Small Stones from the River: Meditations and Micropoems

by Kat Lehmann

we tend to see a person in the moment not as the journey they traveled to get here

forgiving others is a wonderfully selfish act of liberation even if no one else knows you did it forgive yourself for what you cannot change being a little damaged helps us to be there for others

Misfortune finds its power when we turn it into Misery

that thing that happened? it’s over it’s okay to stop running

wrap your sadness with a bow and put it on the shelf you can take it back if you ever need it

we can listen to the medicine of others but ultimately we must find our own ways to heal

be open to the beauty in the small the quiet and the ordinary that is where a good portion of it lives

you can be certain it is your path if you are the one who clears it

strength knows how to be gentle when to be patient and when to walk away

do not let them have all of you keep something for yourself a dream a feeling a corner of the mind yours

Hope and Fear sit on a see-saw and neither one knows what will happen next

make a certain peace with stagnation ask it to tea and stare patiently at one another when it is time to get up both of you will know

there is more good than bad in the world if it were not so we would no longer be here

What is good and what is bad? These are romantic terms which are not valid anymore.

sunbeams outnumber raindrops even on a rainy day

forgive you can always take back your pain if you need it

it is not so much what we endured but that we survived

do not hold too tightly to a moment enjoy each one as it arrives and be open to the possibility of the next feel the wetness of running water

being strong is what people do when they do not have the luxury of being afraid

your story like every story has happy and sad tell yourself the happy even if it is only that you survived the sad

the actions of others do not belong to us we do not need to own them

Twitter can definitely learn from this

kindness is the only gift

What about power?

tiny pleasures are the hardest ones to lose

this time in the full of the moon I will learn to love its waning too

how long did it take you to become who you are today? your entire life labyrinthine path and all how long will it take to become your future self? long enough to realize you already are that person

plant a seed read to a child feed an animal write a book speak from the heart demonstrate hope for the future

it takes more courage to finish than to start something new finishing means letting go