Haiku My Heart ~ Center Point
FEBRUARY 3, 2017
**Find that center point**
**in the stillness of your breath**
**transformation blooms**
**in the stillness of your breath**
**transformation blooms**
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I feel as if every hardship from my entire life
has been preparing me for now,
for this time and space that we are living in...
yet sometimes I feel like my toolbox is empty...
The following words from noted author Diane Ackerman
came to me this past week
and I immediately felt as if I had been saying them all of my life,
they help me to find that center point
and give voice to how I strive to live...
I feel as if every hardship from my entire life
has been preparing me for now,
for this time and space that we are living in...
yet sometimes I feel like my toolbox is empty...
The following words from noted author Diane Ackerman
came to me this past week
and I immediately felt as if I had been saying them all of my life,
they help me to find that center point
and give voice to how I strive to live...
**"I will not dishonor my soul with hatred,**
**but offer myself humbly as a guardian of nature,**
**as a healer of misery, as a messenger of wonder,**
**as an architect of peace."**
-Diane Ackerman
**but offer myself humbly as a guardian of nature,**
**as a healer of misery, as a messenger of wonder,**
**as an architect of peace."**
-Diane Ackerman
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