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.

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[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

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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!

[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