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Our past can contain unresolved guilt, anger, and fear that destroys our joyous, happy future. Letting-Go of these emotions clears our past, and allows us to go forward with confidence. You are only hurting yourself by holding them. Any negative thought or emotion can ruin your whole day. So look at the thoughts surfacing in your mind today and let-go of the negative ones. Forgive them. Forgive those who may have caused them. Give these thoughts to divine power. Throw them in the trash. Melt them in the shimmering light of love. But don’t give up your peace and happiness one second longer.
(Author’s note: This poem has been plagiarized, truthized, renamed, reworded, redesigned, expanded and reduced. But it is my work, which I wrote at the age of 19 and had published in my college yearbook. Why anyone would want to claim it is beyond me, but for what it’s worth, I wrote it, and if I’d known it was going to be this popular, I’d have done a better job of it. – V.S.)
“After a While”
After a while you learn
the subtle difference between
holding a hand and chaining a soul
and you learn
that love doesn’t mean leaning
and company doesn’t always mean security.
And you begin to learn
that kisses aren’t contracts
and presents aren’t promises
and you begin to accept your defeats
with your head up and your eyes ahead
with the grace of woman,
not the grief of a child
and you learn
to build all your roads on today
because tomorrow’s ground is
too uncertain for plans
and futures have a way of falling down
in mid-flight.
After a while you learn
that even sunshine burns
if you get too much
so you plant your own garden
and decorate your own soul
instead of waiting for someone
to bring you flowers.
And you learn that you really can endure
you really are strong
you really do have worth
and you learn
and you learn
with every goodbye, you learn…
