Heart Talk: Poetic Wisdom for a Better Life

by Cleo Wade

I have experienced just about every type of heartbreak that exists. The kind that happens with a romantic partner, with someone I wished were a romantic partner, with a family member, a friend, even a stranger. I’ve known the heartbreak associated with professional situations and things I aspire to: a dream that never came true, or a dream that did come true, but when it did, it wasn’t meant to be. I have even broken my own heart a few times (more than a few, actually).

Our hearts are warm when we are able to show up with generosity, patience, and compassion for the ones we love, but we must remember that it is impossible to truly be there for others without taking care of ourselves first. We take care of ourselves by asking what our needs are.

Love is an action, a thing in motion. Therefore, it requires fuel.

To be fearless is to be afraid of something but to do it anyway. Be fearless. Take the first step. Once we choose love, the work to maintain our love begins.

Take a deep breath and go for it. Don’t allow the energy of procrastination to create a staleness surrounding your dreams. Breath is a sign of the body living. When you inhale deeply, you are reminded that you are alive and that every moment represents a new possibility for you to step into your destiny.

Life is not supposed to stay the same. We are not supposed to stay the same. Our life, our communities, and our world are always in bloom.

befriend your ingredients the spicy, the sweet, the pain, the heartache, the gifts, the shame, and the shine

untrue. Knowing our needs is a limitless superpower, one that can help us make all the big decisions in life.

When we know what we need to feel challenged and motivated by our work, we are much more tuned in to what we want our career path to look like.

Be unapologetic when it comes to your needs. They are, at the very least, deserving of being seen and heard. What are your needs? Create a list of your needs and make space for them in your life. Respecting and expressing your needs can superpower your life. Start by recognizing them.

Stress and anxiety are unavoidable visitors. Let us accept this. When they come, acknowledge their arrival, evaluate what invited them in, and recognize that they are guests, not permanent fixtures.

These feelings will eventually leave, because ultimately they know they have no home within your sacred self.

it was time so I said yes I said yes to living I said yes to loving I said yes to being my . . . self illuminated and unafraid

To exist in a state that requires you to constantly be prepared to go to war is exhausting. No human body or soul can sustain that type of energy as a lifestyle. Let yourself relax.

The ground is not only the place where we march toward what we must fight for; it is also a place where we are being divinely held up by the earth.

When we understand how to feel grateful for what we have, we are free from the uneasy state of constantly wanting.

A never-ending hunt for more puts the mind in a continual state of anxiety.

Release the energy of more, more, more and replace it with the energy of thank you, thank you, thank you.

My brother once said to me, “If you are not staying present in the moment, you are leaving it.”

The only way we can make the most of our lives is to make the most of our moments.

We all take risks, but if we want to master risk-taking, we must learn to do so without attaching anxious energy to our decisions.

Anxiety disconnects us from our power. Acceptance allows us to relax into our power and move through any circumstance with clarity and confidence.

True confidence comes from affirming ourselves regularly and treating ourselves kindly.

Don’t approach your life from a space of defeat. Approach your life with the vibrancy of “I got this,” because at the end of the day . . . who is to say you don’t?

Live your life with clear and good intentions and you will never have to spend your time explaining what you do or who you are.

Since our thoughts are what frame our lives, the first step to constructing a healthy life is to construct healthy thoughts.

Healthy thinking does not mean you never have dark thoughts; it just means that you don’t stay in unhelpful thoughts long enough for them to influence your reality.

We become the stories we tell ourselves, so it is crucial that we, as narrators, frame our experiences with thoughts th...

Love yourself enough to walk out of the rooms that harm you in any way. Love yourself enough to hold the people who harm you accountable for their words and actions.

Love yourself enough to say enough is enough when enough has become enough.

To achieve a kinder world, we must approach kindness with ambition and dedication. We must practice it in every moment of our lives. Kindness is that important.

I did not lose the lesson I did a lot of things not in the right way some may even call them mistakes I just call them the scars that keep me from touching the oven too long when it is hot Life

The people we admire for exhibiting excellence are not the people who are perfect or the people who succeed every time. They are the people who recognize that the road to achieving every goal is paved with victory and defeat. The triumphant are celebrated not because they win every time but because they never quit when they lose. We are more resilient than we could ever imagine. Keep going.

Love always detects the energy of love, and light never fails to join forces with more light.

When we are in a state of positive and loving energy, the whole room feels it; maybe even the whole world feels it.

Embody love and light with actions and thoughts that are positive, uplifting, caring, and considerate, and you will find that...

We cannot always control what happens to us, but we always have the power to leave any situation feeling stronger and wiser than we were before. There is an education waiting for us within all of our experiences, we just have to decide what we do with it. Choose to allow what you go through to fuel your growth rather than stunt it.

No one knows your life the way you do, so while we must always ask for help when we need it and show gratitude for advice from others, we must also know the difference between respectfully considering someone’s opinion and giving it the power to dictate our lives.

Do not ignore your intuition. There is an infinite intelligence within you; let it be your guiding light.

To know that you are a work in progress means to recognize that your goals are also works in progress.

Because we go through so many stages and phases, it is important to consistently reset our goals so that they can grow with us.

Refresh your goals regularly and with intention. It will help you stay continuously motivated and inspired.

what I lost and what I gained and then I realized that to be more alive I had to be less afraid so I did it I lost my fear and gained my whole life

Light can be big, small, loud, or a whisper, but it is always light.

Letting someone know that you believe in them is one of the most fundamental acts of kindness.

You never know if your words of support could be the sign someone is looking for to feel capable enough to commit to their own greatness.

Live with intention. Before you do something, ask yourself why. Ask yourself what you want. Ask yourself why you want it. Ask yourself how you want to feel and how you want to live.

When we approach our dreams with the energy that says “I can, I will, and I am deserving,” we are not only much more likely to attain them, we are also able to better enjoy the road that leads us to them.

When we focus solely on validations from the outside world, we end up being very easily controlled by circumstance, but when we remain humble and firmly rooted in our ever- present goodness, we can celebrate our accomplishments and learn from our disappointments without letting them be the things that define us.

Try going on a complaint cleanse. Monitor when complaints pop into your mind, and instead of saying them out loud, let them go.