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Soft cooing sounds of comfort
the dove reminds,
the land is richly green
I felt a bit rusty writing this haiku. It’s been many months of no practice but after several attempts, I managed to cobble something that I like.
Thank you for an interesting prompt Ronovan. Grass & Dove
Sometimes hurting sits like a heavy rock that sinks your spirit,
sometimes pain leaves tracks wider than a railroad,
sometimes despair runs so deep that it seems bottomless,
sometimes giving up becomes a relief that beckons so softly;
……
Those times when life has become such trying tedium,
that getting through each day seems an untold hardship,
I hate to offer platitudes that this too shall pass,
but my soul whisper to yours, don’t you ever give up!
……
Words I share with you, I share with myself,
the encouragement that I give you, I give to myself,
for I’ve found that whoever we are and wherever we are from,
we are all the same balancing our struggles on this journey called life.
©
Jacqueline
Don’t give up on today, you have no idea what tomorrow has to offer. Just wait and see
Today, learn from yesterday’s mistakes but don’t let yesterday steal today’s peace – Jacqueline
There’s absolutely no mistake,
Not in the way you were made.
You are the masterpiece of the Master sculptor.
For you are as beautiful as you allow yourself to be.
From within to without,
From the tip of your hair,
To your buck teeth,
To the flat soles of your feet,
You are you.
The you that you are is wonderful,
You are no less than anyone else.
Never spend unnecessary time comparing yourself to another,
For you are made unique.
You must remember to tell yourself this every day.
You have courage.
You have strength.
You have confidence.
You have self-respect and love.
In the stillness of the morning,
In the noise of the day,
In the darkness of the night,
Never fail to tell yourself,
That the sculptor made no mistakes with you,
From within to without,
Until you accept it,
And it is settled,
In your Spirit, Body, and Soul.
Positive affirmations breed positive things.
Depression wants to sleep with me tonight
but I ain’t having none of that!
I told him that I don’t cheat on Peace
‘cos he brings me Joy, Harmony, Balance
and lots of untold goodies.
I told him that he’s such a poor lover
who leaves me all wound up,
empty and downcast.
That our tumultuous relationship
has me faking orgasmic satisfaction
and that has simply been a lie.
I kicked him out into the cold night
and wedged the door tight with a chair under the lock.
He sulked and begged and cajoled to be let back in
he even promised to be more gentle in his loving
but I ain’t having none of that.
I have listened to his sleek lies in the past
when he used me and put up his feet by the fireplace
having a good smoke while I cried my eye’s raw and my heart bled.
I told him that he’s a Baboon
and he’s not going to get more handsome soon.
His spots are embedded in his thick skin and
can’t be washed off with soap.
I quickly called Peace on speed dial though it was late,
even the birds had gone to roost
but I had to so as not to cave into Depressions whiny voice.
Knowing Peace, he’s such a good guy
he answered once he saw my repeated calls.
He called his companions
Joy, Harmony, Love, Hope, Faith, Music, Laughter…
and they all came along.
They played and danced in my living room all night long whilst
I had a goodnight’s rest in the desired arms of Peace.
© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
I knew that I would run out of fuel living as someone else, so, the best shot I’ve got at living is to live as me – Jacqueline
The best peace that we can give ourselves is to come to terms with who we truly are, embrace it and move forward from there.
Our life is intertwined with sweet and bitter moments, sometimes the bitterness tends to erode the sweetness, but I’ve learnt and still learning that we can enrich our bitter moments and turn it into fodder for sweeter moments.
Don’t stay in that categorised box where others have chosen to keep you. Liberate yourself, cut lose and live fully. You are more than a label.
Lady Cee shares with us snippets of 12 shades of thinking and a free e-book by renowned Dr John Maxwell.
Quit carrying that baggage of guilt
it ain’t gonna buy you redemption.
Quit holding on to other people’s criticism
they have their own issues to deal with and ain’t perfect themselves.
Quit seeing yourself as not enough
nobody else can be you or as enough as you
Quit comparing yourself to others
your goal is to compete with yourself and be better than you were yesterday.
Quit bemoaning what yesterday could have been, it’s gone!
Look up to today and make it the damn best that you can.
Quit worrying about the future
when you are not done with admiring the present.
Quit holding on to your expectation of others,
it doesn’t belong to you and letting go will bring you peace.
Remember that though we are in this life together, your track belongs solely to you.
© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
For this week’s prompt, I choose this simple quote of peace below.
We all want peace in our lives, but how much peace do we contribute to others in our own little ways?
Be the peace that you seek – Fil Tribble
Please check these links for individual posts on last week’s prompt.
The entirety of mankind
is one Nation under the blue sky.
For the stars do not know us as different,
they count us as one.
The peace we deny each other,
is the trouble that we stoke for ourselves.
For you to have peace indeed,
you must offer the same to your neighbour.
When you remember that you are one,
the journey to find peace is far easier.
I am your other self.
© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
Bernadette at www.HaddonMusings.com
Jacqueline at www.Acookingpotandtwistedtales.com
Bernadette and I invite you to join in on our blogging event called The Writer’s Quote Challenge. We have decided to pick up the baton that Colleen and Ronovan have handed off.
We are continuing the same format and here that is: there are no rules to follow. Either make up your own sayings or use a quote from a famous author that you find gives you inspiration.
Each Thursday, we will post the prompt and all you have to do is participate!
On your own blog post do a pingback to this post and make sure to “like”pingback” on everyone else’s post. A pingback is when you embed (or copy) the URL of my weekly prompt into your own blog post.
Make sure to check our weekly prompt to see if your entry is there. You can copy URL of your blog post and include it in the comments section of my original weekly prompt if that works better for you.
Copy the badge above and include it on your own post. Tag your post on your own blog as “The Writer’s Quote Challenge,” so we can find the posts in the reader.
We are looking for more hosts to join in the fun. So if you would like to pick up the challenge of hosting, just let one of us know.
When we begin to feel guilt for failing in doing certain things, it’s a good indication that we are possibly overloaded.
It’s often better to cut out trivial chores and pastimes here and there and face the vital stuff until we are able to get it together.
It’s also okay to be kind to yourself when you fall behind. No! You don’t have superpowers 😉
Some days I’m stuck, not knowing what to write – I guess that’s why 50 blog post ideas and activities to beat the bloggers’ block is great, but I also realized that it’s okay not to be fully optimized in my thoughts every day. Some days, my brain just wants to be chill.
Jacqueline
Every Tuesday, I share snippets of thoughts that I call ‘My Thinking Corner.’
I would like to invite you to participate. The challenge is quite simple. You can check this link for more details.
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