trina Graves of Spiritual Quotes To Live By
picture from Pixabay

 

A Belief Is Only A Thought I Keep Thinking

Title Quote: Abraham-Hicks

Our lives are made up of many beliefs
We learn most when we are small
Most of us don’t even realize
How much they affect us all

So many beliefs are ingrained in us
We don’t even know they are there
Maybe hearing things often as a young child
Or sensing our parents despair

Although we don’t need to dwell on the past
Sometimes it can be helpful to find
Those negative beliefs that are holding us back
By being dominant in our sub-conscious mind

A belief is only a thought we keep thinking
So our beliefs are easy to change
We just change it to a positive thought
Which at first will feel a bit strange

By focusing on the positive thought
And repeating it often each day
Soon you will find your new belief is there
In what you do, and in what you say

For instance, one of the most common beliefs
That many of us have taken on
Is the ‘I’m not good enough’ syndrome
It’s a belief that is so strong

‘I am good enough just as I am right now’
This new belief will affect your life dramatically
By accepting yourself just as you are
The door opens to abundance, you will soon see

Trina Graves – 12th May 2011


About This Poem

Another one of my early Abraham-Hicks quote poems. Although now I can see ways to improve this (and other) of my earlier poems, for now I am sharing them as I originally wrote them (unless I find obvious mistakes 🙂 ) but maybe someday I will update them a little… or a lot!

Trina Graves quote from poem: A Belief Is Only A Thought I Keep Thinking - Spiritual Quotes To Live By

You Are A Physical Extension Of Source Energy

Title Quote: Abraham-Hicks

Your body is not the real you
You are so much more than what you can see
For the real truth is quite simply
You are a physical extension of Source Energy

Source Energy is what some call God
It doesn’t really matter what name you use
It is limiting to believe that you are any less
But you always have free-will to choose

Each and every Soul upon this Earth
Contains the Spark of Source within
With some it can be buried so deep
Negativity can lead to a life of sin

With others their Light can shine so bright
They are a beacon that shows many the way
But Source Loves us all, the good and the bad
Knowing we will all become the Light one day

Trina Graves – 22nd July 2012


About This Poem

I follow the teachings of Abraham-Hicks as for me they resonate the highest truth. On my Spiritual Quotes To Live By website I have many pages of Abraham-Hicks quotes on various topics, so I was definitely drawn to using some of these quotes for poem titles and themes.

part of poem by Trina Graves - You Are A Physical Extension Of Source Energy - Spiritual Quotes To Live By

Update 30th April 2023 – The Great Awakening

This short poem is being included in ‘The Great Awakening’ category as it contains truths that are part of our Awakening. The fact that we are an extension of God/Source has been hid from us through the manipulation of religion, science, education, media etc.. because once we truly know this, we also know that we are extremely powerful creators.

We all have a free-will choice to seek the Light within then to expand and radiate it out to everyone, or, to not acknowledge it and let it become increasingly dim, pushing it deeper and deeper into the depths of the shrinking Soul. Of course, there are various degrees of these opposites. I’m sure we all know of good, Loving, kind people who do not accept anything Spiritual as a part of their life.

God/Source Loves us all, those whose Soul shines brightly as a beacon and those whose Soul has it’s spark smothered by darkness. The dark ones (who are showing up as all the revelations are coming forward) have a long way to go towards showing any of their Light, perhaps many, many lifetimes ahead of them. Although it is also possible that some we see as ‘dark’ are playing a part in bringing people to Awaken to what has been going on for such a very long time, so that we can use our Powerful Source Energy to create a ‘Now’ and a future that is worthy of our true identity: Expressions of God/Source.

Namaste

You Are Unique

In all the worlds seven billion or more
There’s not another you, and that’s for sure
Wherever you go, you’ll never find two
Because there is only one of you

No one has the same teeth, eyes or hair
Your smile, your frown, or the way you stare
You are so special and beautiful too
The world just isn’t complete without you

The way you sing and the way you talk
The way you run and the way you walk
All these things make you unique
No one in the world has your physic

Your own unique body, you will find
Contains your Spirit and your Mind
Looking after your body is important to do
But remember, it’s not the only part of you

Your mind is an unlimited, powerful tool
Not only to be used for learning in school
You have the ability and power to create anything
With the energy of Joy, that makes your heart sing

It’s important to know, what you believe you create
But don’t worry about the past, it’s never too late
To change your life, start from today
Be happy in all you think, do, and say 

There is the most amazing Energy of Light
A part of you, though hidden from sight
You really are a Being of Light and Love
With a body that fits, covering like a glove

You can talk to this Light inside of you
It can guide your way in what to do
Sit still and be quiet, and you will find
The answers will appear into your mind

Some call it your Spirit and some your Soul
It is the real you and makes you whole

Trina Graves – June 2013


About This Poem

In 2013 I wanted to create a page on my website (Spiritual Quotes To Live By) of inspirational poems for children focusing on spiritual themes and the law of attraction. Others already on this blog are: Before We We Born, Why Did You Come Here? and another written many years before: Where Is God?  

You Are Unique - inspirational poem for children by Trina Graves
My granddaughter Amy

The Law Of Attraction A – Z

All of your life is always created by you
Beauty is everywhere, if you choose to see it
Create anything by thinking about how it would feel to have it
Decide to live each day focusing on the good in all people
Enthusiasm is a guide that you are doing the right thing
Forgive and let go of all negative past events
Go ahead and do what you love
Happiness is a way of Being now, and not something to strive for
Inspiration is available everywhere
Joy is not in material things, it is in us
Keep focusing on love, beauty and joy
Law of Attraction is always working, whether you believe in it, or not
Make time every day for fun
Now is the only time that matters
Open yourself up to receive abundance
Positive thinking creates a positive life
Quiet moments make it easier to connect to your Source
Reality is all about individual perception
Stay young at heart by seeing the world through a child’s eyes
Thoughts and beliefs create your world
Use your emotions as a guide, if it feels good, keep on doing it
Value all experiences, even bad ones (they let you know what you don’t want)
Whatever you are feeling, you are constantly attracting more of the same
X kisses and hugs are deposits of affection, keep family’s love-banks topped up
You have all the power, no one else does, unless you allow them
Zest for life will increase the abundance of joy in your life

