Heartfelt thanks Open, this has been a rich exploration for me of late and I really appreciate the post. These words came last night...

I don’t need any other thing
Though at times the illusion of such need
Appears real and painful
In truth I am already whole and complete
I simply choose to remember
I don’t need a lover, a child, a mother
A father, a sister, a teacher or even a friend
It is all inside of me
A vast cosmos of infinite potential and possibility
I am my own child and my own mother
My own lover, father and best friend
When I trust and remain open
Letting go of the neediness - the expectation of something outside of me
Then rightness flows from unexpected places
A flower, a birds song, a child at play, a feather floating on the breeze
Sinking into an embrace, a smile or any of a thousand other miracles
I reconnect and become part of the One Divine Union
Part of all that is
And when I have fallen into that place
Where none of it matters, where all just is
Then I am home

With love and gratitude, Fiona