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The Problem Starts With “Me”
By Jane Tawel
July 15, 2025
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The problem comes when I say, “me”.
The problem comes when I say, “mine”.
Then it’s so easy to disagree,
with those who are so oft inclined,
to disagree with Me.
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There were some folks who seemed to know,
The Causes and the Outcomes.
They taught that where our treasures are
are where our meaning comes from.
And while this life is fleeting fast
and Space is just a construct
and though Death always seems abrupt,
The Wise Ones know, this too shall pass
and yet, Love’s Spirit always lasts.
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So, I am whittling bit by bit
away at what is “mine”.
The Know-it-All that I once was,
is now the Seeker and I find,
that in each person’s form on Earth,
a treasure deeply hides.
No longer do I need to see
just their opposing side,
for they are just the same as I,
and all their fears can be dissolved,
if I choose to be kind.
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In every person, large and small,
no matter place or race,
beats the same longing, hoping heart,
behind each temporal face.
And when my life is over,
as every life will be,
then if I didn’t know before,
I’ll know then, that there never was
just “mine”, “myself”, and “me”.
For we are all connected
and One with The Great Source.
I am a ray of Sun Light.
You are a wave of Ocean.
The Dawn will break the dark of Night,
and every argument and notion
will fade before Truth’s purging might.
We are a link in Life’s Great Chain,
and when we die, we’ll wake to find,
that only Love Remains.
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A silly word, this word called “love”,
A word that can not hold,
the depth, and breadth and width and height
if all Love’s stories were all told.
Oh, what, instead of fears and fights,
one Person’s Love could do!
So I’ll begin, just little me,
and I’ll start by loving you.
And whether you’re beloved child,
or friend, or stranger or foe,
I’ll look straight at my own dark fears,
and freely let them go.
And I will trust the greatest might
is not in war or what we own
but in each human’s small, bright light
the Light of Love that leads at last
to Peace on Earth and here we’ll find,
on Planet Earth as in God’s Spaciousness,
our Love’s Eternal Home.
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Ah, Me! Good riddance!
Good-bye! Adieu!
Only my Love remains.
Only True Love remains.
Only God’s Love remains.
Only, All, We, Love.
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© Jane Tawel, 2025
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