Trina Graves – 28th November 2016


About This Poem

Always on the lookout for ways to develop my understanding of the powerful Law Of Attraction I got the idea of doing this A to Z from the following by the Dalai Lama:

A To Zen Of Life
Avoid negative sources, people, places and habits.
Believe in yourself.
Consider things from every angle.
Don’t give up and don’t give in.
Everything you’re looking for lies behind the mask you wear.
Family and friends are hidden treasures, seek them and enjoy their riches.
Give more than you planned to.
Hang on to your dreams.
If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.
Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.
Keep trying no matter how hard it seems.
Love yourself.
Make it happen.
Never lie, steal or cheat.
Open your arms to change, but don’t let go of your values.
Practice makes perfect.
Quality not quantity in anything you do.
Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
Stop procrastinating.
Take control of your own destiny.
Understand yourself in order to better understand others.
Visualize it.
When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.
Excellence in all your efforts.
You are unique, nothing can replace you.
Zero in on your target, and go for it.
(Dalai Lama)

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My mum, Linda (sister-in-law) and myself

Update 3rd May 2023 – The Great Awakening

All of the statements in my poem are relevant to this current time we are living through. It is very important to remember we are attracting what we are focusing on, so that we can make sure to pay more attention on what we want to create now and in our future, rather than dwelling on all of the darkness that has happened in our past and is now coming to Light at our present time to be cleared.

One of the things that is coming to Light is of many people who we thought were ‘good’ were actually working for the dark and using their ‘celebrity’ status to push charitable work etc.. which undercover was used for money making, child trafficking etc… I mention this here because the Dalai Lama a few weeks ago came up as possibly one of these figures. A video was shown of him being inappropriate with a young boy. The evidence seems to put him under this category, especially as there have been other links with him to organizations that have proved to be nefarious. However, there are also suggestions that his behaviour was part of tradition and that he is possible affected with mind altering aging disabilites. It is difficult to discern the real truth unless a lot of research is done.

As the Light continues to grow stronger, time will tell which is the core truth, and in the meantime, it gives us all a big nudge to question EVERYTHING, including those who we have viewed as the highest Spiritual people alive today.

Namaste

Thinking

(Poem for children)

What are you thinking, right now this minute,
Is it a good thought with you in it?
Or is it a thought that you are not good enough
You can’t do something because it’s too tough?

Are you thinking about having some fun
Playing with friends out in the sun?
Or are you thinking your friends won’t play
Because they were unkind to you yesterday

You might be thinking of your birthday treat
All the presents you’ll get and good things to eat
Or are you thinking your birthday is so far away
There is no point in getting excited today?

There are good thoughts and there are bad
Some make you happy and others make you sad
If you are not sure if one is good
Does it make you feel better, as it should?

Try always to do your best
To think good thoughts above the rest
Whatever you are thinking, you can change that thought
Into your mind, a better one is easily brought

Although there are two ways to think
What is most important is their special link
For the more often you think in one way
Will affect what you do, and what you say

Over time what you think is what you become
So think happy thoughts and you won’t be glum
Whatever you are thinking is important you know
For it will determine which way you will go
No matter what happens you have the choice
So listen to your friendly inner voice

Trina Graves – 15th May 2013


About This Poem

One of the first poems I wrote ‘Where Is God? was for children. I had not intentionally sat to write that poem many years ago, but it just came to me when my mind was drifting sat on a bus journey through the countryside. In 2013 I decided to have a go at writing some more poems for children that covered spiritual and law of attraction principles. My favourite one was ‘Why Did You Come Here?‘ and there was also one about reincarnation ‘Before We Were Born.’ This one was to teach children about the importance of their thoughts.

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granddaughter Lucy

Inner Guidance

What do you want to know?
For the answers will appear
If not right before your eyes
Then somewhere very near

Tapping into the fountain of wisdom
Is so easy, once you know how
The truth is, we already know
The answers, right here and right now

Just trust and let the energy flow
In whatever way suits you best
For some it’s with the written word
Go on, put yourself to the test

For others the truth is with their feelings
With their intuition they lead the way
They will know by their gut reaction
If there’s truth in what you say

Maybe your wisdom is experienced on a wider canvas
The world is a place of many scenes
One day something that you hear or see
Brings definition to your wildest dreams

Whatever your way just trust and believe
Your quest has just begun
Fill your life with joy and love
And remember we are all one

Knowing the questions, or what you want to do
Is the hardest part for you

Trina Graves – 20th June 2002


About This Poem

When I wrote this poem in 2002, I had started to notice all of the synchronicities in my life that had brought me to where I was at that time. It had been almost ten years since I became more interested in the spiritual side of life, and over those years whenever I ‘asked’ a question the answer would come to me in some way or another, but it wasn’t until looking back over the years that I could see a pattern of the answers appearing in various forms.

Trina Graves quote: Whatever your way just trust and believe, your quest has just begun. Fill your life with joy and love and remember we are all one. - Spiritual Quotes To Live By

Update 23rd April 2023 – The Great Awakening

I am including this poem in my new category for ‘The Great Awakening’ as it is only through our own Inner Guidance that we can discern our own truth in this tumultuous time we are going through. And of course, remembering ‘We Are All One’ is so very important.

Namaste


The Best Way To Make Children Good Is To Make Them Happy

Title Quote: Oscar Wilde

Making children do anything
Will not achieve your true goal
They are unique human beings
With their own guiding Soul

They will submit to all your rules
As you teach, shape and mold
Bending to your whims
Mostly doing as they are told

But deep within they know
They have a true guiding light
Smothered by fitting in
It flickers waiting out of sight

So how do you let them learn
To follow their own true heart?
While still guiding and protecting
Right from the very start

It is really all up to you
In the way you live each day
For even in the nurturing womb
They know what you do and say

Do you follow your own heart
Always aiming for your best?
Through life’s ups and downs
Anchored with love, do you rest?

