ways to grow (reminders to myself in the face of disappointment)
let it break
let everything break
Scatter shards like crumbs behind you
go hungry for a while
don’t ask why
ask why
Honor failure until she’s a friend
ask about her almanac and why she laughs so much
let it be
just be
still as old-growth timber laid down where mycelium makes magic
Practice holding breath (heart-), breath (-beat)
unfurl
one crystalline leaf at a time
as if you weren’t mortal
as if eternity were your middle name
someday, from a height
you will look down and See the path
perfect
i promise
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love these reminders
especially love:
just be
still as old-growth timber laid down where mycelium makes magic
Thank you 💛
loved the line ” where mycelium makes magic”
Love this reminder, and also “just be/still as old-growth timber laid down where mycelium makes magic”
I love the way you combine short and longer lines – that’s the way we talk to ourselves.
I love “uncurl one crystalline leaf at a time as if you weren’t mortal”.
If only we Could. 🩷
This is a beautiful promise of a poem, too many favorite lines to name.
Beautifully articulate. “Practice holding breath (heart-), breath (-beat)” resonates with me. Focuses on embracing disappointment, befriending it, transforming it, so we can “let it go.” Leah, this poem is essential peace work. Thank you for sharing how we may reconnect and nurture ourselves, mindfully moving along the path