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How does this resonate with you?
Earlier today, I stumbled upon a video of a poet--Sabrina Benaim, whose works I'm not yet familiar with--reading these words:
I am feeling better.
So I say good morning,
and mean it... and that's a big deal.
Yes, today is a good morning
to exhale,
to feel joy,
with the release of a breath I no longer need to be holding.
I am not alone because I feel alone.
I am not alone because I feel alone.
I am not alone because I feel alone with company.
When I look in the mirror
I will find a reflection of the gifts I am withholding from myself.
Light hits everything at a different angle.
I will make it a habit of tilting my head.
When the sadness waterfalls
I will let the salt cleanse the wounds I cannot see.
I will let dance parties be the hospitals I heal in.
If I need more help I will let the people offering help me.
If I need more help I will let the medication help me.
I forgive my body for being a machine after all.
I forgive my memory for being the cupboard door that will continue to pop ajar no matter how many times I push it shut.
I forgive myself.
Even if I am the last person I want to forgive.
Wherever I have come from,
Wherever I am going,
I will remember the present as the only place to start.
Today is a good day
to wake up and be great
and have gratitude
for the restless pump of a heart
for the way it does not know how to hold back
I will exhale and I will begin to do the same.
Do her words resonate with you, too?
I'd love to hear from you--what poems, songs, books, or quotes speak to you?
#depression #creativeexpression #overcomingobstacles #memories #griefmourning