The things you say and do
Will of course have an effect
But much more is said than words
With thoughts and feelings you select

Young children absorb it all
With no ability to understand
Not all experiences are true
You have the upper hand

Teach them by example
Follow your own inner guide
Be who you came here to be
Shine brightly, do not hide

For everyone has their own path
In the life they came to live
Unique in its twists and turns
Guidance by example you can give

Stand strong in your beliefs
Hold fast in your integrity
Show your love and appreciation
Giving thanks for all to see

Trina Graves – 11th January 2018


About This Poem

This was the first poem I wrote using this quote as a title and theme, but after writing it I knew I wanted to write another one. ‘The Best Way To Make Children Good’  focuses on how wanting our children to be happy is something that continues throughout their lives, no matter how old they are, and is a more personal poem.

Quite a few of my poems feature the unknowing lifetime impact parents have on their children, not just with their words and actions, but their thoughts and feelings, because it is the most important thing I wished I’d known when my children were little ones. 

The Best Way To Make Children Good Is To Make Then Happy - inspirational poem by Trina Graves of Spiritual Quotes To Live By
My children with some of their cousins (1990)

Reflections

If personal development’s something you pursue
There are many helpful exercises to follow through
A while ago I came across one, but put it aside
Feeling unsure, from the answers, I chose to hide

The idea is to send a message to people you know
And ask them to help you in your quest to grow
By them disclosing what they truly think of you
Warts ‘n’ all, requesting a completely honest view

The positive answers are a blessing to read
Building self-esteem is something we all need
But the negative ones are what you really seek
To find out where your personal qualities are weak

By using these answers as a guide
You work through the ‘problems’ identified
To enable yourself to blossom and grow
Living more as your Higher-Self, you’ll show

Recently I received this request from someone
I couldn’t refuse, it just had to be done
I respect her for how much she has grown
I started to contemplate and not postpone

It was so simple to think of the positive things
The abundance of love and support she brings
But the negative… I just didn’t want to find
Why was this? I had to delve deeper into my mind

I have been on my own journey of growth
And now live each day by my personal oath
To always look on the positive side
And use my intuition as a guide

I found my intuition was saying, No, not this way
The message is not the right one to convey
For in truth we are all ONE and the same
Together we grow, expansion’s our aim

All the varied relationships are a way to show
Where each individual needs to develop and grow
For every person is a mirror held up to you
Reflecting all back, to give you a clue

Whatever qualities you see in another
Whether stranger, lover, friend or brother
Are only reflections showing you the way
To expand your consciousness every day

All those niggling problems that you see
In anyone around you, is guidance for free
Look into yourself and you will find them there
Waiting for your attention and loving care

The Law of Attraction plays a part
By showing you what is in your heart
It is impossible to see in anyone
A quality that in you had not begun

So now I see this development exercise
Is a tool not for self, but a way to be wise
Of other’s qualities that they want to shift
The reflections we find are an insightful gift

Trina Graves – 29th November 2016


About This Poem

Hal Elrod author of the international best-selling ‘The Miracle Morning’ advises the use of this exercise for self-development. I loved this book and Hal’s miraculous story, and so told someone I know all about it, as I knew she would love it too. I had forgotten all about this exercise, I suppose because I never did it, so was slightly surprised when I received an email asking for my insight into her character.

This person has been in my life for many years and has been one of my greatest lessons of life. Years ago I could never understand why she was the way she was, and her hot-headedness led to a dramatic incident between us that sparked a rapid change in her character. Over the following years we grew closer and now, although I don’t see her very often, we have a great relationship and share a similar outlook on life.

I thought about how to answer her request and then sat to write some notes, but instead wrote this poem. As she knows all about the Law of Attraction (and that I write poems!)  I knew she would understand my answer.

I have already posted another poem based on the acronym S A V E R S which Hal Elrod uses as a reminder of the six tasks to complete if following his Miracle Morning. 

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The Greatest Illusion

When we arrive on this planet
We know we are One
A part of All-That-Is
Shining brightly as the sun

Not able to tolerate
The density of 3D
We escape to the other side
Sleeping blissfully and free

But we chose to come here
So get stronger each day
We have years to adjust
As we learn through our play

Those early years shape us
In innumerable degrees
Anchored to who we are with
Through their calm or rough seas

Our intellect develops
As the years pass on by
But the beliefs we took on
Are our truth, even if a lie

The memory of Oneness
Lies hidden, waiting inside
The mass-conjured illusion
Takes us on a dramatic ride

Daily fed with society’s ways
Wanting to belong, to be a part
Seeking the elusive Oneness
We forget to follow our heart

Keeping the people occupied
On materialistic endeavors
The dark illusion makers
Gather and tighten all their tethers

There have always been those
Who remember or never forgot
Standing out from the rest
Often persecuted or even shot

Their sacrifice showed the way
Inspiring others through the years
To live from integrity of the heart
Letting go of illusionary fears

As generations continue
The greatest illusion is wearing thin
More arrive steadfast in Oneness
Knowing their connection is within

We are part of a Cosmic Family
Each a spark of One Source
Infinitely connected
To All-That-Is, the Divine Force

Trina Graves – 2nd October 2018


About This Poem

This poem came about because of a comment from Amira  (BodyAndSoulNourishmentBlog) that she added to my poem ‘You Cannot Be Separated From Source’ on her blog. 

“There are times when we feel lonely, and it’s our illusion of separation that makes us feel like that in this 3D reality. However, the greatest truth is that we belong to our Cosmic Family, we are part of the One Source, and that link is always there, we just need to remember.” – Amira

Amira and I have never physically met, but are most definitely kindred spirits, as this has happened several times where I have been inspired by her comments, or in writing a comment to her, the inspiration for another poem manifests.

