Sometimes, it’s all we can do to hold the pieces of ourselves together…
And keep on going, and sometimes
we need to do this— to be strong and show ourselves that we can.
At other times, I think the
greatest gift we can give ourselves is to let go: to let the pieces explode and
scatter, to sit in the eye of our own storm, in the centre of the orb created
by our atoms flying outwards, leaving us all at sea and not knowing which way
is up or down—and there, to simply breathe.
To breathe deeply—in the moments
of not knowing, or fighting, or pushing, just to breathe and recognize that in
all these pieces of me—the broken pieces, the polished pieces, the smashed up,
bashed up pieces and the prized pieces—my soul shines and is precious. That
even when all I can do is sit amongst the shards until I can, once again, build
them into something new and wonderful. Even then, I am valid and whole. Even in
pieces, I am enough.
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| "Neurons" by Ruth Calder Murphy |
Pieces
by Ruth Calder Murphy
All in
pieces
to be
put together again,
again...
Pieces
of my mind,
flung
to the four winds,
pieces
of my soul, singing in the stars,
pieces
of my heart in the keeping
of
weeping people,
pieces
of my dreams,
flowing
gently down the stream
and
dissolving to the ocean’s arms…
All in
pieces and scattered
over
land and sea and sky,
so
desperately deep and impossibly high -
too
wide and too removed
to find
myself again.
All in
pieces - fragmented me -
looking
for peace
in the
spinning of Infinity,
to
bring it back
and
alchemy the cracks
in my
mosaic quiddity…
All in
pieces and every piece complete -
every
one replete -
a
perfect facet
of my
soul...
Peace
is here, and Mystery,
the
turmoil - and the miracle - of this humanity:
in
every piece, the whole of me,
and I,
in pieces,
whole.
(Find more of Ruth's poetry in our new book! Just click here)
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| "Making a Splash' by the author, Ruth Calder Murphy |
Ruth Calder Murphy is a writer, artist, music teacher, wife and mother living in London, UK. Her life is wonderfully full of creativity and low-level chaos. She is the author of two published novels, The Scream and The Everlasting Monday, several books of poetry and one or two as-yet unpublished novels. More of Ruth' Spiritual poetry can be found in her book, Spirit Song and the soon-to-be-released sequel, "River Song". She is passionate about celebrating the uniqueness of people, questioning the unquestionable and discovering new perspectives on old wonders. She is learning to ride the waves that come along—peaks and troughs—and is waking up to just how wonderful life really is. You can visit Ruth and view more of her art on her website, or on her writer's page on Facebook. All her books are available on Amazon, here.
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