What with the Christian holiday of Easter taking place yesterday, and the Jewish holiday of Passover beginning this past Friday, I thought it was fitting to choose a religious poem for this week’s “The Next Chapter.” William Blake’s “Night” makes … Continue reading
At first, grief closes our eyes,
Then it blackens the skies.
There is no light to show,
No path you know to go.
Then a small star shines bright,
A speck of warmth in the cold of night.
And on that lonely star,
“Mom, when I turn 18 I'm going to get a tattoo!” Hannah announced.
“Hannah, what would you possibly want permanently inked on your body that you won't be embarrassed about when you're 80??”
Brokenness is only the first part of the story. The next bit - the final word - is best. It belongs to God, who gifts it to us. None of our brokenness is beyond God's healing touch. (Within the article are seven (7) SHORT POEMS embellishing upon hope.)
I am not one to reach out to people for help, ever. I am the person people come to when they need help. I’ve always been the go – to person. Suddenly, I found myself at the other end and I could not ask for help.
There is so much you can do to help someone who has experienced a loss. For me, delivering our daughter stillborn has been the most horrific thing I’ve ever faced
Only one now holds the wishes, hopes and dreams that belonged to a couple. Homes to build, trips to take, children to raise, that once were a couples plan are now the plan of one. Why do widows stay up at night? We’re attempting to recreate a world we believed we had for a lifetime. Nothing is the same and everything, everything has changed.
In the opening chapters of 'A Road Less Travelled' by M Scott Peck, the author talks about discipline and how it is this discipline which gives us not only structure in our lives, but also assists us in overcoming difficulties and problems. Discipline here is in the sense of being in control of ourselves and doing what needs to be done before doing what we want to do. If we do what we want to do first, then there is less incentive to do what needs to be done and if what needs to be done is difficult, then it will be easier to put off doing it.
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