Tag: poetry

Today I share the words of my favorite poet, Mary Oliver. Do they mean anything to you and your life? Thinking back to where I was about a year ago, what she conveys in this poem sums it up perfectly. I knew what I needed to do and knew it was time. All I had then was my own mind and my own resolve. I actually just discovered this poem today.  Perhaps it will have an impact on someone out there who needs a bit of wisdom to inspire a profound life change.

To your health,

K.

The Journey

One day you finally knew
what you had to do, and began,
though the voices around you
kept shouting
their bad advice –
though the whole house
began to tremble
and you felt the old tug
at your ankles.
“Mend my life!”
each voice cried.
But you didn’t stop.
You knew what you had to do,
though the wind pried
with its stiff fingers
at the very foundations,
though their melancholy
was terrible.
It was already late
enough, and a wild night,
and the road full of fallen
branches and stones.
But little by little,
as you left their voices behind,
the stars began to burn
through the sheets of clouds,
and there was a new voice
which you slowly
recognized as your own,
that kept you company
as you strode deeper and deeper
into the world,
determined to do
the only thing you could do –
determined to save
the only life you could save.