What I am discovering

It’s okay to relax

And take a deep breath out

I don’t have to keep running

Judging myself

Always seeking perfection

Beauty exsists here in the present

Right before my eyes

And in my heart

Peace is something to behold

Not to attain

Life is more fun if I hold it loosely

If I learn not to take a lot of things personally

Worry gives me nothing positive

It also steals my attention from the gifts

Of this precious moment

My childhood was lonely and tough

But I did myself more damage

Trying to fit in, or feel happy where I wasn’t

And I hurt mysrlf even more

Criticising myself

Somehow deep inside

I now know, my soul is

Both vast and eternal

And every lesson I learn in this life

I will carry forward to the next

Gratitude helps me to see the blessings

Even in the toughest of experiences

Resentment and anger that goes no where

Or is not positively directed

Only binds my body and soul

Ever so tightly in chains