Comfort I am forever one with those I love, and I am comforted. The passing of a loved one into the next phase of eternal life is certainly one of the most difficult situations anyone can endure. While there is nothing that can take the place of the one who is no longer in my…
Category: grief , bereavement, loss of a loved one
MYSTICAL POEMS: “Deathless” By Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Deathless There lies in the centre of each man’s heart A longing and love for the good and pure; And if but an atom, or larger part, I tell you this shall endure—endure— After the body has gone to decay— Yea, after the world has passed away. The longer I live and the more…
POEMS: “Bridge of Prayer” by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Bridge of Prayer The bridge of prayer from heavenly heights suspended Unites the earth with spirit-realms in Space. The interests of those separate worlds are blended For those whose feet turn often toward that place. In troubled nights of sorrow and repining, When joy and hope seem sunk in dark despair, We…
POEMS FROM A MOTHER: “Farewell letter” by David Whyte
Farewell letter She wrote me a letter after her death and I remember a kind of happy light falling on the envelope as I sat by the rose tree on her old bench at the back door, so surprised by its arrival wondering what she would say, looking up before I could open it and…
POEMS: “The Timing Of Your Death Is Always Chosen By You” – quote by Abraham-Hicks, Poem by Trina Graves
“The Timing Of Your Death Is Always Chosen By You” (Title Quote: Abraham-Hicks) We are all born into this life Not knowing how long it will be But would we truly desire to know If granted the length to see? Before we came we made a choice Of when our life would end Fitting in…
SHORT POEMS: “Say no to grief” (loss of a loved one, from an older post) by Rabindranath Tagore
Say not in grief that she is no more
But say in thankfulness that she was
PET LOSS: “In memory of our little fur baby Zali” Amira
May 20th 2019 In memory of our little fur baby Zali (our 13 year old shih-tzu) Last Saturday, Zali had her last walk on the beach, the weather was beautiful, and the sun was bright and warm. I took off my shoes and walked with her on the soft white sand, nice and slow,…
POEMS: “The Lilacs” by Edgar Albert Guest (reminders of my mother, from an older post)
I ALWAYS think of mother, when
The lilac tree’s in bloom,
It seems her soul comes back again
Upon its sweet perfume.
INSPIRATIONAL QUOTE: by Elizabeth Kübler-Ross
“INSPIRATIONAL QUOTE: by Elizabeth Kübler-Ross” “People are like stained glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed, only if there is light from within” Elisabeth Kübler-Ross was a Swiss-American psychiatrist, a pioneer in near-death studies and the author of…
POEMS: “I’m there inside your heart” (when facing the loss of a loved one)
Right now I ‘m in a different place,
and though we seem apart,
I am closer than I ever was…
I’m inside your heart.
POEMS: (about grief) “There is no night without a dawning” by Helen Steiner Rice
For those who leave us for a while have only gone away out of a restless, care worn world, Into a brighter day.
