Living Life Poetically: Heart of Glass
When a glass item breaks, it’s very difficult to glue its pieces back together seamlessly. If you look close enough, you’d most likely be able to tell it had been broken. Sometimes a broken heart can feel the same way. The poem, Heart of Glass, is about that parallel. Heart of Glass The heart is like glass. You can see through but cannot pass. Once broken asunder,It cannot be as before pieced back together. Like lines and cracks on mended jars,It cannot be mended without visible wounds and scars. Written November 13, 2022
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“If you’re stuck in a puddle, it means there’s higher ground all around you. You just have to step onto it.”
“Be grateful for what you already have while you pursue your goals. If you aren’t grateful for what you already have, what makes you think you would be happy with more.”
Reflection: Is it Worth it?
“When you do the right thing, you get the feeling of peace and serenity associated with it. Do it again and again.”
In life, it’s common to ask ourselves questions like: Did I make the right decision? Am I on the right path? Should I continue on this path? Should I keep doing what I’m doing? But the answer to whether or not you’re doing the right thing might not be as far or illusive as you think. This quote, from the book The Light in the Heart: Inspirational Thoughts for Living Your Best Life by Roy T. Bennett, reminds us to check into how we feel within. When we do so, we may find our conscience–our instincts–telling us exactly what we need to do.
Living Life Poetically: Unanswered Prayers
Reflect on all the things you’ve prayed for that never came to pass–those prayers that seem to have gone unanswered. It’s natural to feel disappointed and unheard. The poem “Unanswered Prayers” addresses those prayers that seem to fall on deaf ears. Unanswered Prayers We don’t always get what we want.Our prayers seem unanswered.Perhaps it’s with good reason, which we cannot see,Our prayers go unrenderedNo matter how many times we are on bended knee. We don’t always get what we want.Our prayers seem undetected.But they are heard and answered indeed.At times, in ways unexpected.In ways we truly need.
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When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left and could say, I used everything you gave me.
“There are only two rules for being successful. One, figure out exactly what you want to do, and two, do it.”
“Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside.”
“A ship is safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are for.”
A ship that’s always anchored to a harbor will have a lower chance of getting shipwrecked. But leaving it there means it will never fulfill its purpose–the reason for which it was built. While having a ship that never goes out to sea makes no sense, we’re sometimes like that ship with our life. Fear keeps us at harbor where we feel safest. Sometimes we’re there for a brief moment and sometimes indefinitely. This quote, by John A. Shedd, encourages us to find the courage to leave our harbor. Because like the ship, we wont be able to fulfill the purpose and goals written in our hearts without ever doing…
Living Life Poetically: The Storm Within
“The Storm Within” is a poem about having a storm that’s not outside in the elements but inside you. Sometimes life can feel like there’s a storm raging within. And the feeling and effects can be very similar to what occurs outside. The Storm Within It seems the storm has rerouted.Disappearing from the forecast,It now rages inside you,Devastating your inward land. Its dark clouds hide the stars in your eyes,As its heavy rain pours down your cheeks. From within, its violent winds uproot you from where you stood like an oak, securely planted,And topples your spirit to the ground. Its bold thunder shakes your confidence to the coreAs its icy…
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Being defeated is only a temporary condition; giving up is what makes it permanent
“Happy people build their inner world; unhappy people blame their outer world.”
“Do not wait: the time will never be ‘just right’. Start where you stand, and work whatever tools you may have at your command and better tools will be found as you go along.”
“Be grateful for what you already have while you pursue your goals. If you aren’t grateful for what you already have, what makes you think you would be happy with more.”
The time it takes to achieve certain goals can often create a feeling of discontentment, especially when it’s been a while and/or there is no guarantee in reaching them. But there’s hope when you find yourself in such situations. It’s all about having the right mindset. The right mindset can come from doing two things:
The “Life Maze”
There’s a big difference between the maze you see drawn on paper and a physical maze one, typically made out of hedges. Sometimes, when we’re not sure which way to go in life, it helps to imagine our life as a physical maze. This depiction reveals three important realities about life that can help put our uncertainties about which way to go into perspective.
Living Life Poetically: You Must Choose a Path
“You Must Choose a Path” is one of my older poems written around 2010-2011. It’s a haiku-style poem about overcoming the fear of going down the wrong path or making a mistake. Too much of that fear can make us paralyzed. As a result, we go nowhere. Sometimes we just have to take a leap of faith and be prepared for wherever the path we choose leads us. We’ll either be pleasantly surprised, learn a valuable life lesson, or both. You Must Choose a Path You must choose a path.There’s a train that leads nowhere.The ticket is free. Just stay where you areAnd it will find you.To an unproductive landIt…
“If you make a mistake and do not correct it, this is called a mistake.”
This quote, by Confucius, reminds us that our actual mistakes in life are ones that occur and are never corrected. Not correcting a mistake is what makes it be called a mistake. However, when we correct our mistakes, they are no longer called a mistake. They can then be called a lesson.
“Don’t bury your failures, let them inspire you.”
Inspiration is often the spark that leads to meaningful action; and one great but under appreciated source of inspiration is actually failure. However, when we fail, we tend to want to forget it ever happened as quickly as possible. But as this quote by Robert Kiyosaki suggests, we shouldn’t bury our failures, which is the natural thing to do. Instead, we can hold on to failures just long enough to learn something from them or at least long enough to try again with the new perspective that the failure gave us.
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“It must be borne in mind that the tragedy of life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach.”
“It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.”
“Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.”
