I loved this poem so much when I first found it. I think it contains a modern cure for many of our anxieties. ❤
I want to share something today that is not my own writing, but expresses a comforting truth I so needed to hear today and which brought me to tears. It is taken from an anthology : Poems to Make A Grown Man Cry and the initial paragraphs are written by the English actor Tom Hiddleson, who chose this poem for inclusion in the anthology for the reasons below:
In the madness and mayhem of modern life, where every man seems committed to an endless search for the approval and esteem of his fellows and peers, no matter what the cost this poem reminds me of a basic truth : that we are, as we are, ‘enough’. Most of us are motivated deep down by a sense of insufficiency, a need to be better, stronger, faster; to work harder; to be more committed, more kind, more self sufficient, more successful. We…
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Emerging From The Dark Night 