Here it is- (I’m sorry- I tried)
The moment of realisation
That we didn’t make it big.
But on a day like today, I count my blessings,
It is good to be alive and thrive inside
in spite of the complexities of life.
Why worry? Why ruminate
On what could have been,
When we can celebrate the beauty and the bounty of all that we behold.
With fragile threads we weave our stories
Try to fasten our futures on to what we hold dear
We take so much for granted, and we often fear
The void, the loss, the loneliness, the finite ending.
We should instead let our spirits soar and hold this beautiful moment
In our memory for eternity.
© Alison Jean Hankinson
I wanted to use this for OLN at d’Verse as it is something I need to remind myself about. The sunset tonight was simply magnificent and no matter how complex and difficult life is there is still much to be thankful for. Perhaps this year that is what I shall have as my resolution “Let our spirits soar.”
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I almost feel like you wrote this poem to console me…. we should indeed enjoy the time we have, eternity will be here sooner than we expect.
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Much love to you. XX
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Life is full of blessings! Sometimes It is tempting to just give in to the despair the world has but I choose to embrace the beauty in the world.
Your words are part of that beauty! Thank you for sharing this!
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Without the fragility, without the suffering there is no backdrop against which we can marvel at the simple wonders of the world. I watched a stunning movie last night called Walk with me, which is about Thich Nhat Hanh the Vietnamese monk. In it he suggest suffering is the compost through which we grow our enlightenment. Well worth a watch.
http://walkwithmefilm.com/
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Might just have a look at that tonight it sounds very interesting.
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Oh it has Benedict Cumberbatch in it…. it looks wonderful. Thanks for that. xx
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He narrates
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I was really poorly in 2011 with Rheumatoid arthritis, UC and other autoimmune diseases and I was fortunate to be a guinea-pig for a mindfulness course (MBSR) at our local hospital who were trialling it- it enabled me to deal with pain and get back on my feet and gave me a new outlook on life. Something I will always be thankful for.
I wrote about it the other month-
https://aspoonfulofsugar337.com/2017/06/24/5-things-i-learned-from-practising-mindfulness/
Much love to you. XX
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I imagine it may have been based on the work of John Kabat Zin. Good to hear it was helpful. I’ll check the writing out.
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Sunsets, sunrises…beautiful gifts of nature. We are indeed blessed with so many gifts of love and friendship. Hope you are well ~
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‘Why ruminate on what could have been’.. sigh.. this is beautifully wise!❤️ The world would be a much happier place if we learned to count our blessings and let go of hatred and insignificant things.
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We still have so much to learn. XX
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So wise–when we stop to consider the many blessing we do have, how can we regret what we don’t have. Those fragile thread with which we weave our loves–beautifully expressed.
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Thankyou. XX
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A wise and better way to live. Lovely poem and photo.
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Making it big is not as important as being here at all.
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Small ripple can make big wave.
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This made me smile with hope–lovely write!
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You told this well. The ‘making it big’ isn’t everything – at all!
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You make waves. As long as you can surf, enjoy the ride! Nice write.
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Blessing are often something we so easily assume and take for granted! Very nice. I enjoyed reading only the dark lines as well! A poem within a poem. Well done!
Dwight
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