Heal Thyself Understanding and Overcoming Illness

Chapter 1

Packing for the Journey of Recovery

Just Tonight

Just tonight,

I’ll drop my defenses

and all my efforts.

Just tonight,

I’ll float in the peace of the present,

relax and let my fears come.

Just tonight,

I will not resist

as my bones are tied to a stake

and sinews burnt by fiery thoughts.

Just tonight,

I will observe my battered frame

and its haunting cries,

which only hush with my retreat.

Just tonight,

I will reside inside my heart.

Within these walls, solitude rules

and I swim in cool, rainforest pools.

In here, only God’s Love touches me

and I smile in the face of adversity.

Heart’s Voice

There’s a Voice deep inside

that will guide you safely forward.

Trust your Heart’s Voice.

It’s your intuition,

your sixth sense.

Freedom and richness will commence.

Trust your Heart’s Voice.

There’s wisdom in that.

I found I smiled again

and my broken life did mend.

Trust your Heart’s Voice.

Let it be your staff

when others blow you

with their opinions.

The Heart whispers to all

but many cannot hear

for they are lost in a world

of loud regrets

and deafening anxieties.

Your present reality,

where you are today,

is the sum of your decisions.

But you can make a better now

if you listen to your Heart.

For God dwells there

in subtle rooms.

Start trusting your Heart

this very moment.

Loyally follow it

and begin to truly live.

Wintertime

I will not struggle,

I will not fret,

because it’s my life’s Wintertime.

Soon the sun will be out

and I too will shine.