THE CORNER 4 WOMEN

Friday 16 February 2024

YOU by Tahlia Hunter

"YOU"
by Tahlia Hunter

Sometimes in life,

What you lose

Is what you gain.

You lose the doubt

So you can find belief.

You shed tears

So you can find hope.

You release fear

So you can find courage.

You let go of the pain

So you can find healing.

You break free from the chains

So you can find liberation.

You cast away darkness

So you can find light.

You relinquish the ego

So you can find humility.

You let go of pride

So you can find authenticity.

You lose the old version of yourself

So you can find renewal.

You leave the past behind

So you can step into the future.

You drown out the noise

So you can find your inner voice.

You unravel complexity

So you can find simplicity.

You lose the judgment

So you can find empathy.

And you lose self-criticism

So you can find self-compassion.

Words by Tahlia Hunter https://www.facebook.com/TahliaHunterBlog

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I LOVE by Becky Hemsley

"I LOVE"
by Becky Hemsley

I love listening to the rain pitter pattering on the hood of my coat.

I love watching storms dance around the sky from behind a window.

I love feeling the warmth of the sun when I’m sitting in the shade.

And I love hearing the waves crash against the rocks when I’m a mile away from the shore.

I love being reminded how the world lives so loudly, so proudly. That it crashes and falls and burns. And yet, it never fails to get back up and dance.

Yes, I love being reminded that the world is so completely, unapologetically alive.

As long as I’m sheltered and safe.

And I think that’s how we should love others.

I think we should show them how spectacular it is to be alive. What it means to truly see and hear and feel and thrive in this world.

But we should also be their safe space.

So they know that,

if they fall,

if they crash and burn,

there’s someone in their corner

helping them get back up

to dance.

*****

Becky Hemsley 2023

Beautiful artwork by Anna Fila (@after.anki.malowanki on Instagram)

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HOW SHE CHANGED HER DRUNK HUSBAND

"HOW SHE CHANGED HER DRUNK HUSBAND" (author unknown)

When a woman wants to teach you a lesson, even Satan sits down to take notes. My neighbour was a big drunk. His wife used to pick him up in bars and in trenches. Her family friends advised her to leave him but she was hopeful that she'll find a solution.

One Saturday she went to pick him again, he was completely drunk. Instead of taking him home, she headed straight to the mortuary. She negotiated with the mortuary attendants to make him lie with the corpses and when he wakes up, help me to teach him a lesson. She then went back home. Fear Women!

When he woke up, he started screaming when he found himself sleeping in the middle of dead bodies. He started screaming and calling for help pleading that he's not dead. The mortuary attendants came laughing and told him that they are used to corpses being brought to the morgue and start practicing witchcraft. They told him to lie down and that he was dead and whatever he was seeing was not in real life but in the other end of living dead.

He continued screaming and the morgue attendants came with an axe and hammer and told him that stubborn corpses are beaten and hacked until they become cooperative. He was told to lie and wait for his post-mortem later that day since his cause of death hadn't been established.

He stayed there frightened in the middle of corpses the whole of that day and Sunday night. On Monday morning they released him and told him to go home, say bye bye to his family and then come back to the morgue for preservation since he was now a mere spirit.

He ran home on foot, straight to the mirror to check if he was seeing himself. His wife pretended not to see him which made him even more worried. He went to the bathroom took a shower, dressed up and carried a Bible. That's when his wife told him that it was a Monday morning and not Sunday.

Several months later he's yet to reveal what happened to him and where he was the 2 nights he wasn't at home. He stopped taking alcohol completely, not even soda, just milk and water. He goes to church religiously.

The power of a woman!

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PATCHWORK by Becky Hemsley

"PATCHWORK"
by Becky Hemsley 2020

Your life is like a quilt

And everybody weaves their share

Some weave huge great tapestries

And some weave tiny squares

Some squares bring you laughter

And some will bring you tears

Some are stitched and sewn by those

Who are no longer here

In places there are threads

From people choosing not to stay

And every time you touch these threads

It brings back all the pain

But every little thread

That weaves its joy and pain and fun

Has stitched a quilt together

Of the person you’ve become

And every little tiny part

Has slowly taught you how

To weave your contribution

Into the blanket you have now

So I know there are squares that comfort you

And some that you dislike

But without them all you wouldn’t have

This patchwork of your life

*******

Becky Hemsley 2020

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'Patchwork' is from the book Talking to the Wild

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Thursday 15 February 2024

TO LOVE A ROSE by Tahlia Hunter

"TO LOVE A ROSE"
by Tahlia Hunter

“How can you love without pain?” she asked.

“Love is not about ownership, but appreciation.

The secret of love may be found in this rose.

To love the rose

is not to possess it or to pluck it

but to savour its beauty

and witness its magnificence

and in the process,

to be made more beautiful.

This is how you may love even when the one you love is not near you, even when the one you love is no longer with you and even when the one you love knows not of you. Because love is not found outside of you, but is found within you, for it is a way of seeing and engaging with the world.

To love

is to be inspired

and to be transformed for the better.

And so there is no pain in loving, because to love is not to lose anything, but to gain everything.”

Words by Tahlia Hunter https://www.facebook.com/TahliaHunterBlog

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THERE IS NO PERFECT ARTIST by Joanne Boyle

"THERE IS NO PERFECT ARTIST"
by Joanne Boyle

Today we gathered our paintbrushes,

to create a work of art.

Some painted pretty flowers,

whilst others drew a heart.

Love shone through each picture,

of a pretty facebook page.

Valentines showed no prejudice

and it had no age.

No violence to be seen,

or fighting in a yard,

only words of tenderness,

written in a card.

Some had an empty canvas,

their stories still untold

but in time that empty canvas,

will have a painting to unfold.

Some paintings weren't of perfection,

in the eyes of some,

but in the name of love,

they were pleased with what they'd done.

There is no perfect artist.

No picture loved by all.

Yet love is something felt,

by all creatures great and small.

******

Joanne Boyle

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Art by Steffi Krenzek

INSIDE STORY by Becky Hemsley

"INSIDE STORY"
by Becky Hemsley 2020

They saw her in the library

Discarded on a chair

And her glossy, shiny cover

Made them notice she was there

They picked her up and held her

For a minute, maybe three

And they said she was exquisite

The most beautiful they’d seen

They thought not of her pages

Simply stared at her in awe

Then they put her on the bookshelf

As they headed out the door

So they never knew the words she chose

To mark her journey’s start

And they didn’t read the reams and reams

Of kindness at her heart

They didn’t read the things she hid

In pages left untouched

Or the hellos and goodbyes she’d said

To people that she loved

They didn’t read the chapters

Where she set herself apart

And they never read the lines she wrote

Of how they’d played their part

They didn’t turn the pages

On her struggles and her strengths

And they missed the ripped-up paper

Where she’d torn herself to shreds

They never read the parts

About the places she had been

Or the people she had helped

Or all the wonders she had seen

So when anybody asked them

What it was that she was like

They realised they had no idea

What she was like inside

See, they’d told her she was beautiful

Because of how she looked

But they’d just admired her cover

And they’d never read her book

*******

Becky Hemsley 2020

Incredible artwork by Magic Art Photography by Kasia Derwinska

"Inside Story" is from the book 'Talking to the Wild' and is also on my website as a free downloadable print

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THE HEART THEN DISAPPEARED by Joanne Boyle

"THE HEART THEN DISAPPEARED"
by Joanne Boyle

The little girl stood and watched,

as so many hearts arrived above.

She turned and asked an elder,

"what is all this love?"

Her heaven Mother smiled,

and said "today is valentines day,

and though love is always felt,

today it's sent this way.

These hearts will keep on coming,

and our sky will turn to red,

as every heart represents a memory,

a thought from someone's head."

The little girl smiled even more,

it spread from ear to ear.

She knew all about love,

as her presence had been near.

"Will those who are on earth,

know that we are thinking of them too?"

Her angel Mum took hold of a heart,

and whispered "I love you."

The heart then disappeared,

but the child knew where it went.

It was transported to her loved one,

through the love she sent.

******

Joanne Boyle

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Art by Steffi Krenzek

Tuesday 13 February 2024

When you love an ancient soul by Luiza Fletcher

"When you love an ancient soul" by Luiza Fletcher

There is a special kind of person in this world who is often misunderstood. These people tend to be the loners, the free spirits, the innocent lovers. They see the world for all they can – and should be – although the world rarely sees them.

They are the old souls, the dreamers, the people in tune with life, so intuitive of emotions that they frighten us. They frighten us not because of who they are, but because of who we are not, what we lack.

Ancient souls reach depths we cannot understand. They have a connection with God, with the Universe, with Nature, and that's why they are the people who will change the world.

We often feel inferior, as if we have to strive to stay remotely close to their level, to be worthy of their love.

It takes a confident person to love an old soul. But it's worth it. It will change your life.

They are romantic, they are loyal, they help us grow, they are not materialistic, they understand the deep connections in life, they are grateful, they are examples of bravery.

They walk the most painful roads of this life, and yet somehow they find the courage to smile, often selfless. Supporting others.

Loving an old soul and being loved by one is a gift from the Universe!

~Luiza Fletcher~

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