Poetry

  • Embracing the struggle

    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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  • Gentle to ourselves

    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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  • To fall is to rise

    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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