A poem inspired by a Peaceful Warrior master

Image: Svaneti by Paata

In case you missed it, last week I wrote a post on the 2-hour talk that Dan Mill­man gave at the Syd­ney Masonic Cen­ter on Tues­day, the 1st of April (link). Today, I’d like to share a poem I wrote while inspired by his talk. It is called ‘Reflec­tions of a Peace­ful War­rior’, and it goes like this:

Two hours
with my spir­i­tual mas­ter;
Two hours
of wis­dom,
of Uni­ver­sal Laws,
of jokes and quotes.

Two peace­ful hours
with a wise war­rior;
Two inspir­ing hours
with a fool­ish warrior.

A story of humil­ity:
“I am inspired by you”,
said a stu­dent to his teacher.
“Don’t worry,” the teacher said,
“that too will pass”.

Humil­ity with human­ity;
Wis­dom with laugh­ter.
These were the hall­marks
that his teacher Socrates
once etched on him.
They’re now the hall­marks
he etches in us all.

Thank you,
my peace­ful war­rior,
for shar­ing your wis­dom
with us today.

Thank you,
our peace­ful war­rior,
for lay­ing your heart
open for us all to see,
to hear,
to touch and to feel.

Thank you,
Oh, peace­ful war­rior,
for mak­ing the mis­takes that
took you here today.

Thank you,
my spir­i­tual guide,
for being my friend
today again.

If you liked it, you may want to lis­ten to me recite it on the link below.

Poem Recital: Reflec­tions of a Peace­ful War­rior (mp3 file)

Tagged as: Dan Millman, Lessons, Life skills, Peaceful warrior, Peaceful Warrior Series, Poem, Reflections