Inderpal Wig

A Mother’s Love

(Poem at the bottom of the post)

Although I’m posting this on mother’s day, I started writing this poem a few days ago when reflecting on the power of love and forgiveness - how they can empower us to give unconditionally, love all beings, be open to trusting in the goodness of people, and truly unite us all. 

I’m sure whether an optimist, pessimist, or realist, they’d agree that such positivity could only exist if we were all to truly practice these virtues in our lives - certainly not an easy feat by any measurement, but I’ve heard, “nothing is impossible”.  

So I wondered, how does one begin to “love” unconditionally. How do “loving” and “forgiving” people come to be? Many through much contemplation, tribulation and an array of trying experiences, for sure. But what about those that don’t go through these experiences? Because I do find many people to some degree, are simply very generous, loving and forgiving. So, I travelled through my thoughts into the world of Roots of Empathy - thinking about one of the program pillars of “attachment and attunement” where the nature of the bond of that first most influential relationship, the mother-child (parent-child) relationship is “celebrated as being the core of learning and to life”, and how this enduring emotional relationship becomes the baby’s source of comfort, security, safety, and joy, forming a foundation for love and the framework for all future relationships. Of course!!!! If there’s ever an example of unconditional love and forgiveness, it is, a mother’s love for her child - intense, and infinite! She gives unconditionally, in whatever way she can, as much as she can, and then some. How does one not fill up with love, just imagining such immensity.  When I truly reflect upon it, especially on the love of the many beautiful, loving, giving, mothers I’m grateful to be surrounded by in my life, I do find it to be awe-inspiring and often beyond imagination. And no one can convince me that this love is a sign of weakness - because the sh*t that mothers go through, requires the kind of strength that only their hearts and souls have the capacity to handle. 

I’m grateful not only for experiencing this love throughout my life from my own mother, but for every mother who’s spread it all around us. Thank you. May you always continue to shine your love and light, and I pray for it to always be reciprocated back to you. 

“A mother’s love”

It’ll hold you warm
It’ll hold you tight
Always making sure
Everything’s always alright

Caressing your pains,
Wiping your tear,
Blowing a kiss to the wind
and tossing that fear!
Dance if it may
She’ll not let it win
Showing me the sin
How to love when
You can never know its end

I pray for the strength
To know love heals everything
Yet to give it with that wealth
That only a mother has spent

To give beyond a measure of pain
To consider receiving not a grain
Forget diamonds, far from gratitude  
But just some simple love in return
For all that exists in the world
I’m most grateful for 
your care and concern
Lighting my path 
Showing me that love
Is not only true but also certain

You fill me with awe
Of your capacity to give
Countless hurtful mistakes
How do you manage to forgive?

I reflect on the hurt, anger and hate 
The challenges we all continue to face
I find we can lift ourselves from this weight
By sharing the solace
Of a mother’s loving embrace

I’m blessed to see
A reflection of me in you
For love, life and learnings begin
With a mother’s love, 
Eternally True.