This article is submitted to us by Deb Roberts, Self-care Expert and Director of Yogabean, a Career Money Life Certified Supplier. You can view the original article on SOS-care’s website.
‘Tatenda’ is a woman I met whose name means ‘thank you’ in Zimbabwean
It is the mantra I go to bed with this evening
As the day has moved through the ups and downs (and in-betweens)
It has all contributed to life’s meaning
It is short and sweet but so much to convey
Yet sometimes words can’t explain
What self-worthiness signifies
There are so many variables to name
There may not be concrete answers to life’s hidden meaning
We have joy and light as well as heaviness and sadness
It is what perpetuates that matters
Whether we are uplifted or go into madness
Judgment is manifested when in different states of mind
We can take it on at times or leave it behind
It’s judgment that leads to distraction and misery
Regardless, it’s certainly no way to be kind
Tonight I go to bed with an uplifted heart
There’s been ebbs and flows through the day
This normality we all need to acknowledge
And be sure to assert what we want to say
Failing at anything needs a new paradigm
I wish I had learned it was a gift
Though in my youth it was frowned upon
And was definitely the opposite of a lift
We learn so much from the simple things in life
We so often overlook a leaf, gesture, sign post
When we are caught up in our minds
Is when we often need it most
Being mindful is a practice not to perfect
It is one to respect
Not being in the past
or the future.
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