Heart Talk: Poetic Wisdom for a Better Life

by Cleo Wade

When we fear change, it keeps us in an energy of feeling stuck, powerless, and resentful, but when we embrace change, we open ourselves to the understanding that anything is possible. Life is not supposed to stay the same. We are not supposed to stay the same.

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. They will leave, especially if we don’t entertain them or pick a fight with them.

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

shame said you would never survive and the truth is you are still here

I choose to shine what is within us appears before us when I think like a cactus too long I am all of a sudden a cactus I am in the desert I am without water and not even the one I love can touch me so I think like the sun instead and nourish the growth of all with my light and my warmth