“How I Achieve Victory Over Heartbreaking Misery and Despair” A new poem about forgiving ourselves and moving on PLUS Steven Colbert Interview on Adversity
TRANSFORMATIONAL POETRY For The SOUL by Chinmayan
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This is THE DAWNING LIGHT # 1021 Daily Journal of Uplifting Writing
JOURNEY Of The HEART Section # 605 Poetry and Love Songs by Chinmayan to encourage you to seek, find and follow your own highest purpose and pathway to true greatness from now on…
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HOW I ACHIEVE VICTORY OVER HEARTBREAKING PAIN and DESPAIR….TAKING MY STAND ON THE HIGH MOUNTAIN’S PEAK
“There is no future in living in regret for
All the opportunities I once had which
Were lost through not being recognized
In living through days of unremitting pain…”
As the sun sinks in its fiery arc westward
To make way for a full moon rising,
And night slowly draws a curtain
Across the stage of this aching day—
My heart is crying out to feel the touch and
Comfort of the pure love of my inner Beloved,
Like a lost child crying for his devoted mother,
Like a man drowning alone on the sea of sorrow—
From where I sit, I can clearly see the
Uncertain end of my days coming my way
And I feel deep regret for all the opportunities
Once within my reach that went unrecognized—
For relationships where so much love was
Waiting to be shared and yet was wasted
As I tumbled through life in unconscious pain
Forlornly believing that my bad was really good.
From where I now sit in prayerful meditation
High on this mountain with its unlimited view,
I ask myself —how could you not see then
What is so plainly revealed to be seen today?
Yet no matter how much I have failed and lost,
I know I have always sought to do my best to
Love, to nurture, to appreciate and take care—
And that there is no future in living in regret.
I must use this piercing pain to awaken to
The urgency of making the most of every day
I have left, to love and accept and forgive
Myself so that I now become the good man
I have always known I could and need to be—
To take my unstoppable stand here and now
On this high mountain’s peak so hard to reach
To seek, to find, to know, to follow and serve
The One who sent me here to live on earth and
Who has always been and is with me still.
August 2, 2023
Still Mountain Retreat
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A VERY SPECIAL INSPIRING and HEART OPENING VIDEO FOR YOU—
An Interview with Steven Colbert: “Learning To Love The Thing That I Most Wish Had Not Happened” where he talks about how to use going through the absolute worst experiences in life and turning them to good.
“Learning to love the thing that i most wish had not happened” Interview with Stephen Colbert
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