I Am Not Afraid. The poem that saved my life.

I Am Not Afraid. The poem that saved my life. | by Sophie Bergstrom

To those who are struggling with their mental health, know that this too will soon pass. What you're going through does not define who you are.

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Leonard Cohen! I would also add of his: "Come my friends be not afraid, We are so lightly here. It is in love that we are ...

Mary Oliver's Timeless Poetry: 'I Got Saved By the Beauty of the World'

I too have known loneliness. ... not at all beautiful. Oh, mother earth, your comfort is great, your arms never withhold. It has saved my life to ...

This Poem by Mary Oliver might very well be my Favourite One Ever.

Words soothe me, heal me, they remind me that I am not alone. ... The Mary Oliver Poem that has Saved my Life, Again & Again. A Mary ...

The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry - Scottish Poetry Library

in fear of what my life and my children's lives may be, I go and lie down ... who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief. I come into the ...

Embracing The Other I Am; or, How Walt Whitman Saved My Life

Why not tell someone that while I never wanted to drink again, I was afraid I might lose my mind if I didn't? ... life-saving advice from a book ...

A Burst of Light: Audre Lorde on Turning Fear Into Fire

Do not let me die a coward, mother. Nor forget how to sing ... save my life. I have done good work. There is a hell of a lot more I ...

Mary Oliver: favorite poem that is NOT "Wild Geese" - Ask MetaFilter

at your ankles. "Mend my life!" each voice cried. But you didn't stop. ... was terrible. ... branches and stones. ... the only life you could save.

Why are some people not afraid of death? Why would not being ...

It would be like being scared to take a crap. My son passed away 3 weeks before his 7th birthday. He was the light of my life. He taught me ...

Not Afraid Poem by devillinzee killer

To have a new birth. Of this great big earth. We're not afraid, to take a stand. Everybody took my hand. To risk their life's. To save their ...

Heavy by Mary Oliver - Read A Little Poetry

Nine years ago I was thinking about taking my own life until someone threw poetry at me like an anchor, which it was. ... But don't be afraid to ...

Mary Oliver Saved My Life | The Poetry Foundation

A bumper sticker on the back of his wheelchair announces: “Don't assume I'm not into cheap meaningless sex.” He reads from a prose-poem about ...

I Will Not Die an Unlived Life, by Dawna Markova - Awakin.org

I very much like this and can well relate to the poem but I wonder how many people life their lives in hesitation, even fear? ... It was the choice to live that ...

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I lived it and I'm not afraid to die but when I die I'm going to ... I've done things I am not proud of in my life. I don't want nobody ...

In the end...I'm not afraid to die, poem by The Pagan Writer - Booksie

This is a poem that is basically about my journey about finding my true self. Through out life i pretending to be somebody that wasn't even real.

The Mary Oliver Poem that has Saved my Life, Again & Again.

“Wild Geese,” by Mary Oliver. You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert repenting.

How to Get Saved by a Poem - Oprah.com

For many years, I was afraid of poetry. I felt as though it ... It came when I discovered that taking a poem I loved deeply into my life ...

Don't Hesitate by Mary Oliver | Heart Poems

And I love your wise comments – “We must not horde joy for fear there will only be crumbs.” Margaret 613-725-6941 h 613-795-9879 c. Be ...

I'm not happy. Something is missing in my life. I don't want to ... - Quora

I am getting depressed day by day. I want to live my life happily. How can I get happiness? What should I do?

Poem From The Book "Save Me An Orange" By Hayley Grace ...

I was never scared of how life would carry on without me here. Maybe ... I am not. You use my heart to your advantage, breaking it to ...