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Tyler (2014)

Update 10th May 2023 – The Great Awakening

In this time of ‘The Great Awakening’ with so very many people coming to realise the truth of who they really are (Sovereign, Spiritual Beings) the continuing generations will be able to remain more steadfast in their vibrational alignment present at birth.

Namaste

God Is Communicating With Us All The Time

Title Quote: Neale Donald Walsch

God is all around us and eventually
If you open your mind you will see
The little things that show He is there
Whenever we need an answer to a prayer

Know that He will answer, if you wait
Have faith that He will communicate
Be open to His wisdom everywhere you glance
For nothing that happens in life is by chance

Quite unexpectedly one day
It may come in something you hear or say
Just listening to the radio or watching TV
You’ll realize that this was meant to be

The answer may just drift into your mind
God has many helpers who are always kind
You may hear a whisper into your ear
To let you know that God is always near

The answer may take you by surprise
God is communicating right before your eyes
The slightest little thing can happen at any time
You have to be open to see the sign

He will always answer it’s plain to see
For God loves us all unconditionally

Trina Graves – 1st November 2001


About This Poem

The ‘Conversations With God’ books by Neale Donald Walsch really resonated with me and struck a deep chord with my Inner-Knowing, so even the concepts that I had not come across before I took on, and began to understand their truth also. 

In 2001 I had written just a few poems, but I thought it would be a great idea to write some more using some of the Core Concepts of the Conversations With God: Book One  as the title and theme. This Concept attracted my attention because I had been noticing signs in answer to my questions for several years, so it was an easy one to write about.

The picture below I put together today. It was an easy choice of which photograph I should use, even though I have used it many times before! This dandelion was the first photograph I took that really opened my eyes and heart to nature, so for me it was a sure sign from Source in May 2010.

God Is Communicating With Us All The Time - inspirational quote poem by Trina Graves of Spiritual Quotes To Live By

Change The Way You Look At Things – And The Things You Look At Change

Title Quote: Wayne Dyer

No matter what you look upon
Whether physical or not
Your thoughts and beliefs have control
And show you what you’ve got

Do you look at your past with regret
Wishing you’d done so much more?
Or do you look back with understanding
Knowing expansion’s what you came for?

Do you worry about your future life?
There’s so much in the world to hate
Or do you view the world you see
With abundance of beauty to appreciate?

Do you spend your time each day
Rushing from here to there?
Or do you do your best to live
Mindful of the moments you share

Walking with Mother Nature in your view
So much can be seen as all the same
But open your eyes and heart to reveal
Nature’s awesomeness in every frame

Relationships come, but they can go
Leaving us lost and maybe in a rage
But every relationship teaches us more
About life, as we let go and turn the page

Parents, Teachers, Employers, Spouse
Throughout life many have us under their control
Or do they just influence our attitude
As we are free to choose our own role

When a loved one passes on in death
We can grieve greatly and shed many a tear
Or choose to focus on all the Love we shared
Knowing full-well they are always near

The Law of Attraction rules our world
With our every thought we do create
Whatever you put your attention on
Returns to you, it will always cooperate

Whatever experiences we face in life
Improvement we can always arrange
Change The Way You Look At Things
And The Things You Look At Change

Trina Graves – 27th November 2016


About This Poem

This is one of Wayne Dyer’s most popular quotes and one of my favourites too. It is such a wonderful quote because of it’s simplicity and absolute truth. Once you know and understand it you can apply it to everything in life.

Wayne Dyer quote: Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change. - Spiritual Quotes To Live By

Update 3rd May 2023 – The Great Awakening

The way we view all that is going on in our world at this time of great change will affect how long it will take for us to create our New Earth of Love, Compassion and Peace.

With all of the revelations coming to Light many people are feeling very angry and if they stay in that emotion for too long they will probably move on to wanting revenge etc.. Of course, there is nothing wrong in feeling anger, but it doesn’t help the individual (or world) to dwell in any negative emotion, especially as this ‘feeds’ the darkness.

One of the ways we have been manipulated over the years is by negativity caused by various divisions of humanity: wars, religion, gender, race, class etc.. This has been heavily pushed in more recent years with the strong emphasis on making anyone questioning the official narrative a ‘conspiracy theorist’ or ‘anti-vaxxer’ etc…

We will never agree on everything, but, respecting anyone to have their own view (regardless of how right or wrong we feel it is) I believe is the way forward. However, this does not mean that we have to bow to their perceptions, nor allow anything that we consider morally wrong to be forced into the developing minds of our children.

Many would say we are in terrible times with so much darkness going on – Change The Way You Look At Things – we are in Enlightening, changing times as wrong-doings are being shown to the world, And The Things You Look At Change – we are eliminating the darkness with our Compassionate, Loving, Light.

Namaste

Nothing Is By Chance

Title Quote: Eileen Caddy

Why do the ‘bad’ things happen
Causing shedding of many tears?
Atrocities, neglect, futile wars
Still going on throughout the years

Why are innocent little babies born
With problems right at the very start?
Or ‘lost’ even before the first breath
Breaking open their parents Heart

Why do some people have to struggle
Through a life of torment and dread?
For them nothing ever seems to go right
Poverty and debt looms over many a head

Why do fatal diseases like cancer
Exponentially continue to grow?
While cures are available, but not used
Unless you’re alternatively ‘in the know’

Karma is one of the reasons
For challenges we all must face
But, we make the choice before birth
To learn with experience and good grace

For our Souls are on an eternal journey
To experience and grow through life
Reincarnating in a myriad of roles
We need it all, including the strife

The Law Of Attraction is also paramount
An all-encompassing force, a powerful magnet
Negativity or positivity breeds and grows
Claiming all thoughts and beliefs that fit

We are powerful Spiritual Beings
Radiating our energy all of the time
Absorbing others emotional rays
Can lead us to Love or even to crime

Together we can unite our strength
Experiments have proved in the past
Groups of people meditating on peace
Plummets crime, a True Love blast!

