I wrote this poem a few years ago when I was doing a lot of personal healing work of my own and feeling very confused about my life purpose and why I was here.
It speaks to what we are really here to do with our life.
You might read and hear this poem in the voice of your children if you have them.
You might hear these words in your own younger child voice…the one that hoped and wished that those grown ups around you would understand this .
You might be wishing you had made different choices and turns at the important crossroads in your life.
This is what I want you to know. Every single twist, turn, delay, distraction and especially your particular pain, was so perfectly on purpose, to prepare you and get you here to this very moment where you are standing now.
You are beautiful. Your life has a purpose.
Every detail of the rich tapestry that is your life, has uniquely brought you to today. It’s time for your to own your gifts, to follow your inner light, trust that you are being guided and that each next step will be revealed when you learn to trust and learn to act on your immediate next step.
Your work is to remember and re-member parts of yourself you have gotten disconnected from and live your truth!
Don’t Teach Me Anything!
Don’t teach me anything!
I am not a soccer super star because you want
I am not a doctor, a lawyer, an engineer, an astronomer
A basket ball icon, a pro golfer in the making
Not a pianist, a cello player, or a drummer
Because I am all of these things already
I didn`t come here to be moulded into a statue
A mirror of an unfinished you
I am all that I want to be already
I came here to remember and re-member
This place, Is about playing, loving and living
A remembering of longing
Don’t worry about showing me the way
Follow me instead
Watch me, love me, accept me
I will help you re-member
The parts that you once lost
Watch me play
See what I am
Perfection in every realm
Follow me as I wander
Letting my heart, my soul lead the way
When you let me just be
When you clearly see
The glimmers of the soul
Reflecting in my eyes
When you see my heart dance
When you see me dance
Then you will see
I have found a part of me
I remember because,
I am re-membering
Becoming whole
This is my work
Why I came here
You are my helpers,
Escorts on my journey
I came too, to help you
See and gather the parts you forgot and left behind
In childhoods gone by
Where others tried to mould you
Into a statue
A living monument
To mark the death of their longing
PS: Where did this poem take you? Take a second and let me know where you went in your mind and what thoughts, feelings and images came up for you? I’d love to know.
Xo
Hi Pramilda,
My favorite line is:
I am re-membering
Becoming whole
This makes me think of what healing really means – which is to become whole again. And our psyche is in constant search to do just that: become whole, connecting the parts of ourSELVES that may be scattered through soul loss, trauma, or just our own demands on ourselves or from the outside world.
This is powerful, because connecting with our life purpose is the biggest boon and healing we can find. It’s a midwifing process, and we are here to help each other do just that… Your gift awakens my gift. My gift awakens someone else’s gift…. It’s the ultimate pay it forward.
Keep on igniting.
Vanessa thank you! That is exactly what I meant and I totally agree with you in terms of this is what we are here to do. I see it the same way too that each of us waking up to our gifts sparks another light in our world of hope for someone else. I love the way you express yourself and your dept of understanding. That’s why I know you are in my life and in this community 🙂
What a beautiful poem.
My favorite line was “I am all that I want to be already” What an important thought for all of us to remember.
Much love
Danielle thank you! It’s one of my favourite poems of the ones I have written.