Joyfully Me Poem

By Sue Ellson

 

As I live
Joyfully me
I stop pleasing people
So I can truly be

 

As I live
Truthfully me
I stop pretending
So I can truly be

 

As I live
Authentically
I stop adjusting
So I can truly be

 

As I live
Unpredictably
I stop my thinking
So I can truly be

 

As I live
Wild and free
I stop the judging
So I can truly be

 

As I live
Momentarily
I stop ruminating
So I can truly be

 

As I live
Presently
I start imagining
How can I truly be

 

I have spent a lot of time over the last couple of years ‘healing’ from the past. I realised recently that I have been ‘grasping’ at life and living in survival mode for such a long time. Understandable given the responsibilities I have taken on. But it has occurred to me more recently that I need to add more joy to my life. What could that look like? What would I be doing differently? Where would I find joy?

I know that I can experience moments of joy – I have in the past. I know that moments of despair can remind me of joy too. The contrast makes it more apparent. But as we all know, the only moment we really have is the present. If we could get out of our thoughts, feelings and emotions, and back into our imagination, perhaps then we could discover what would be joyful for us. Or maybe the present is where the joy is? With love, Sue Ellson 🙂

Photo is of my son’s cat, sitting on the poem after it was written in Canterbury, Melbourne on Thursday 30 June 2022.

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