We are not only
A reflection of
What we saw
Felt
Heard
In our childhood
We are also
A reflection of
What we did not see
Feel
Hear
In our childhood
We are all of it
It shows up differently
In our individual lives
In our individual selves
In our individual cells
Piecing us together
Pulling us apart
Forming how we
Think
Feel
Behave
In ways known
And unknown
How we see
Feel
Hear things is
Unique
Onto ourselves
Created by invisible filters
Based upon pain
Shame
Love
Desire
Drive
We can’t hold another
Accountable
For what we think they should
Be
Do
Feel
That brings suffering
We can only hold
Ourselves
Accountable
For what we see
Feel
Do
Starting with compassion
As there are silent longings
From those moments lost
From those needs unmet
Which determine more than we know
You can feel them in the silence
You can hear them in your tears
You can see them in the disappointments
Of yourself
And others
All of which are signs
Are a calling
For change
For change
Within you
Not in another
Within you
You are the only one
Who can shift
You
You are the only one
Who can shift what you
See
Hear
Feel
Do
It simply takes a willingness
To be
Brave
Reflective
Persistent
Endurant
To look at
What is working
And what is not
To notice
The intensity of your feelings
Or the profound numbness
To listen to
Your mind
And the constant thoughts
That haunt you
To the guidance between the words
To listen to your body
While the aches and pains
Remind you
And the energy
Drives you
Choosing not to judge
Choosing not to condemn
Choosing not to wallow in the what if’s
Choosing instead
To create
A new pattern
A new way
A new path
Toward
A different way of
Being
One step at a time
Choosing to create
New beliefs
New thoughts
That are more in alignment
With this moment
One step at a time
Choosing the willingness to shift
The way you are showing up
Today
Without blame
Shame
Or hiding
The calling can be answered
While remembering
Today is not
Yesterday
But a reflection of what we
Saw and did not see
Felt and did not feel
Heard and did not hear
We are all of it
We are the gifts that have been offered
We are the strength that has grown
We are EVERYTHING
We are EVERYTHING
And in everything
Anything is possible
