Straighten

Do not despair of your life. You have force enough to overcome your obstacles. - Thoreau

mistaken

shaken

forsaken

awaken

point well taken

Author's Note

“However mean your life is, meet it and live it; do not shun it and call it hard names. It is not so bad as you are. It looks poorest when you are richest. The fault-finder will find faults even in paradise. Love your life, poor as it is. You may perhaps have some pleasant, thrilling, glorious hours, even in a poorhouse. The setting sun is reflected from the windows of the almshouse as brightly as from the rich man's abode; the snow melts before its door as early in the spring. I do not see but a quiet mind may live as contentedly there, and have as cheering thoughts, as in a palace.” - Thoreau

Reviews

[Vertigo Cat1111]

This is absolutely amazing. Thank you so much for sharing such an amazingly inspiring poem. So many people could use this right now and I know for sure, it was a great thing for me to read. The way it’s written almost reminds me of the ‘Five Stages Of Grief.’ Someone that finally awoke and can get back to their real life. I genuinely mean it when I say, thank you for sharing this. It’s beautiful and put a smile on my face.

[Pete]

so glad it spoke to you. i appreciate you sharing such thoughts. thank you and keep the light... :)