I CAN RELEASE
My Journal prompts me to decide
What it is today that I CAN
And I WILL release.
It’s not always easy to decide.
In this end of 2020
With the start of a fresh new year
Just around the corner,
I CAN release the old.
I CAN release what obstructs
And I CAN make room
For the new, the better.
What must I release?
First I must REFLECT.
What was good in this mess?
What was worth keeping?
What should I have learned?
I have learned to sift –
Sift through the garbage of the year
And find the jewels. and keep them –
Throw out the garbage!
Reflect on the kindnesses
Offered to me from others…
And keep those thoughts alive
While I release the ugliness.
Every struggle contains lessons.
Reflect on the things
COVID-19 set before us.
Did it teach interdependence?
It’s not a problem faced
By just one country or state.
This pandemic is a world-wide
Challenge… we’re ALL effected.
Release the idea of “Me First” –
Release the “We’re the best” mentality.
Absorb the understanding that
We’re all this together.
“No man* is an island –
No man stands alone –
Each man’s joy is joy to me –
Each man’s grief is my own.
(*human)
We need one another,
So I will defend
Each man as my brother,
Each man as my friend.”
Release the idea of supremacy –
And reflect on God’s creation.
Know He made us ALL in His image.
Reflect on what that means.
When you hurt, I hurt.
When you are hungry, I MUST
Reach out to help you – and
Find the nourishment you need.
Images of people in food lines
Stretching for blocks,
And people waiting for vaccines
In “First come-first served” lines
GRIEVE ME!
There is enough food,
Enough resources in this world,
To meet each (hu)man’s need –
We just need to share!!
Release the tensions of this
Election year in the USA
And reflect on the voter turnout,
The level of participation.
Release the divisiveness
And concentrate on the idea
Of POWER in UNITY.
Work toward unification.
Release all attitudes of angst.
Reflect on the love shared –
And determine to be the change
We hope to see in 2021.
I CAN
and
I WILL.
WATCH ME!
Thanks for visiting JanBeek.
See ya tomorrow.
Happy New Year!
Comments on: "I CAN RELEASE" (15)
Such wise words, Jan
Thank you, Derrick! Have a Happy New Year!! Bob says, “I’d sure like to meet Derrick someday. What did he d[o for a living?” I told Bob, “I don’t know. Maybe something in real estate?” <3 So, hey, {{{Derrick}}} what DID you do before you retired?
Social work and psychotherapy. Thank you both.
Bob said, “Well, I’ll be!” Thanks for your response, {{{Derrick}}} – God bless you! I can tell you are a “people person.”
🙂
Oh, and I also set cryptic crosswords 🙂
How interesting!! That’s where some of your wordsmith skills were honed, huh?
Yes 🙂
Thank you for sharing your reflections, Jan. There are many lessons for us within. 💐🙏
Thank you, {{{Lesley))) – yes, there are. What are some of the lessons that 2020 taught you??
Thanks for sharing your words of wisdom Jan. ❤️
A very happy new year to you and your family, hope you and Bob are well😊 stay safe and happy 💐
Thank you, {{{Samreen))), we are well – – – and thanking God each day for our health. We don’t take a day for granted!! <3 Happy New Year to you! <3
You are most welcome Jan, take care, be safe 😊❤️🤗🤗 and thank you so much 💕
Very nice!
Thank you, Jeffrey <3