this well is so deep
light enters where it opens
dug down underneath
strike a match in the darkness
you are found in there somewhere
Shared with Tanka Tuesday #49 – mental health
Today’s Daily Stoic poem:
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Great metaphor – our truth is buried deep, and we have to go into the darkness to find it ♥️
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Thanks Ange 🙏
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You are welcome 😃
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Love it! We are somewhere in the darkness…just need a little light to show us the way…
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Thank you 🙏
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Aw, I love this poem, Shaun! Thanks for participating this week!
Yvette M Calleiro :-)http://yvettemcalleiro.blogspot.com
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Thanks Yvette 🙏
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So true Shaun, raises the question does anyone integrally ask? Is there any wisdom out there 🙂
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It’s out there, but not here!
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Ha!
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If just striking that match could help locate some of those bits we have chosen to bury as deep as they’ll go…
And I agree with your second verses title… No “You don’t have to stay on top of everything.” I think learning to say no works well with your verse too.
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Thanks Jules 🙏
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Sometimes depression feels like your crawling out of a deep hole. This is a profound poem, Shaun.
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Thanks Colleen 🙏
Just this last few days I’ve had one student try to kill herself and also heard about a musician I like who successfully managed to kill himself. He was only 26.
Luckily for me I found my way out the hole.
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