the happiest of new year's
to you
my sweet friends.
it's been
far too long
i know.
how are you?
doing well
and inspired
and loved
i hope.
i wanted to share
a beautiful piece of art
that has touched my heart
and I thought
it might be beautiful
to you as well...
The Journey
One day you finally knew
what you had to do, and began,
though the voices around you
kept shouting
their bad advice--
though the whole house
began to tremble
and you felt the old tug
at your ankles.
"Mend my life!"
each voice cried.
But you didn't stop.
You knew what you had to do,
though the wind pried
with its stiff fingers
at the very foundations,
though their melancholy
was terrible.
It was already late
enough, and a wild night,
and the road full of fallen
branches and stones.
But little by little,
as you left their voices behind,
the stars began to burn
through the sheets of clouds,
and there was a new voice
which you slowly
recognized as your own,
that kept you company
as you strode deeper and deeper
into the world,
determined to do
the only thing you could do--
determined to save
the only life you could save.
Mary Oliver
i have been
on my own journey
sweet friends.
am still in the midst of it.
and it's taken much of my time.
almost 2 years ago
i started this journey
just took a little step forward
and kept going
and going
and changed
what HAD to be changed.
i made the decision
to leave my marriage
with the man i've spent
the last two decades of my life with.
and it was hard
and scary
and there were moments of wonderful
all at the same time.
the very hardest
steps to take
are the ones
we know will be painful.
but sometimes
we MUST take them anyway.
though my journey
is not over
and i'm still taking those steps
i will share a secret with you.
it's been worth
each and every
painful step
scary decision
moment of change.
WHEREVER you are
in your own life
and journey,
i wish you COURAGE.
i wish you STRENGTH.
i wish you WISDOM.
i wish you
the knowledge to do
whatever it is
in your own soul
that is calling out to you.
my journey is my own
and i neither want to
give advice
nor
suggest that
anyone else's journey
is the same as mine.
but if you are struggling
or in need of a hand to hold
i wanted you to know
that you
are not alone.
and there is always
a new tomorrow
and always
another step
you can take.
i've missed you my sweet friends.
xoxo,
cs
