01/02/2023
January 1, 2023 : : ANOTHER DAY
I must admit that I did not bring in 2023 in the best of spirits for a few different reasons. Nonetheless, "this too shall pass" passed, and later today, I did a little cleaning, organized some things, wrote down some goals, tackled some "to-do's", danced with my daughter, laughed, sang, the weather was beautiful out so I took a walk through the hood listening to my Afrobeat playlist, beat computer Zoey's a$$ in some online Scrabble, and so many other blessed occurrences, occurred.
Little, big blessings.
In my book, Wildflower, the poem "Another Day" is concluded with the notation "Thinking and praying for Tamar as I type this...and anyone else who's ever contemplated suicide...as I myself have"
Su***de contemplation has long passed many years ago for me. However I still find myself feeling overwhelmingly down in spirits at times. But I've learned to pull my spirit back up by engaging in any and everything that I enjoy most and that brings forth positive energy to my spirit. Sometimes it's hard to find the motivation but I'm not built to stay down, so I fight.
Wishing all a Happy, Prosperous, Peaceful 2023!
~Monalisa