Decorate Your Soul

When you experience trauma you learn that you have friends that you didn't know you had. One such friend sent this to me when she found out I was getting divorced. Wow! I'm speechless as to how much this hits home.

Thank you Cathie

After a While You Learn
After a while you learn the subtle difference between holding a hand

and chaining a soul.
And you learn that love doesn't mean leaning

and company doesn't mean security.
And you begin to learn that kisses aren't contracts

and presents aren't promises.
And you begin to accept your defeats with your head up

and your eyes ahead, with the grace of a woman,

not the grief of a child.
And you learn to build all of your roads on today

because tomorrow's ground is too uncertain for plans,

and futures have a way of falling down in mid-flight.
After a while you learn that even sunshine

burns if you get too much.
So you plant your own garden

and decorate your own soul,

instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.
And you learn that you really can endure...
That you really do have worth.
And you learn and you learn...
With every goodbye you learn.