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No place I'd rather be

from Mahayana Prayers and Poetry by Jason Espada

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No place I’d rather be, by Jason Espada

In good times,
hard times,
and the worst of times,
there is no place I’d rather be
than right there

If you ask me why,
it is because,
by the power of love,
I can share the joy with you, and make it more
I can help to make the pain less,
and I can offer happiness

That is why,
through it all,
and when things get tough,
and even,
or especially in the worst of times
in the worst of worlds,
there is no place that I would rather be

If this were the only world
where there is both happiness and suffering,
still, I would choose just this one
to be with you

By being here together,
we can make the way better for one another
Don’t you see?
That means more
than anything else to me

For this very reason,
it’s worth every effort

whatever we need to go through,
it is, all of it, then,
completely worthwhile

Giving of ourselves,
Measured next to this world’s pleasures –
there is no comparison, really
People don’t know of this, or else they don’t feel capable,
and so they hide
or run to small pleasures
that disappear even in the moment and are gone

But because we can be light for one another,
make each other’s trials that much less,
and offer food, and shelter
even for future times,
through love,
there is no place that I would rather be
than right here

This thought
strengthens me in hundreds of ways

If we only get one song,
and that song is our life,
then let this be my song

Let everything else be done, or left undone,
no matter –
but just this, to aim to care for you
in the best of ways -
this brings life,
freshness that does not fade

Every other gain and loss,
no matter -
but just this

of all worlds, of all paths,
to be with you,
and to offer you my hand,
for your whole life
oh, the joy of this!

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from Mahayana Prayers and Poetry, released October 19, 2017

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