Choosing to honour

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Don't honour the famous and wealthy grey-haired film stars and businessmen

they are too comfortable and aren't struggling

they don't need honouring, they have found success and comfort.

 

We need to honour those who are living with struggles greater than themselves

and who do so without complaint.

 

I honour the single mother trying to make it to the end of the month

with five dollars in her pocket, working double shifts,

trying to feed her babies.

 

I honour the refugees whose homeland has been blown to pieces

Who have no choice but to leave behind their whole world and have to start their lives over.

 

I honour the army veterans who returned home broken people, used up by the army

unable to readjust, with trauma

limping through their lives, marching onto

oblivion without thanks or acknowledgement of their sacrifices.

 



I honour the bereaved parent who has suffered through the unnatural act of burying their child

or children.

The mother's and father's of adult children torn away at their prime, adolescents who show so much promise, children, newborns or those who never knew anything but the womb.

God only knows how they continue to breathe even though they have lost their best parts.

 

I honour the creative who keeps creating for the love of it.

For every artist who succeeds, hundreds will never be appreciated, published, seen or listened to.

For every criticism, self-sabotage may there be many who breakthrough

and lift every other artist.

 

I honour the sons and daughters who care for infirm parents.

Just as they were cared for, now the old become children again.

That they may have the same patience and love that every good mother is blessed with.

 

For every survivor, whose broken heart keeps beating.

Anyone who has a soul weighed down with trauma.

I honour their strength and pray for forgiveness while shifting the burden of their memories.

 

I honour abandoned children and those who help them to learn to trust again.

 

I honour the queer and gender-fluid, whoever have suffered through hate, self-loathing and toxic relationships

 

All lost souls who have been treated without dignity or as outcasts.

To all who have found love and acceptance despite everything, they have been through.

Those who have survived violence, illness and alienation.

Above all, I honour those who have not survived.

I remember you, I see you, I feel you in my heart.

 

Love overcomes adversity because love is love is love.

 

Who do you honour?


Affirmations

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I don’t care what other people think of me because I’m intelligent, empathetic, sensitive, creative, reflective, and worthy.


I’m willing to take up space, contribute, make something new and create worthy connections in the world.


I’m here to seek knowledge and understanding, listen and see different points of view.


I want to be a kind ear, an encouraging and reassuring voice for others.


I’m growing every day, making mistakes and stumbling along, always moving forward and looking to become a better person.


I can change my mind and opinions because life is about evolving and living this moment at its greatest potential.