As a species we are Awakening
To the extent of our true power
At long last The Light is toppling
The dark’s encompassing prison tower

The Illuminate-elite have finally lost the war
They have raged through countless years
Controlling and manipulating us all
By producing lies and illusions of fears

Their grip on our lives has been brutal
Overshadowing from the cradle to the grave
Now knowing we are pure Souls of Light
We no longer submit to be their slave

The rocky days ahead may be tough
As their ghastly deeds all spill out
But nip in the bud any anger or revenge
Compassionate Forgiveness needs to be felt

For in the grand old scheme of it all
There has to be those to play the part
Of the ‘bad’ guys, for the good to rise
So Love them all unconditionally from your Heart

Trina Graves – 17th September 2018


About This Poem

Well, Nothing Is By Chance… but this poem took me totally by surprise!

I wanted to write a poem so I chose a quote that jumped out at me from my long list. As I made myself a coffee and toast, I began to think of how it would shape and knew it would obviously be about coincidences and synchronicity. Not wanting to start writing without my usual prayer of thankfulness and asking for guidance, I first checked my emails while I had my breakfast, which led me to read a few articles from a blog I had been sent a link to a couple of days previously (remember Nothing Is By Chance!)

Years ago I followed many blogs etc.. that dealt with the dominating elite of our world, of how we are controlled and manipulated. But, I eventually realized that as I chose to focus my attention on the positive I had to let go of keeping the wrong-doings so fully in my sight. The only blog I continue to follow, from back then, is Blossom Goodchild because her channellings from The Federation Of Light are so full of love and upliftment and sing so true to me. And it was a link from Blossom that led me to the blog of Deus Nexus. I read the article she linked to about observatories closing and began to browse the blog. I immediately realized it was the type of site I used to follow, containing all the latest news about what is going on, but there was also a balance of ‘good’ stuff too, so I went to take a look at the ‘About’ page. There I read the poem ‘Consider A Tree’ by David Nova (the author of the blog) and I immediately knew this was a synchronistic link. The poem is so beautiful (please do read it) I just had to ask if I could share it on my Spiritual Quotes To Live By site. (permission was granted)

From their I found that David is the author of a metaphysical fiction series, so I checked Amazon and read the beginning of his first novel and was hooked! So I bought it. I haven’t had a lot of time for reading since then, so I am only a few chapters in, but it is very intriguing.

So, because of this synchronistic link the darker side had crept back to my attention.

Going back to the creation of this poem..
After praying for guidance and visualizing the completed poem ‘out there’ uplifting people around the world, I got ready to write… I read the quote again and thought of coincidences, but nothing came to my mind, which is very unusual for me. I read the quote again and thought, ‘What am I going to write?!!!’ And the questions of the first four verses flowed quickly. As I was writing them I was thinking this is way too negative! – I try not to have anything negative in my poems unless it is really needed to tell the story or help explain a concept. But, I knew that as there were questions, I would go on to answer them.

The answer verses followed easily but then I was writing about the ‘dark side’ in more detail than I would like. I finished the poem and didn’t even bother to print it out, I just let it go, thinking it was all too negative. Usually when I am not happy with a poem I continue straight on to write another with the same quote, I was thinking this would be so easy to do with this one, as I already knew I could write about coincidences. However, nothing flowed, so I gave up.

The following day I had another attempt to write a poem with the same quote, but still nothing!  It was interesting that I just couldn’t seem to get the words for a quote that I knew I could write so much about! So, I re-read the first one and gave it some thought…

If I truly believe – and I do – that ‘Nothing Is By Chance‘ – then I was supposed to write this poem and not one about coincidences.  And, if I truly believe in what I wrote – and I do – then I should share it… negativity and all!

By the way, because of the way this one developed, I also believe that once this poem is published I will easily write another using the same quote.. so watch out for that one too!

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Update 8th May 2023 – The Great Awakening

As you can see from ‘About This Poem’ above, this was a turning point in my writing. As I am going through all of my poems to add this new category of ‘The Great Awakening,’ there have been many previous to this one that fit, but this is the first one where I mention the illuminate-elite and their fearsome manipulation. I knew it was around this time that I began to include more of this subject (and not try to stick totally to positivity) but, until reading this today I had forgotten how I realised this was my new path forward. I am thankful I added this additional section to my poem posts as many other posts contain things I’d forgotten too!

Namaste

You Are The Creator Of Your Own Life Experience

Title Quote: Abraham-Hicks

The Law of Attraction is becoming well known
We are all searching for the way
To bring more Joy and Love to our lives
To appreciate each and every day

You are the creator of your own life experience
Can be difficult at first to take on
“How can that be true for me?” Most would say
“I wouldn’t create everything in my life that’s gone wrong”

But the Law of Attraction is a powerful force
Which we apply just by our thought
It knows no difference, yes or no are the same
So everything to your life you have brought

Always remember a positive thought
Is more stronger than a negative one
And keep on reaching for better thoughts
This ‘work’ is on-going, it’s never done

It doesn’t matter what’s happened in your past
All that matters is this moment right now
By accepting yourself where you are
You can go on to create a life that will – Wow

To create the beautiful life of your dreams
Just focus on following your bliss
If you let go, and are open to let it all flow
‘Coincidental’ opportunities you will not miss

Each day bring your focus on all
The Love, Joy and Beauty around
Live each moment with Inner-Peace
And Heaven on Earth you will have found

Trina Graves – 12th May 2011


About This Poem

I have learned and come to understand how the Law Of Attraction works mostly through the teachings of Abraham-Hicks, which is why I am drawn to using their quotes as titles and themes of my poems. This quote is one that that many find hard to get their head around when first hearing of the Law Of Attraction, and needs full understanding to implement into everyday life. 

By giving attention to anything you don’t like, or want, in your life, you are actually going to bring yourself more of the same! Of course, it’s impossible to never think of, or see anything you don’t like, but by being aware of your thoughts and feelings about things, enables you to choose whether to continue with the thought or change it to something that feels better. In fact, knowing what you don’t want, is kind of essential to knowing what you do want, just don’t spend too much time on the negative! 

