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  • September 23, 2019 at 8:16 pm #313873
    LiamJames
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    I am where I am
    It is what it is
    There is nothing to fix

    Be here now
    In the moment at hand
    Let the past rest
    It is a fantasy

    Breathe in life
    As deeply as I can
    There is no need to rush
    Gods plan

    I survived all this time
    And i will continue
    With or without you

    It is what it is
    I am where I am
    There is nothing to fix…

    Trust in Gods plan

    September 24, 2019 at 11:17 am #314013
    Anonymous
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    Dear LiamJames:

    For me, your poem is beautiful (except for the God part):

    “I am where I am/ It is what it is/ There is nothing to fix” – what a relief, nothing to fix.

    “Be here now/ In the moment at hand/ Let the past rest/ It is a fantasy”- very well said. Let the past rest, no longer experiencing the past in the present, activated again and again, taking over the present. Seeing what-is as it is, without the confusing layers of distorted thinking and make-believe.

    “Breathe  in life/ As deeply as I can/ There is no  need to rush”- no need to rush nature’s plan, for me, the plan that has been going on ever since nature came about.

    “I survived all this time/ And I will continue/ With or  without you”- but like another poem, or song says: we are people who need people. We don’t need this or that person, but we need people.

    “It is what it is/ I am where I am/ There is nothing to  fix”- indeed a relief, nothing for me to  fix and a whole lot that I cannot fix and therefore, I shouldn’t try to fix.. and fail to fix, once again and then again.

    Thank you for this poem, LiamJames. I like it very much. As I submit this and bump it up to the top of the page, I hope other members enjoy it and comment.

    anita

     

    September 24, 2019 at 12:46 pm #314049
    Peter
    Participant

    Nice. Even the God part.

    All words are symbols and unpacking a word  like ‘God’ has resulted in millions of books and billions of words so its understandable that each of us relates/triggers to it differently.

    September 24, 2019 at 1:04 pm #314057
    LiamJames
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    I have been relentlessly trying to ease my suffering from my recent breakup, but I have discovered that I hurt more when i compulsively try to hurt less. This poem for me is about allowing myself to feel what needs to be felt, and settling into it, as opposed to trying to “fix” it. This is not to say I’m not still remaining proactive, but I’m giving myself permission to feel the loss fully instead of running from it.

    September 24, 2019 at 1:17 pm #314065
    Anonymous
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    Dear LiamJames:

    Do settle into the hurt of your relationship ending. But the suffering you mentioned (“I have been relentlessly trying to ease my suffering from my recent breakup”), the word suffering implies more than hurt- it implies conflict, an internal struggle (which prolongs and maintain hurt and anger and anxiety)-

    – what do you mean by suffering?

    anita

    September 24, 2019 at 1:23 pm #314067
    LiamJames
    Participant

    It’s not as deep as that. I simply used the word suffering in place of the word pain

    September 24, 2019 at 1:41 pm #314077
    Anonymous
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    Dea LiamJames:

    I am not good at writing poetry, but I can share with you a poem that my therapist shared with me years ago, a poem about Mindfulness. It is called Hokusai Says (by Roger Keyes). You can google it if you want. Here is a some of it:

    “Hokusai says look carefully.

    He says pay attention, notice.

    He says keep looking, stay curious.

    He says there is no end to seeing.

     

    Everything lives inside us.

    He says lie with the world inside you…

     

    He says don’t be afraid.

    Don’t be afraid.

    Look, feel, let life take you by the hand.

    Let life live through you”

    September 24, 2019 at 1:53 pm #314087
    LiamJames
    Participant

    Just read the full poem Anita. Thank you for sharing. I’ll be reading it daily.

    September 24, 2019 at 2:13 pm #314091
    Anonymous
    Guest

    Dear LiamJames:

    You are welcome.  Post again anytime and I will be glad to read from you: your poems, your thoughts,  your feelings, your life experience.

    anita

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