Sunday, October 7, 2012

The Now

tonight I'm filled with thoughts of longing

of wishing

of hoping

of wanting what I don't have control over

tonight I feel

impotent

and out of control
(and not in a good way)

and I am
carefully

packing these feelings away

the myth that feeling your feelings
all of them
when you feel them
is what's best

that pushing feelings away is always bad

is sometimes a bit of shit advice

because if I focus
on all the things I don't have
all the things that might not work out the way I want

well

I lose what I have right now

and what I have right now
all the things I have

all the many many blessings I have right now

are too wonderful
to lose

Now is where I'm going to stay

tomorrow can wait.

4 comments:

  1. Im not good with dealing with feelings full stop, i tend to compartmentalise them and those i dont want to address or being honest i just dont want to deal with i bury and focus on the good feelings...i would like to say this works..it doesnt lol, the feelings i dont want to feel always find their way to the surface.

    Tomorrow is another day and sometimes its best to just see what that brings.



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  2. Tomorrow can almost always wait.

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  3. Hey, you,

    The problem is not in putting the feelings away and seeking out the happiness of today. The problem is when you don't allow yourself to feel the feelings at all, when you deny they're there, act like they don't matter, or try to pretend you can make them go away for ever.

    Yeah, what Tori said.

    It works a lot better if you feel the feelings first.

    hugs, and much love,

    aisha

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  4. Hugging and loving you...enjoy the now...every second of it.

    nilla

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