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Update 29th April 2023 – The Great Awakening

I am adding this poem to my new category of ‘The Great Awakening’ as it teaches how we create our reality and by focusing too much on the things we don’t want we will create more of the same.

As so many terrible revelations are coming forth it is very easy to get sucked into spending too much time sharing this information – which is needed – but there has to be a greater focus of drawing your own attention to the good in all things. I do my best to keep in mind that with all of the atrocities being revealed it gives us the opportunity to rid our world of things that have long been kept undercover. Therefore there is a good reason for humanity to be going through this ordeal.

Love & Light is succeeding in overpowering the dark. The darkness cannot exist when Light is shone upon it.

Namaste

What We Are Today Comes From Our Thoughts Of Yesterday

What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday,
and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow.
Our life is the creation of our mind.

Title Quote: Buddha

My thoughts of yesterday
Were cloudy and unclear
Overshadowed by the patterns
Of all those who I was near

Unguided and docile
I joined the massive herd
Plodding on through life
Not living as I preferred

But there came moments of Light
That sparked my inner core
I stepped on my path of truth
That led me to the Spiritual door

Discovering the energy of thought
Creates everything we live
I began to understand my life
And the affect of those I’m with

Now the negativity of my past
Thoughts of hopelessness and lack
Are dissolved from my mind
Knowing Source Energy has my back

My power is in each moment
Not the years, days or hours
If I focus on Love, Beauty and Joy
My life will blossom and fully flower

                         ***

What we are today comes from
Our thoughts of yesterday
They establish and manifest
In all we do and what we say

Our present thoughts build
Our life of tomorrow
Are your thoughts right now
Building a life of Joy, or sorrow?

Our life is the creation
Of our mind, is so true
Thoughts of Love and Joy
Will create a Happy you

Trina Graves – 5th December 2017


About This Poem

As this quote is rather long I did consider just using the last part ‘Our Life Is The Creation Of Our Mind,’ but once I began writing I knew I would use the whole quote. 

When I first learned of The Law Of Attraction I was also discovering how much we are manipulated and controlled.  I could see my past in a new light, which also gave me a knowing of how I wanted to change my life. For a while I focused too much on all the wrongs in our world, but I came to realize that whatever has happened in the past, whether it’s my personal past, the atrocities evident in history, or even globally in the present day, by focusing on any of it brings more of the same.

And the only way forward is to bless the past for the lessons it has brought, send love, compassion and forgiveness to ALL those involved, then let it all go! By focusing on being happy, at peace. and flowing love to all, in each and every present moment, is the path I now choose to follow.

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Update 7th May 2023 – The Great Awakening

My ‘About This Poem’ notes above were written around the time this was posted (September 2018). Although in the time of ‘The Great Awakening.’ it is obviously before the worldwide PLANdemic, so it had not ramped up to the proportions of people who have Awakened since 2020 to the ‘atrocities evident in history, or globally in the present day,’ Everything needs to come to Light so humanity can see what has been going on undercover for so very long. But, it is vitally important that we remember the whole of this quote to create a New Earth of Love & Light and not to remain focused on the wrong-doings of the past.

The beginning of this poem talks of my own Awakening, how I lived ‘plodding on through life,’ by absorbing the patterns of people around me. We all do this, until we make the conscious intention to be guided by our Inner Knowing. Of course, there are many different ways that people begin to ‘Awaken,’ and an even greater number of things to learn of through Awakening.

Many believe they are ‘Awake’ because they know of the control and manipulation, but this is only a small part of ‘The Great Awakening.’ I believe the greatest part is in knowing we are Source/God Energy and Love is our core essence. And, only time will tell how many other things we need to ‘Awaken’ to!

Namaste

Light Tomorrow With Today (2)

Title Quote: Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Tomorrow never comes
We all know this is true
For once we get there
Tomorrow’s not in view

We can only live each day
One at a single time
Being in the present moment
We are living at our prime

Live each day in love and joy
Focused from your heart
And see them returned to you
In abundance, if this you start

The Law of Attraction brings to you
Everything you think and feel
So now is the only time to be happy
As you create the you that is real

It’s a short quote, in simple words
But with so much wisdom to convey
To live your life achieving your dreams…
Light Tomorrow With Today

Trina Graves – 27th November 2016


About This Poem

When I began collecting quotes for my original website of Spiritual Quotes To Live By I came across this one from Elizabeth Barrett Browning and added it because I liked it.  I realize now that I never really understood the meaning. Through learning more about the Law of Attraction since 2010, I now clearly see that by living today focused on love, peace and happiness will more easily bring a tomorrow full of the same.

I write poems using quotes as the title and theme to add interest to my website, back in 2016 (when this was written) I was working my way through a list of quotes. Sometimes when I’m writing I get other ideas for using the same quote, or I might not be totally happy with the first poem so I’ll write another. This was the second poem on this quote, here is the first one.

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Assimilation

Babies are born into this world
As pure Spirits, into our care
Most think of them as totally helpless
But they are Awake and Aware

It’s true they need to be looked after
The physical body takes time to train
Unlimited potential lies ahead for them
After mastering their body and brain

But these unique and pure Spiritual Beings
Are learning and adapting as they grow
Throughout pregnancy, birth and early years
They assimilate everything you show

We are all essentially Spiritual Beings
Therefore words and actions do not convey
As much as the energy we constantly radiate
Through our thoughts and feelings every day

Our thoughts, beliefs and perception
Will build our world, our exclusive reality
Children mimic from those around them
Familiar traits to become their personality

Surrounded by nurturing, unconditional love
Supported with flowing positive praise
Encouraged to independently think
A child will embody all these ways

Trina Graves – 5th December 2016


About This Poem

Many of my poems are about babies and children because they have been the main focus of my adult life. I had my three children at a young age and became a grandmother at thirty-six, my oldest grandchild is now an adult (21 this year) with others ever fast approaching!

