3W4DW: Monday Pride Thread

[jjhunter]

take a breath, begin:
it's Monday morning, and I
will not resent it

the communal ritual
of taking pride in ourselves

in finding the good
in the week before is a
booster shot of grace

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synecdochic hosts a weekly Monday Pride Thread:

Mondays, every week, let's celebrate ourselves, to start the week right. Tell me what you're proud of. Tell me what you accomplished last week, something -- at least one thing -- that you can turn around and point at and say: I did this. Me. It was tough, but I did it, and I did it well, and I am proud of it, and it makes me feel good to see what I accomplished. Could be anything -- something you made, something you did, something you got through. Just take a minute and celebrate yourself. Either here, or in your journal, but somewhere.

Comments

[silverhare]

tense, curt silences
biting tongues, resisting words
grimaces hidden

a meeting after absence
travelling across the globe

"how nice to see you"
we hug, smile, pose and pretend
blood is the thickest

--

i sit determined
staring into the mirror
at war with myself

a helper sits alongside
with words of encouragement

fight the urge to blink
approach slowly and calmly
my contacts are in!

[jjhunter]

Very nice--you have a real flare for this.

I've worn my glasses
so long I sometimes forget
to take them off to

shower; water outside and
in: what a start to the day!

seeing clearly is
sometimes harder than being
clueless at such times

undercurrents of 'should be'
straining the limited is

joy to your courage
in surviving tough greetings
and placing contacts

and thank you for sharing here
your stories motivating

[untonuggan]

self help books abound
a wall of motivation
their words are empty

sluggish like the ending dregs
of the last cup of coffee

emptying my mind
of worries and to-do-lists
they say I'll find peace

peaceful, a silted river
runs more slowly than rapids

need rapidity
deadline is tonight
I can't see the end

[jjhunter]

wake up tomorrow
with it done: visualize
that and forge ahead

well, that's why I tell myself
we will see how well it goes

good luck 'rapidly'
tear down that wall; dance on it
who cares what they say?

[peoppenheimer]

more haste, less speed, they always
say -- but how often is good

advice given in
exactly the wrong places:
the speedy advised

to hasten and the hindered
to retard their hastening

[jjhunter]

match pace to your breath
and you'll go at the right speed
body time is best