Motivation and meditation posts (Part 1)

MissG1 · January 4, 2019, 9:28am

Just read this poem and it struck a cord and has put me in the right frame of mind to get through today.

Still I Rise

BY MAYA ANGELOU

You may write me down in history

With your bitter, twisted lies,

You may trod me in the very dirt

But still, like dust, I’ll rise.

Does my sassiness upset you?

Why are you beset with gloom?

’Cause I walk like I’ve got oil wells

Pumping in my living room.

Just like moons and like suns,

With the certainty of tides,

Just like hopes springing high,

Still I’ll rise.

Did you want to see me broken?

Bowed head and lowered eyes?

Shoulders falling down like teardrops,

Weakened by my soulful cries?

Does my haughtiness offend you?

Don’t you take it awful hard

’Cause I laugh like I’ve got gold mines

Diggin’ in my own backyard.

You may shoot me with your words,

You may cut me with your eyes,

You may kill me with your hatefulness,

But still, like air, I’ll rise.

Does my sexiness upset you?

Does it come as a surprise

That I dance like I’ve got diamonds

At the meeting of my thighs?

Out of the huts of history’s shame

I rise

Up from a past that’s rooted in pain

I rise

I’m a black ocean, leaping and wide,

Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.

Leaving behind nights of terror and fear

I rise

Into a daybreak that’s wondrously clear

I rise

Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,

I am the dream and the hope of the slave.

I rise

I rise.

Butch · January 4, 2019, 11:27am

565 days sober and there are days I still struggle with what the next right thing is or rather I know what I should do but fear that step. The readings from today have helped open my eyes a bit. Thanks to all if you guys in this forum. I love reading your posts and replies it has truly helped me grow. Thank you.

Butch · January 5, 2019, 12:41pm

Good morning.

Butch · January 6, 2019, 1:45pm

MissG1 · January 6, 2019, 1:57pm

Love the bit about ‘We’ and giving something back. During the Homily this morning the priest talked about how many of us are knowledge seekers but fail to share that knowledge to teach, support and show love for others. As he was talking I was reminded of this group and the 12 steps and how people’s experiences provide insight, comfort and support to others in the forum.