The Journey Inward

She sent me a quote today,
out of the blue,
about quiet strength,
saying she thought of me,
that my grace is revolutionary.

I read it with resonance,
let the words wash over me,
felt them echo from within me.

I didn't deny, decline or self deprecate.
I accepted her words and this gift.

She knows all too well
that I have experienced pain, heartbreak, and betrayal,
for she bore witness to much of it,
she and her kind husband.
But there is no chapter entitled "Bitterness" in my story.
Nothing chains me to the past,
because acceptance, grace and self compassion
have set me free.

It's unbreakable, this power,
because there are no regrets,
no wasted energy, no drama or toxicity.
I am fully invested in the life I've built,
the life before me,
not because of the absence of pain,
but because of the healing from pain.
I can't be derailed by what once derailed me.

I am a soul at peace.

Photo:  St. Cyrus, Scotland.  7.1.24 by LA