THE CORNER 4 WOMEN

Friday 10 November 2023

OCEAN OF WISDOM

"OCEAN OF WISDOM" (author unknown)

A poor man always think the rich man made his wealth out of luck.

And the rich man believes the poor is poor because he is lazy.

A young lady who married very early thinks ladies who are finding it hard to get married have bad character.

A man who just graduated and get a job immediately thinks he is smarter than others.

While a woman who just got married and start giving birth sees "barren" women as people who lived a wayward life.

If only the poor knew the price the rich paid to get to top and if only the rich knows the battles, challenges that the poor is going through, none will ever form a theory about each other.

If the poor can't appreciate the rich man's success let him mind his business if it is easy to be rich he wouldn't have been poor.

And if the rich won't help the poor grow at least they should not kill the spirit of a struggling man.

If only you know what people endure or fight behind the scene you will always thank God for your life. Until you walk in people's shoes, You will never know how hard the journey is.

Help each other grow!!!

Mock less, envy no one.

and love one another.

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THE WOLF AND THE RABBIT by Becky Hemsley

"THE WOLF AND THE RABBIT"
by Becky Hemsley 2023

The rabbit bounded up the hill,

A full moon in the sky

When she heard the howling of a wolf

Which turned into a cry

She bravely climbed the hill

And found a wolf without his pack

Crying out in agony,

His legs caught in a trap

And though the rules of nature

Told her she should turn and flee

Her kindness then resolved her

To ensure that he was freed

So she released each paw from in the trap

Then licked his wounds

Pretending not to notice

His reaction to the moon

See all the while she’d never stopped

Looking into his eyes

For she knew these were the windows

To the soul he’d trapped inside

His eyes were fierce and angry

But she watched them slowly change

Through relief to vulnerability

‘Til only peace remained

And then it was his turn

To quite ignore his nature’s laws

To quieten his hungry growl

And put away his claws

“I don’t know how you did that,”

Were the words he spoke at first

And she looked down to his paws

To check that none of them were hurt

“Not that,” he said, “I don’t know how

You softened me inside”

And then she whispered just three words –

“I see you,” she replied

They walked for many hours

Counting fireflies and stars

And when the morning sun rose

They were sad they’d have to part

“Meet me on the hill,” she said,

“The hill on which we met

Meet me there this evening

As the sun begins to set”

And both of them considered

Whether it was right to meet

Were there too many obstacles,

Too much adversity?

But they both knew that this

Was something they could not ignore

Something beyond nature

That they’d never felt before

So they met upon the hill

And as the sun set from above

They proved that there is nothing

Quite as powerful as love

******

This was actually written as a request for a couple who then used it as a reading at their wedding

Love conquers all!

Becky Hemsley 2023

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Thursday 9 November 2023

And Tomorrow We Will Wake Again

"And Tomorrow We Will Wake Again" (author unknown)

I S E N T them off to school sad today

It was just one of those yucky mornings

Tears were shed, threats were made

Not one of us listened to the warnings

There was yelling I wish I could take back

And patience that was hard to find

The cloud of exhaustion lingered heavy

Trying to function but running blind

I hugged them tight in the final moments

Before waving them over the road

And even though I said I love you

I know that’s not what my actions showed

So now a lump sits hard but idle

In my throat and in my heart

Regret settling like lead in my stomach

A wish for a do over, a restart

As I watch their backpacks sway from behind

I picture them holding back the prickling tears

I tell myself they’ll shake it off before school

Lies I tell myself to squash my mum fears

I’ll replay the morning all day long

Hold myself accountable, question my choices

The guilt will chew me up and spit me out

No silence from my inside voices

And when they walk back in that door

With their arms open ready for a hug

I will tell them I’m sorry for the rough start

And I have no doubt they’ll smile and shrug

‘That’s ok mum, we’re sorry too’

Is the usual response I receive

Their truly hearts live to forgive

Especially after they’ve had time to breathe

Their sorry embrace will fill the cracks

That I carved in my heart all day on my own

The pieces healed in mere seconds

By their love I’m knitted up, resewn

And tomorrow we will wake again

With intention to lace actions with heart

And hope that the goodbye is an easy one

Cos we all deserve a gentler start

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SEASONS by Becky Hemsley

"SEASONS"
by Becky Hemsley 2022

We all have an autumn

A time to let go

Of things that are no longer

Helping us grow

A time to reveal

All the colours we cover

With sunshine and light

In the midst of our summer

A time when our souls

And our spirits prepare

To return to their roots

And to lay themselves bare

And as all our petals

And leaves begin falling,

Our breath becomes cooler,

Our nights start to draw in,

We realise our winter

Is heading this way

With cold that assumes control

Over our days

With dark that’s determined

To not let us win

To fight with the light

Hibernating within

And I know that it’s tough,

It’s exhausting and hard

To rally your spirit

And soul from the dark

But there’ll come a day

When your petals return,

Your days become warmer,

The darkness adjourns

So right now, you feel

Like your winter won’t leave

There’s ice getting caught

In your throat as you breathe

But when it feels so bleak

You want to give in

Hang in there, remember

We all have a spring

******

Becky Hemsley 2022

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Wednesday 8 November 2023

A NEW CHAPTER by Becky Hemsley

"A NEW CHAPTER"
by Becky Hemsley 2021

She asked him how he’d done it

How he’d built marshmallow towns

How he’d met a little poor boy

Who was destined for the crown

She asked him how he knew about

The language fairies speak

And how he’d caught a shooting star

That now was his to keep

She asked him how he’d swum

Right to the bottom of the sea

And how he’d seen a mountain cry

And heard the sunshine speak

She found it all a mystery

He breathed the air she breathed

But he breathed out tales of distant lands

And things she’d never seen

And she saw a world of wonder

When she looked up close at him

And when he spoke his words flowed

Like a poem on the wind

He told her that it hadn’t been

Some wings that helped him fly

And it hadn’t been a net he’d used

To catch things from the sky

It wasn’t maps that led him

To a chest of buried gold

And it hadn’t been a ship

That sailed him halfway round the world

It wasn’t bricks he’d used

To build a castle in the sky

For he told her he had lived

All of these things inside his mind

And he told her she could do it too

For reading’s all it took

And she’d open up her world

If she just opened up a book

******

Becky Hemsley 2021

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YOU KEEP GOING

"YOU KEEP GOING"
(author unknown)

You might think it’s no big deal. You might not even realize the power in your ability to keep going. But I see you. I know that strength. I know the nights of no sleep met with mornings of tired. I understand the give and the take. I know the heartbreak and the love.

And I know that sometimes it’s so easy to dismiss that we keep going.

You keep going.

That family of yours knows that you keep going. That is such a gift. A life gift. A hard thing.

It’s hard to keep going when the cards all crash in. But you keep going.

It’s challenging to keep going when relationships fail. But you keep going.

It’s scary to keep going when you don’t have answers. But you keep going.

It’s lonely to keep going when everyone else seems to have it together. But you keep going.

It’s frustrating to keep going when things keep messing up. But you keep going.

It’s tiring to keep going when you get no sleep. But you keep going.

It’s humbling to keep going when you feel overwhelmed. But you keep going.

It’s simple to dismiss it.

But you keep going.

On good days. You keep going.

On bad days. You keep going.

On great days. You keep going.

On irritating days. You keep going.

On normal days. You keep going.

On throw-in-the-towel days. You keep going.

On take a rest and chill days. You keep going.

On exhilarating days. You keep going.

On so-so days. You keep going.

On first-time days. You keep going.

On last-time days. You keep going.

On vacation days. You keep going.

On work days. You keep going.

On invest in your heart days. You keep going.

On never-get-a-break days. You keep going.

On just-a-mom days. You keep going.

You keep going.

You may get to the end of this day and look at your day and wonder what on earth did I accomplish today? But you are only looking at today. You are missing all the days that got you to this day. All the days where you kept on going. All the days when you didn’t know if you would make it through. All those days. So maybe your to-do list has a hundred things checked off or maybe it has none – but it does have this – you keep going.

Sweet, sweet sister.

The weight of the world will try to tell you that you need to do more, be more, change more, love more, give more, show-up more, but sister, sometimes the world misses the most powerful part of you.

You keep going.

So hold your head high. Be proud of you. Love your days. All of them.

You know what is amazing? This story, this life, this adventure – you are such a beautiful part of it. For so many. For your friends, your children, your family.

Because you keep going.

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