Flag Of Hope

A poem about mindfulness

There are things I don't know, that make me feel bad

Things I can't do, that make me feel sad

There are turns I didn't take that I wish that I had

Sometimes I feel like I'm not a good dad

Thoughts race through my mind on a track with no end

If I don't trust myself, on whom can I depend?

Like the reed in the wind I must learn how to bend

Forgive myself and begin to mend

 

Events that have gone belong in the past

No longer am I trapped by the shadow they cast

The coat of self pity has been shed at last

The flag of hope now flies from the mast

 

The future is a story written each new day

New challenges to meet, come what may

How will it end? Who can say

Life is for living, don't wish it away

 

Live in the present, say the books on the shelf

Look not to others, find your own inner wealth

Balance, perspective and sound mental health

These are the gifts I give to myself.