Dear Friends,
One of our mantras at Stephy’s Place is: ‘allow yourself to feel your feelings.’ I know I’ve said it a million times and will continue to say it. I’d like to share my own personal experience of this; yesterday I said it to myself as I took a long, beautiful walk. I wrote the following poem during that walk:
Blessing
I pause to rest on my journey,
My grateful eyes close, yielding to bended knee.
The silence of reflection is filled with the voice of memory.
It speaks of sadness and joy, of burdens and blessings.
I savor the moment, enveloped in feelings;
A gift to remember, to relive, to cherish.
I rise and continue and stop before stepping.
I lay down my burdens and take only blessings.
These are my companions, for today and tomorrow,
Never to be forgotten, not to dominate is sorrow.
Sometimes less is more, so today let me simply leave you with the poem and your own time to reflect and FEEL.
God grant us the serenity to accept the things we cannot change, the courage to change the things we can and the wisdom to know the difference.
Peace and Serenity, Kevin