Bowed down maybe but still to the point...

This quote was posted up on my Facebook page today. It not only felt very pertinent to our times, symbolising what a great many people are feeling, myself included, but also reminded me of a poem I wrote some years ago (see below). We are all being tested right now. The planetary alignments are driving us into times of deep perseverant change which gives rise to uncertainty and thus anxiety.

The key is to remember that YOU still have choice. Maybe not choice about whether your job is made redundant, maybe not choice about whether you have the money to pay for Christmas this year but choice in how you tackle the challenges. It is a good time to review what motivates you and what makes you feel that smile well up from inside regardless of what is going on in the external world. Good friendships help considerably. Communicating with others about their fears and worries provides solace - you are not alone! Our attitude makes all the difference and whilst I would be the last to say "it's easy", it is however worth the effort of at least trying to stay positive whilst acknowledging all the other emotions which are flowing through you. Remember they are transitory, these things too shall pass. Looking for the good in others and appreciating what you do have is the best place to start. The greatest changes come from within, be prepared to do the work and eventually results will follow.

Bow... but not down!

Testing my metal
I have smelted,
Beaten, moulded,
Yet by mine own hand.
Precision sharp, acuteness,
An arrowhead glistening -
Not to meet but to
Pierce the target.

Like a catapult
The bow is bent.
Muscles, sinews,
Nerves indeed
Stretched to their limits - 
Taut.

I tremble as I am drawn
Back, across pre-travelled ground.
Time and again
Reviewing
Until the balance is achieved.

Then will come the moment.
Aiming high and true and straight,
The happy release,
A surge and rush of power -
Not to meet but to
Pierce the target.

~ Sharon ~

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