Envisage your new normal
An empty book to be filled, maybe even more,
With dreams, adventures, memories replete
From love held, love lost and love found.
All the crazy stories evoking laughter and tears
Each chapter a struggle of overcoming fears
For always something was not quite right
That perfect state was always out of grasp
That would magically grant us happiness
As if it couldn’t be found amongst our pages
But alas, look again, between the lines,
Even in the energy of the words,
There is care even by someone saying
How do you do, and awaiting our reply
Because under and over and in these words
Is benevolent compassion, cheering us on
Seeing our struggle and wishing us joy
Despite it all, even though we wish for more
They give us an invisible unwrapped gift
To receive the feeling of having all we want
Everything we think seems nearly impossible
Is granted to us in their heartfelf thoughts
And this gives us just enough strength,
The right amount of courage to trod on,
To put another foot in front of the other
Toward creating what we want in life
Instead of stopping up, stuck, giving up
This spark from another says more
Than words express and though a picture
Could say a thousand of these words
There is far more, contained here
For this hidden support works
In a myriad of mysterious ways
That while we can think that we can’t,
Can’t be bothered, can’t manage, can’t cope
These havens of hope given by others
Open glimpses of our dreams fulfilled
While gently teaching us the lesson
That to truly feel is what’s real
Thus envision your new normal come
To life, and yet in this way,
You’ll know what you have is worth
You’ll hold that loved one close
In appreciation of soulful connection
And having your life as you’d like
The everyday becomes sublime
Even the basic brown earth, leaves
The wind chiming and sun shining
Nothing is taken for granted now
As you put in the time, you strove
To bring about this new reality
And it was well worth the wait.
