Soul-forgetfulness – Poem by Ali Grimshaw

~ Ali Grimshaw

What’s missing? she asked herself. It wasn’t that she didn’t know her strengths. It wasn’t that her imagination had run off to have an affair with someone better. It wasn’t that she expected easy.

What was missing now was the risk to hope again. To dream bigger, like a five-year-old coloring with abandon on the whole wall. Markers in hand, in full out play. As far as each arm could reach. Without fear of intersecting lines, sharp puncture points or curvy wide spaces.

What’s missing is the leap, the willingness to let it unfold and seeing herself capable of not only the journey but strong enough to feel all the textures of emotion like carpets of days she had walked through to get to now. She knew her heart would break every day and that just meant that it would keep growing.

Top of the hill, feet on the pedals, hair in the wind, she is going. 

© Ali Grimshaw 2021

“In the Celtic tradition it was said that we suffer from soul-forgetfulness. We have forgotten who we are and have fallen out of true relationship with the earth and with one another. Thus, the path to wellbeing is not about becoming something other than ourselves or about acquiring a spiritual knowledge that is essentially foreign to us. It is about waking up to a knowledge that is deep in the very fabric of our being, and it is about living in relation to this wisdom.” – John Philip Newell, “Sacred Earth, Sacred Soul,” The Daily Good








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			18 thoughts on “Soul-forgetfulness – Poem by Ali Grimshaw”		


		
		
    
					
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    Such a lovely poem and a quote, Ali 🙂 most of our time is spent in everyday activities, with the inevitable busyness and distractions. And this is where our energy leaks and where, despite best intentions, we lose focus on connections with the world and one another. Thanks for sharing and have a lovely day 🙂 Aiva xx
    

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      Glad to hear you are enjoying the book. I haven’t read it yet. I read an article about the book and this inspired the writing. Great to hear from you.
      
I hope you and your family are well.
      
Sending love your way,
      
Ali
      

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