19 OCTOBER ICHING MICHAEL

[EMPATHY]

"Periods of oppression and exhaustion contain the seeds of regeneration and renewal. At the very darkest moment the light is almost ready to shine again." If, as the oracle suggests, we persevere with devotion through mire and darkness, we will experience regeneration. An illness may not be cured; an imprisonment will not immediately end; an addiction will not magically dissolve. A mind that admits light, though, will conquer despair. If there is any boon to oppression, it comes through carving out a character that will survive any hardship; new light eventually laps at every horizon.




If peace is all we need to survive
should it not be allowed
if we have given all we have had
to give
must we live in a crowd?
can we not gather at home
the heart that had roamed
so long was alone
with those who we fought to be free from

should we not just accept
we did our best
and bring our harvest to our hearth
let go the will and succomb to peace
in the arms of our own at last.

Is it too much to ask
must there be more
or may I be able to live
between two shores.

Empathy

[EMPATHY]

'There is a reason for everything - but sometimes we dont need to speak the reason - we do what we need to do - because it is right for us - sometimes in life 'us' must put their needs first - in this case - nothing needs to be said right now - what is true - what is not true - who will believe? - believing may not be believed - sometimes silence is better '