Time will tell,
time will heal,
it just takes time…
All the cliches
are true
for a reason…
But nothing changes
the now,
the pain of now,
the disillusionment
or the heartbreak
of now…
So cry your tears
of anger, hurt
and disappointment…
Shake your fist
at the circumstances
that have
taken you down…
Stagger to your feet,
jut out your chin
and put fear into that very thing
that tried to put
fear into you…
All you have to do is rise.
One. More. Time.
It’s not insanity
to use the healing of
your wounds
to refresh your soul.
You have every right,
no~an obligation
to yourself
to take everything
in your heart
and hold it close
as you fling all you are
into the unknown,
throwing your arms open,
defiantly sharing your light
ready or not.
It matters not at all
that your knees knock
and your hands
tremble.
What matters
more than anything
is the courage it takes
to try.
When I awoke
this morning, I remembered
the cruelty
and satisfaction
in the last words you said to me…
and I held the memory
of them close
for a moment, then placed them
to the side
with the rest of the secrets
you didn’t realize you told me…
about you.
Rest quietly for a moment
in the power of your potential…
Feel the irresistible
tug of your heart as it trembles
with the desire
to be set free…
Listen to the whispers
of the thoughts no longer willing
to be brushed aside
or trivialized…
Soul tears fill your eyes
from reaching into
the City of Jewels
where your dreams have waited…
For this exact moment
in time,
when you would find
your courage
and
release your Fire.
If you will stand still
just for this moment
and ask yourself
‘Who am I?’
The answer you seek
shows itself like the dawn
as you breathe in life
and exhale possibilities.
Your future is waiting
for you to create it…
Faith is the jeweled path
you walk upon
as your dreams
light up the sky above you.
There is no lack,
no defeat in this moment,
everything you desire
is in your soul waiting
to be set free.
You’ve chased the sun,
wished on stars
and felt the pull of the moon.
Be still. Inhale.
Put both hands on your heart…
Open your eyes.
Live the answer…
the moment
you decide to change,
everything inside
shifts to a new reality~
freshly created
from the thought itself,
through your heart
and out
into your new world…
in one instant
your future transforms
turning your dream
into an intention
that in the moments after
will manifest itself
in the choices and actions
that reinvent
who you’ve been until now…
in one heartbeat,
one thought,
in the quietest whisper
of your never forgotten dream,
you finally realize…
the moment
you decide to change
your legacy
it is so.
You are worth everything
you give so generously to others.
To believe differently
is to undermine
the value of all of us…
You are worth
every effort to succeed,
every moment
of healing solitude…
With each kindness
you give to yourself
you remind us
that we are worth the same.
You are deserving
of receiving the love
you give so easily,
your stubbornly and persistently
soft heart
requires the boundaries
you must set
to keep yourself whole
and illuminated.
You are worth living for.
That is reason enough
to stay.
Call your heart back
into you
and let it grieve,
rest, recover.
Treat yourself gently
as you would a warrior
of great valor
struck down in battle.
Those never wounded
haven’t lived,
hearts never broken
haven’t loved,
and you have done both.
Hold your heart
with awe and compassion;
accept them both
for yourself.
Fill the seams, the jagged edges
with the gold of
wisdom through lessons
earned and learned.
Piece together
with loving hands
the part of you that cannot be
overcome…
and when you are whole
and another is worthy,
courageously give again, love again
and remain
victorious.
You are the catalyst
of your own transformation…
Once moving too fast
to feel your heart,
see your dreams
or know your worth,
you simply stopped
without apology.
You began to listen
to yourself
instead of mimicking
the world around you.
You found that, for you
moving through obstacles
made more sense
than going over them.
You had to experience
to get the lesson,
so you did.
Welcome to the point
of it all.
Celebrate that now you stand
at the center
of any direction you choose…
And you fear
none of them…
Let not your light dim
although it chases
shadows
in the hearts
of others…
Let the music
within you play on,
even when it seems wasted
on deafened ears…
Let your eyes see color,
beauty and miracles
when the world
seems to be blind…
And then,
in its darkest hour,
let your soul reach out
and set your dreams alight
as the healing
of your inspiration
brings a deadened world
to life.
Shelly Aspenson ~ Living Write 