This summer, a very special friend passed away unexpectedly. We had lost touch about a year ago. You know how you just get busy and the connection gets lost. I was so focused on my own journey that I didn’t even notice he was missing from my life. It happens to us all from time to time. Perhaps he was just meant to be in my life for a season.
That season was about two years after my thyroid issues were resolved. I got inspired to write poetry. A lot of poetry. I copyrighted three books of poetry in about a year and a half and then I stopped. I was done. I have not felt a need or desire to write poetry since.
This poem was something that this friend helped me tweak and title. I love this poem because it was an important part of my healing for several years. It still lives on my refrigerator.
So in honor of my friend, I share this poem with you. I hope you enjoy it and feel the power that it releases into the universe. Peace and have a safe and happy Labor Day weekend.
I am a Phoenix
I have chosen to love my life. I have risen from the ashes of the past, now I flourish in the brilliance of my future, embracing all that surrounds me.
I have chosen not to be afraid of anything that I want. I deserve the happiness I now live. Anything is possible, including what is not visible and what my imagination has not yet created.
I have chosen to live each day with vigor and joy. Scaling a mountain is no longer difficult when admiring the beauty of the moment. I am living my present and future at once.
I am now free to open my heart and care for all things, and to treat life like the precious gift that it is.
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