All in Life
On the hanging on
You are barely hanging on
A remnant of your former self
And unable to bring back life
On making a thankful life
Gratitude changes your perspective
Changes your attitude
Changes your life
On the ocean that is my heart
My heart is an ocean
But my life is a city
And every day they crash into each other
On the speed of heart
When the world turns
As the seconds click
My heart
It keeps it’s own time
On listening to your body
We underestimate our body every day
We ignore it for years
We silence it across a lifetime
We trample over it in the name of work or hustle
On remaining soft
And yes, sometimes for your softness to remain
You will have to walk away
On the hard things
When the rocks and tough terrain
Look like piles of sand and dirt
With lines that someone drew with their finger
On having enough
I’m putting down the phone
The forever long to-do list
No longer ignoring what my body needs
On my school mantra
This phase
Like this whole life
Is more about how we show up
On where the truth comes from
Others will speak words about you
Try to tell you who you are
On my why
Because we all forget sometimes
On feeling something
When did feeling become a thing
That deserves to be contained instead of processed and expressed
On your truest self
Busy-ness masks it
The demands of running a household crowds it out
The daily seems to erase it bit by bit without your notice
On gratitude
When you stop
Notice
And sit with thankfulness
Drink it in
You become more thankful
On poverty
Maybe at it’s roots poverty isn’t a money issue
Maybe homelessness isn’t a housing issue
Maybe crime isn’t an anger issue
On being still
In a world where busy equals important
And important equals status
‘Still’ is an unpopular choice