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It has been a little while since I’ve written here. I have been a very busy bee, and am happy to say I released my first poetry book! It is a collection of poetry and prose that touches on the experiences of trauma related to witnessing violence against my mother and being a child abuse…
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It is our struggles that open our eyes, that take us to a place of overcoming, of learning, of flying. Embrace the struggle and persist through it, and most importantly, learn through it. Only by holding the lessons it teaches can the struggle ever be something beautiful and meaningful to our lives.
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We must learn to rest our weathered hands, ease our wilting hearts, and forgive the spectres of our past mistakes. Tranquility comes when we learn to be gentle with ourselves. | Barbara Garay. Forgiving another is never easy. But forgiving yourself, at times, may be even harder. See, we are too hard on…
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Born from ashes, bathed in dirt, I rise into a sky that requires iron wings to fly. Ashes | Barbara Garay © 2018 Inevitably, we all will experience the moment our face meets ground, our soul swims deep within the ashes, and our embers begin to lose their spark as they start to extinguish. Part…
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“The purpose of life is to be defeated by greater and greater things.” ― Rainer Maria Rilke, “Letters to a Young Poet.”