Where the Keyword is Self-Awareness
A new poem today, probably brought on by my having too much time to think during such days of Covid-19 coronavirus that the world is waking up to every day, but none of us know how any day will end; even so, 'Hope springs eternal' ... which definitely has to be my all-time favourite among corny truisms. wry bardic grin
Some of us, for whatever reasons, get off to an uneasy, if not downright unhappy or bad start in life; some blameworthy fate seems to have it in for us. I felt this way for years as a teenager and young man, not least because I was gay and same sex relationships were illegal at the time; other influences, too, mostly from family and peers, saw my younger self in something of a psychological mess for which it suited me to blame some existential fate rather than take responsibility for myself.
Eventually, I came to realise that any hell I was in was of my own making; it was the start of my finding a way back to a self with whom I was (and still am) more comfortable.
“I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.”
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“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” often attributed to C. S. Lewis
[Note: This poet-poem also appears on my gay-interest poetry blog today..] RNT
Labels: culture, discernment, human nature, human psychology, human spirit, identity, life forces, love, mind-body-spirit, personal space, philosophy, poetry, positive thinking, religion, society
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