Some Days!

It was just one of those days when I needed to take some quiet time alone.  And what a perfect spring day it was in Jo’burg, SA to do just that.   Sitting in the garden is my favourite spot to relax and to reflect on things. I love to listen to the birds singing and to take in the beauty around me; it inspires me in so many ways.

As I was admiring the beauty around me and smelling the scented air, Went popped into my thoughts.  I began to wonder how he was, and if life was treating him well.   And while I was wondering about Went I sent him waves of love trusting that he’d receive them and that he’s happy.

I wanted to share this poem with you.  It’s written by Tyler Knott Gregson which I found very touching.

Some days, to the world,

I feel like

the fake drawers on bathroom cabinets

or the false pockets

on a suit’s vest;

a reasonable addition that looks like it belongs,

but what possible purpose

will I serve?

Some days, to the world,

I feel like

a thunderstorm with too little thunder

and too much rain

and no fathomable idea

what to do with all the lighting

growing inside me.

Some days, to the world,

I feel like

a book with no cover and a title page

that is torn;

I am filled with words

but only those that care to read

will ever understand

what I am about.

~Tyler Knott Gregson~

I’d like to leave you with these words.

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson -