Posted by ClearSkies on December 19, 2007, at 12:24:52
In reply to self-esteem for the price of coffee » ClearSkies, posted by Llurpsienoodle on December 14, 2007, at 17:47:48
And I will quote the poem that starts the month of December (it's a day book with a reading for each day of the year). This is what hit me so hard during the workshop:
I want to be screamingly alive,
with the birth and growth
and the terrible real of things.It is terrible to be alive.
To know. To see. To acknowledge,
To grieve forever the loss, the outrage.But I long to have the courage
and the wonder to bear Life.I long to be made of sturdy stuff
that can hold the searing pain of being.I want to hold the pain
without spilling it into others,
without pretense of bravery,
without frightened retreats
into the thousand deaths I have historically taken.I want to hold the pain
not as a martyr but as a mortal,
humbled by the anguish of my limits.I want to hold the pain
so that it can carve into my soul something real.I want to hold the pain
until it is time to realize some part of it, transformed
into compassion, quiet joy,
and a raucous laughter at it all.Carmen Renee Berry
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