Self awareness
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If you can go slow today Even for a moment Notice One beautiful thing about you Could be the tiniest of hairs in your arm Look at it in wonder Could be the cute freckle on your nose The one you sometimes hate….love it instead Could be the constant beating of your heart, that often…
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Its not always sparkles Or rainbows Or endless bliss flowing freely Its not always sparkles It really isn’t Its not always perfect Its not always clear Sometimes it’s fog That feels very near Sometimes the weight feels heavy Sometimes the swirl goes around and around Sometimes peace is Struggle to be found Therapy isn’t magic,…
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Embrace the sacred reality emerging just in front of you Fill the space with love and joy Create presence by being presence Emanate love into essence Feel your way into existence The world is yours Each precious life moment Make curiosity the mode of your eyes Wide eyed wonderment of childlike openness To live in…
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Learn to love and appreciate your past. Fully embrace it, thank it for teaching you, and let go of any judgement that there was something wrong with it. Your past is uniquely yours. It happened. It’s sacred. It’s beautiful. Nobody else had it, and nobody else ever will. Embrace your past, hug it, kiss it,…
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As I stood here I didn’t notice the cars Or the take away shop beaming purple Or the shadowed arc of the bridge But the light As I stood there In that moment In that one exact time A million combinations of light flooded my eyes Every one unique And I pressed the shutter Awed…
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I used to suppress everything, so I didn’t feel anything Get through it Survive it Bounce Close off my heart, live a shrouded life. Any discomfort was barely even felt Or felt in silence, private and… then pushed through, and receive the weight , the noise of my own destructive self talk. Trauma voice shouting…
James Ballantyne 