A Poem for 2010
Saturday, January 30th, 2010
As the energy of the New Year begins to settle down, I hope this poem will provide you with a deep feeling of calm as you re-evaluate your direction, your goals for the New Year and what gives your precious life purpose and meaning. This poem has helped me on my journey through life to always remember to follow my heart and my dreams!
The Journey
One day you finally knew
what you had to do, and began,
though the voices around you
kept shouting
their bad advice -
though the whole house
began to tremble
and you felt the old tug
at your ankles.
“Mend my life!”
each voice cried.
But you didn’t stop.
You knew what you had to do,
though the wind pried with its stiff fingers
at the very foundations,
though their melancholy
was terrible.
It was already late
enough, and a wild night,
and the road full of fallen
branches and stones.
But little by little,
as you left their voices behind,
the stars began to burn
through the sheets of clouds,
and there was a new voice
which you slowly
recognized as your own,
that kept you company
as you strode deeper and deeper
into the world,
determined to do
the only thing you could do -
determined to save
the only life you could save.
By Mary Oliver