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Lourita Lue-Shing
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Canada
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October 2015
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Ah, spring! It’s the season of new beginnings, new hope! Leaves start to grow on trees, flowers begin to blossom, the temperature is warmer and the days are longer. Morning mist greets you early morning as you smell the fresh air and hear the sweet song of birds. After a long winter, you may decide to keep your windows open for a while; closing them for the rain that helps the flo
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“BACK TO LOVING ME
Poem written by Lourita Lue-Shing
I stand upon an island
Looking out to shore
It is unfamiliar land so far away
But I dream of something more
I touch the water
The path that divides the two
I am scared to leave this place I know so well
To seek out something new
I enter feet first
And feel the cold upon my skin
So bravely do I set out to move
Away from anything I’ve been
But the swim is not easy
Its resistance pulls me in
I head back to where I started from
Now where do I begin?
I meet others on the island
That help me on my way
They tell me the path is hard and long
To work at it every day
I learn about the water’s current
And the wind so hard to bear
If I accept its natural course, I’m told
The flow will take me there
I meet others on the journey, too
They’ve been exactly where I’ve been
We’re learning how to build a boat, they say
Forget everything you’ve heard, anything you’ve seen
They are visionaries, these folks
I see myself in their pride
And join them as they build their boats
From the strength they have inside
Time passes and my boat is done
I’m ready and set off on the course
I might fail a few times again
But I know how to fix the source
I look backward and move forward
And smile at the irony
That it took a long, hard path ahead
To bring me back to loving me
I reach the shore on my own time
Still scared but somehow calm
Looking far back to the island now
I know this is where I belong
I’m sad that others I care about
Are now so far away
But I can still love them always
And hope to embrace them here one day
Where one journey ended now I begin
Learning what to accept and refuse
Step by step, fast or slow
And knowing I can choose.”
― Back to Loving Me: Reclaiming Your Authentic Self
Poem written by Lourita Lue-Shing
I stand upon an island
Looking out to shore
It is unfamiliar land so far away
But I dream of something more
I touch the water
The path that divides the two
I am scared to leave this place I know so well
To seek out something new
I enter feet first
And feel the cold upon my skin
So bravely do I set out to move
Away from anything I’ve been
But the swim is not easy
Its resistance pulls me in
I head back to where I started from
Now where do I begin?
I meet others on the island
That help me on my way
They tell me the path is hard and long
To work at it every day
I learn about the water’s current
And the wind so hard to bear
If I accept its natural course, I’m told
The flow will take me there
I meet others on the journey, too
They’ve been exactly where I’ve been
We’re learning how to build a boat, they say
Forget everything you’ve heard, anything you’ve seen
They are visionaries, these folks
I see myself in their pride
And join them as they build their boats
From the strength they have inside
Time passes and my boat is done
I’m ready and set off on the course
I might fail a few times again
But I know how to fix the source
I look backward and move forward
And smile at the irony
That it took a long, hard path ahead
To bring me back to loving me
I reach the shore on my own time
Still scared but somehow calm
Looking far back to the island now
I know this is where I belong
I’m sad that others I care about
Are now so far away
But I can still love them always
And hope to embrace them here one day
Where one journey ended now I begin
Learning what to accept and refuse
Step by step, fast or slow
And knowing I can choose.”
― Back to Loving Me: Reclaiming Your Authentic Self
“BACK TO LOVING ME
Poem written by Lourita Lue-Shing
I stand upon an island
Looking out to shore
It is unfamiliar land so far away
But I dream of something more
I touch the water
The path that divides the two
I am scared to leave this place I know so well
To seek out something new
I enter feet first
And feel the cold upon my skin
So bravely do I set out to move
Away from anything I’ve been
But the swim is not easy
Its resistance pulls me in
I head back to where I started from
Now where do I begin?
I meet others on the island
That help me on my way
They tell me the path is hard and long
To work at it every day
I learn about the water’s current
And the wind so hard to bear
If I accept its natural course, I’m told
The flow will take me there
I meet others on the journey, too
They’ve been exactly where I’ve been
We’re learning how to build a boat, they say
Forget everything you’ve heard, anything you’ve seen
They are visionaries, these folks
I see myself in their pride
And join them as they build their boats
From the strength they have inside
Time passes and my boat is done
I’m ready and set off on the course
I might fail a few times again
But I know how to fix the source
I look backward and move forward
And smile at the irony
That it took a long, hard path ahead
To bring me back to loving me
I reach the shore on my own time
Still scared but somehow calm
Looking far back to the island now
I know this is where I belong
I’m sad that others I care about
Are now so far away
But I can still love them always
And hope to embrace them here one day
Where one journey ended now I begin
Learning what to accept and refuse
Step by step, fast or slow
And knowing I can choose.”
― Back to Loving Me: Reclaiming Your Authentic Self
Poem written by Lourita Lue-Shing
I stand upon an island
Looking out to shore
It is unfamiliar land so far away
But I dream of something more
I touch the water
The path that divides the two
I am scared to leave this place I know so well
To seek out something new
I enter feet first
And feel the cold upon my skin
So bravely do I set out to move
Away from anything I’ve been
But the swim is not easy
Its resistance pulls me in
I head back to where I started from
Now where do I begin?
I meet others on the island
That help me on my way
They tell me the path is hard and long
To work at it every day
I learn about the water’s current
And the wind so hard to bear
If I accept its natural course, I’m told
The flow will take me there
I meet others on the journey, too
They’ve been exactly where I’ve been
We’re learning how to build a boat, they say
Forget everything you’ve heard, anything you’ve seen
They are visionaries, these folks
I see myself in their pride
And join them as they build their boats
From the strength they have inside
Time passes and my boat is done
I’m ready and set off on the course
I might fail a few times again
But I know how to fix the source
I look backward and move forward
And smile at the irony
That it took a long, hard path ahead
To bring me back to loving me
I reach the shore on my own time
Still scared but somehow calm
Looking far back to the island now
I know this is where I belong
I’m sad that others I care about
Are now so far away
But I can still love them always
And hope to embrace them here one day
Where one journey ended now I begin
Learning what to accept and refuse
Step by step, fast or slow
And knowing I can choose.”
― Back to Loving Me: Reclaiming Your Authentic Self
