Tag: words
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Learning to Feel: An Intro
You’re writing your autobiography. What’s your opening sentence? I wanted discomfort, opportunities for growth. You challenged me like no other until I broke. I’m still so fragile, a vulnerable fledgling. Never tested my wings, please don’t push me out the nest yet… I have so many doubts. To trust is too risky. No one feels…
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Snippets:#1
I’ve been so busy no time to write. So here’s some snippets of thought that arise. My body feels broken, nerves jangled and frayed. Existentially in crisis, emotionally disarrayed. No rest for the wicked, merciless forward drive. Impulsively overcommitting, self-sabotage to survive. After times of expansion, contraction arises. To rest feels unfamiliar, but nourishment is…
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Naked and Afraid
In the expanse of this moment truth comes all too near a palpable fear exposure too dear a single stray tear. Defensive unconsciousness seduced by familiarity saturated normality no scars for clarity questioning reality. Frozen in silence stark questions asked hear answers at last seeping from the past a suffocating mask. On this upending journey…
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Learning to Feel
How am I really feeling right now? I’m feeling ashamed for speaking out. I should have stayed silent, been an empathetic listener. Not opened my mouth, revealing my ignorance. How am I feeling? It’s funny you ask. I’m full of self-doubt, feeling inadequate. I want to stop, pull back, halt this downward spiral. Adding judgement…
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Appreciation
I’d like to say a few words to celebrate me. I prefer to keep a low profile, normally. Now that I’m a quinquagenerian, (No it’s nothing to do with vegetarian), Its simply that I’ve finally turned 50! I’d like to thank you all for being here today. I’m so grateful and I can honestly say:…
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Thoughts
Waging war with my mind, its not on my side. Saturated in shame, self-righteous divide. Fighting my thinking, Step back, stay detached. Observe, don’t absorb; Respond, don’t react. I’m loosing the battle, a self-abused casualty. Avoidance and doubt Infiltrating intrusively. My mental dexterity Disintegrating identity. Sympathetic shutdown, Overwhelmed by reality. A primal protection, triggered by…
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Anger
Don’t shrink to fit your anger for long. You were innocent, a child, You did nothing wrong. Sucked into a vortex, Downward spiral of shame. Don’t turn anger inwards. You’re not to blame. You grew up in fear, Sharp breath, held inside. Afraid to exhale In case he’d ignite. Fly off the handle, He lacked…
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Stay
I met my inner child today, She woke with me and decided to stay. I felt her presence as my dream receded, I stilled my breathing, no words were needed. My awareness of her remained, peripherally, keeping rumination at bay, as she whispered to me. I took some time and slowly edged nearer. Not face…
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I’m Fine.
What do you hear when I say “I’m fine”? Do you hear the pain that’s lurking behind the simple dismissal, a door firmly closed. Please don’t ask more, for fear I’ll disclose my inadequate failing, to put words to feelings, Revealing my self as fundamentally lacking. Seeking a right reply, to genuine interest in my…
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If not now, then when?
You can say all the right words and do all the right things but it barely adds up to a life with meaning. You can feel all your feelings and mind all your thoughts but if you don’t learn the lesson it’s all for nought. 🌻
To The Core 