One of the main things I wish I had known all those years ago when my children were born was that they are like sponges, taking in everything around them with no filters. I guess at an unconscious level I knew this because I was always wary of what was going on around them. But I never understood that it wasn’t just my words and actions, but my thoughts and feelings that had an effect on them. It’s all so clear to see now in their adult lives snippets of reflections of how I was back then.

And now in my grandchildren I see them develop as mini versions of their parents and the people that surround them. I always knew that we are influenced by the way we are brought up, but I never realized the extent of how it all programs our minds. 

Although, another interesting point is that some people who have had unstable or even terrible upbringings are able to put their focus on achieving everything opposite to their personal experiences. Two wonderful examples of this are Wayne Dyer and Anthony Robbins. Wayne Dyer had an alcoholic father who left his family of three children under four, his mother couldn’t cope so she sent one child and Wayne to a series of foster homes, and the other to live with a grandmother.  Wayne chose to perceive this experience as a lesson in self-reliance. Anthony Robbins childhood was abusive and poor, it was an anonymous gift of a food basket on Thanksgiving (when he was still a child) that changed his life, as he then set his focus on being able to help others in the same way.

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Amy (2010)

Update 3rd May 2023 – The Great Awakening

This poem highlights why the dark have focused much of their attention on children. Children are the adults of our future and by programming them from childhood it is a very easy and simple step to manipulate them to be compliant as adults.

The educational system teaches children by filling their minds with facts and figures (not needed by the greater majority for their adulthood), that there are only right or wrong answers (no questioning of perception etc..) that passing exams is the only way to be successful (there are numerous definitions of success) and especially to be compliant to people of ‘authority’ (we should be able to question all people of ‘authority’ as to their intentions, morals etc…)

At the moment much is coming to Light of the terrible mutilation of children from the adgenda of teaching children that if they are not happy it’s because they are living the wrong gender. Very young children are being subjected to drag queens, inappropriate sex education, using pro-nouns for identity etc.. while their minds are extremely impressionable. Until about seven years of age, children accept everything as real and a truth to them, they have not started to develop a questioning mind, everything goes directly to their sub-conscious mind as their ‘truth.’

What is happening to our children at this moment in time is atrocious, however, it is a part of The Great Awakening because if there is anything that will stir up people to take a stand, it is in protecting their precious children. As the Light overpowers the dark, we will create a New Earth where the last verse of my poem will be dominant.

Namaste

Speak Your Truth

We all experience life
In our own unique way
No two people are alike
In what they think, do, and say

From the moment of our birth
Some would say even before
We absorb from those around us
Their beliefs, it builds our core

Our lives are moulded and shaped
By our experiences every day
Fuelled by all those beliefs
Unchallenged, they become our way

We all have a story to tell
Of the life we live and see
Guided by our beliefs and thought
We create our destiny

But some have limiting beliefs
That can shrink their self-worth
Only one or two know their truth
Hidden from the rest of Earth

Others have tried to share
But faced ridicule and jest
Bruised and battered by remarks
Their truth no longer expressed

We can learn from one another
Others’ experiences we can take
And mull over to decide
Will they enhance the life we make?

So listen to everyone
Tell their stories on their path
Forget those that make you cringe
Remember what makes you laugh

Often it takes a hard knock
To open our path’s true door
Disease, break-up, death
Can Awaken us to much more

Or sometimes just one thing
Happens that blows our mind
Changing forever our future path
Limiting beliefs we leave behind

Those near-death experiences
Past-life recalls and even dreams
Can bring important messages
Much more than at first seems

Encountering other forms of life
Ascended Masters, Angels, Spirits too
Cosmic Beings, or just a UFO
Brings true Awareness into view

We are now in a special time
It’s been called the ‘New Age’
Darkness is being overpowered
And the Light will turn the page

Onwards we will all unite
Sharing our truth from our heart
Bringing Love and Light to all
Is a very good place to start

Speak Your Truth of Love
Speak Your Truth of Light
Speak Your Truth of Sensing
Speak Your Truth of Sight

Trina Graves – 3rd August 2018


About This Poem

Sometimes (often in the morning on waking up) I get the title of a poem just come to me, and it will keep coming to mind until I write it. I awoke with this title a few weeks ago after someone told me of something very unusual they had seen as a child.

A few days ago I wrote ‘What Would Love Do Now? but after finishing and reading through, I thought it just wasn’t right. I don’t like to finish with not being happy with my writing, but I know the best thing to do is leave it alone and write something else.  My computer wasn’t on to get a quote, so I just went for the words that have been hanging around waiting to be spoken! The interesting thing is that the next day I re-read the first poem and knew there was nothing wrong with it, it seems I just had to get this one done!

Although I have been using some of my poems on my other site since 2010, I very rarely wrote about unusual happenings or my spiritual messages etc.. I knew that some people would think them strange, wrong or nonsense! So, I held back. But when I linked up with Amira (bodyandsoulnourishmentblog) and started this blog I just felt differently about sharing everything, so now I just follow my intuition. Bless you and thank you Amira for the Light you have shone into my life in such a short time – I would not be sharing this poem, or my truths, if not for you. 

I have had this poem in draft ready to add for a couple of days now, but for some reason I have known that it was not the time to publish. For whatever the reason, today is the day! 🙂

Speaking My Truth –  (things that come to mind as I write this)

I have experienced the indescribable all-encompassing love flow through my body that ebbed away when I began to question it, but left me on a love-high for days after.

I have received countless messages from Spiritual Mediums that have proven to me we do not die, they have told me things that no one else knew, and things that have shaped my future life.

I believe I am guided in writing my inspirational poems, I have no idea who by, it could even be just me (my Higher-Self), I don’t feel it really matters who, as long as the message is of love and light.

I have had objects move in front of my eyes with no apparent cause (eg. keys in a bicycle lock coming out – for no reason – and horizontally moving about two feet before falling, this was indoors.

I have seen numerous un-explainable lights in the sky, moving in odd ways.

