How to Cope 101

How to cope when you don’t know how to cope?

Stop the stories.

Stop the projections

Stop the comparisons.

And simply do

What needs to be done today.

 

Exposed

Change has the power to strip me naked baring my exposed flesh to a glaring world.

I will gather up leaves – authentic, sturdy, and vibrant and clothe myself again.

A New Normal

I made a decision to change my life and now it feels crazy weird and I feel crazy weird and nothing feels normal anymore and so I need to get used to a new normal. I dare not look back because there is nothing to look back to.

Debris Be Gone

I cleared the debris cluttering my life and as I stood back to examine the result I knew with certainty that yes, indeed, the path hidden beneath all the dead wood really would lead to an as yet undiscovered

Magical world

Living Hope

I lived in fear for years on end

My soul was tied and bound

I had no place outside my realm

No open path that I could tell

I gave up hope, resigned to life

My bed was made so down I laid

But change came by and saw the heart

My tears had nearly drowned

I closed my eyes and lift my arms

I surrendered all to God

Please help me, Lord, my life is yours

I have nowhere else to go

He heard my prayers and felt my pain

And wiped it all away

I thank you Lord for all you’ve done

For all my life might be

I’ll live my days to glorify

My living hope in Thee!

Candle Flame

As much as we’ve received

Let us share our gifts with grace

Our joy is like a candle flame

To light the eyes and face

Well-Wishes I Wish

I only realized how toxic the environment was until I left after ten years of service without even a card to well-wish my days ahead.

Did I wish for a well-wish? I would have been touched by the gesture.

Hero

It feels weird

To move outside a comfort zone

It feels weird

To say goodbye to all I’ve known

It feels weird

To stand outside a closed locked door

When suddenly

It opens for me no more

It feels weird

To finally know

I’m alone

I’ve become my own

Hero

There Must Be Sun

I’ve broken free

From painful fears

I’ve torn the ropes

Around my wrist

Shadows fall

Around my feet

So this I know

There must be sun