I have taken loads of photographs with orbs in them. I can take a photo with no orbs and then ask for them to appear and they usually do.

I have had many visualizations/daydreams of meeting with someone and receiving inspiring messages for myself. See the poem Insight for my first meeting.

I have been told by many that I have a calming influence on people.

I have only been angry once in my life. I have wondered about this often as I know you should not suppress emotions and I have tried to work through situations in my life that ‘should’ have caused anger, but I have come to the conclusion that it is just not a part of me and I just needed to experience it once as a learning. 

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Update: 11th August 2018

If you read the comments below you will see that this poem was written for Amira, but at the time that I posted it she had not ‘Spoken Her Truth’ it was infact Amira who told me of seeing a UFO as a child. In one of our continuing synchronicities, Amira had written a poem about what she had seen, but was hesitant on publishing it until she read this poem. You can read Amira’s poem and her story (in the comments).

Update 8th May 2023 – The Great Awakening

At this time of The Great Awakening, especially with all of the censorship going on, it has never been so vitally important to Speak Your Truth. It is so very sad that it is taking thousands of excess deaths weekly to shake people Awake to realise they were manipulated to take an experimental jab that was never safe or effective. Ordinary people have been doing their best to share their tragic stories, but mainstream media will not speak the truth. Also, apart from Andrew Bridgen, MPs will not discuss this issue, calling him a conspiracy theorist, although all the data he shares is from Government and official sources (he also shared the data with all the press, but they ignore it).

The truth will eventually be known to the wider masses, but how many more deaths will be on the hands of the Government, Media and medical workers still giving these time-bomb shots?

Namaste

Flowers Are Words That Even A Baby Can Understand

Title Quote: Arthur C. Coxe

The basis of everything is vibration
In this wonderful world of ours
All the people, all physical objects
All of nature including its flowers

Everything in life we experience
In each and every single day
We identify through our senses
There truly is no other way

The five basic senses of hearing
Sight, taste, touch and smell
Are the ones we are taught to use
And they do serve us quite well

It’s the vibrational frequencies
Our organs transmit to our brain
The world around us we distinguish
But what does it really contain?

Science in the past has always
Used physicality as a proof
If you can’t see something’s there
How can it be real or the truth?

Today the atom can be viewed
To see what there is inside
They’ve found just empty space
Now the truth just cannot hide

But the most astonishing discovery
Science has made in more recent years
Is that the observer changes the outcome
Everything alters as perception interferes

Science and Spirituality are merging
Whichever way you look, you will find
It is all about the Energy and Vibration
Of how we perceive and are aligned

We all have another sense, the sixth
Though many chose to ignore or forget
The importance of sensing energy
It’s been the most misunderstood yet

We all have this sense to use
From the moment of our birth
We use the energy around us
For all our years on this Earth

Some people can use this sense
So much easier than the rest
They always trust their intuition
Not having to put it to the test

Whatever we may do in this life
Begins with a simple thought
Created by what’s around us
From the vibrations we import

Thoughts usually turn to words
As we convey our desires and express
Through the way we have learned
But, have we really progressed?

A baby understands so much more
Than we could ever truly know
They are aligned with vibrations
That to them so easily flow

If you’ve ever held a baby
When you’re in a bad mood
You know they’ll pick up on that
And either cry or be subdued

All babies come into our world
With so much love and wisdom to share
They’re pure spirits, aligned with Source
And can teach us how to be Aware

Trina Graves – 3rd December 2016


About This Poem

In 2011 I began to blog by writing about the photo-quotes I added to my website and Facebook page, both called Spiritual Quotes To Live By. I actually started it here on WordPress, but after awhile moved it over to my site.  For simplicity reasons, I thought it best to start with the first photo I added and work my way through, so that I knew exactly what I’d used. However, when taking a peek ahead to what was coming I would occasionally think ‘What on Earth am I going to write about that one?’ Always wanting to ‘go with the flow’ if I was stuck on what to write.. I didn’t. So there would sometimes be long gaps.

At the end of 2016, because I had began to write many more poems I decided to write a poem for each quote instead. That was before I had looked at what the next quote would be! When I saw this one it was definitely a ‘What can I write?’ moment! But after praying and asking for guidance the words just flowed quite easily and I was really pleased that the poem ended up covering so much with what at first seemed a difficult title!

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Born 3 weeks apart, grandsons Tyler & Benjamin (2014)

Is This Who I Am?

If ever you’re unsure of what to do
This is the question that will help you through
Ask yourself, “Is this who I want to be?”
The answer will guide you to act correctly

Every second and every minute of every day
You create yourself anew with what you do and say
“Is this the greatest vision of myself?” you might ask
Whenever you are about to carry out a task

What is the grandest vision that you can conceive
Of your life right now, it’s possible to achieve
Whatever you believe to be true
Your life’s what you make it, so create a new you

Decide who it is that you want to be
Express and fulfil this and you will soon see
Another grand vision that you can aim for
Your Soul is experiencing life and evolving more

Trina Graves – 30th June 2002


About This Poem

I had written several poems in late 2001 using the Core Concepts from Conversations With God by Neale Donald Walsch as the title and theme. On this day in June (the following year), I had just written God Talks To Everyone to add to my list and then wanted to do another poem, but the concept/quote that was getting my attention was much too long to use as a title:

Your Purpose In Life Is
To Decide & To Declare, To Express And To Experience
WHO YOU REALLY ARE
This Is The Purpose Of All Life
That Is Evolution.

So instead, I chose to use a simple question based on this quote: “Is This Who I Am?”

Is This Who I Am? Inspirational poem by Trina Graves of Spiritual Quotes To Live By

Update 23rd April 2023 – The Great Awakening

This poem is being added to by new category of ‘The Great Awakening’ as now it is so vital that we all ask ourselves this question. I believe we are here to evolve as Spiritual Beings and our future depends on what each of us does to bring our greatest vision of ourselves and our planet into creation. Be Love, Seek Joy.

Namaste