Life Line

We at times are vulnerable, our strength depletes
falling as spilt water from the overflowing glass
to frail to bend, to mop up what lies around us
A cry for help not loud enough for others to hear

The tenuous task of gathering ourselves once more
our ability to be strong, is as powerful
as it is to be weak, moments when our resolve
is questionable, our enervated self

Do we wish to prove to those who know us, we have
no imperfections, yet, within us we cannot
lighten the cross we bare, to undertake what is
before us we sometimes fall in spite of our
believed strength

This is when we ask, we beg, for another to lend a hand
to build us up, to mop up the spillage from the floor
It is not cowardice to ask for comfort and support
the life line that is needed, for we are only human
and nothing more.

Copyright JMTacken 10.5.2014

I wrote this after reading Rara’s plight at the moment.

http://www. rarasaur.wordpress.com

 

Today’s Service

I want to thank every one of you for your encouragement, positive vibes, crossed fingers and support leading up to today.

The Service went really well, I kept telling myself (convincing myself) that the number of people wouldn’t matter 2-20 or 200 then 250 people flowed through the doors and strangely I felt okay. The speakers were introduced, I read one of my poems, there were laughs and tears and when I had finished the amount of people that came up and spoke to me…… well I am floating on Cloud 9 right now.

So forgive me for having my ‘moment in the sun’ as a dear friend said tonight.I only post this as some of you may have been curious as to how I went, not for wanting comments or praise in return.

Mr. S and I went to the pictures and coming home I checked my phone and emails and this is what I had.

These brought tears.

Text message from the partner of the deceased:
Thank you so much for today..Sorry I didn’t speak to you but I was a bit overwhelmed and had to go home. You did an amazing job and summed M up so well. You made it sound like you knew him and we all appreciate the effort and empathy you brought today. Again from C, M and I as well as our community I want to thank you.

Email from his partner:
Jenny I wanted to thank you for today. Sorry I didn’t speak to you personally afterwards. I got home with M’s car and remembered I had left without a word to anyone. My kids also thought you were great, even our conditions, so thank you again. We were wondering if there was anyway we could recommend you to others, because we felt like you really understood everything we said to you, and you did an amazing job at representing the man that M was.

Email from his sister:
Hi Jenny
Sorry I didn’t get to meet you today, but I wanted to thank you for putting on such a lovely and appropriate service for M – it so well reflected his life and personality.

Now I need to sleep, though I am still on those clouds, it maybe hard to accomplish!

Thank you so much my WordPress family  🙂

Time to say thank you

Again overwhelmed
with the response
and the followers
to my small humble site.

Each one whose
encouraged me just to write
been so supportive and
helped me along, with all of you with me
I shall write and stay strong

I dribble and rave sometimes as we know
I get deep and meaningful
my heart I do show
but that’s Jen or Mumsy
as I’m otherwise known

I now have 200 that follow
I’m amazed that I do
and 10,000 visits oh can this
be true?
I’ve written 300
now 301 there’s plenty
more writing
in this little one

So thank you to the ladies
the gentlemen too
for reading my writing
liking and following
all the words that I spew
forth from my head onto
a page you’re really too kind
or otherwise brave!

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Oh and click on the pic 🙂

Writing to my younger self…what would I say?

Whilst reading a post response from one of my lovely followers http://meditatingmummy@wordpress.com 

I wanted to write this post. I do hope that MM will forgive me, for it may seem that I am stealing her idea, but in honesty I had thought of doing this after writing my post for the Word press Challenge.

So please forgive me MM if I have taken anything away from you, for that was not my intent.

 

What should I say to you if I turned back the clock and you were young…would you do anything differently?

What amount of wisdom could I impart on your young and naive soul..and you would believe me?

What words would I say to protect you and make sure you felt no pain…ever?

What knowledge could I impart that you could see the world from another ones eyes and not just your own…some?

 

Should I teach you not to be selfish?  To think not only of yourself but of others…Yes.

Should I teach you to be respectful to others and to put yourself in their shoes …Yes

Should I teach you to be considerate and endeavour to bring joy and your heart to those that care for you…Yes

Should I teach you to have an opinion of your own and stand true and strong to it…Yes

 

Would I tell you that appearance isn’t everything and love can be found behind the outer shell…Yes

Would I tell you that having money is not the be all and end all of having a successful life...Yes

Would I tell you the future is so far ahead that you shouldn’t spend all your time thinking of it now…Yes

Would I tell you that friends will come and go in your life and those that are the most important will remain…Yes

 

Could I tell you that being young and confident and being able to love yourself for who you are is a good thing…Yes

Could I tell you to believe you are beautiful inside and out and not to follow those that aren’t…Yes

Could I tell you that you will experience heart ache in your life but you shall survive…Yes

Could I tell you to care about your life style now for it may bring harm to you later on…Yes

 

Shall I comfort you by saying it is all right to get angry or jealous with others but not to hold onto those feelings..Yes

Shall I comfort you by saying you don’t have to prove anything to anybody only to yourself…Yes

Shall I comfort you by saying that life is such a precious gift and not to take anything for granted…Yes

Shall I comfort you by saying you can strive and make what you want of your life no matter what others say…Yes

 

If I tell you that you will have more than one love in this world would you believe me…Yes

If I tell you that broken hearts and stomachs that feel they have been cut will heal…Yes

If I tell you that changing yourself for some one else is wrong…Yes

If I tell you that there is a special someone whom you may not meet for many years to come will appear…Yes

 

Can I tell you that you that your life will have so many twists and turns it will make your head spin…Yes

Can I tell you that you will experience so many new and different moments than what you think you will…Yes

Can I tell you that life will throw a curve ball now and then and it will only make you stronger…Yes

Can I tell you that life really is too short and to make the most of what you have and do now…Yes

 

With love shall I whisper to respect others, the frail, the elderly, the disabled, the maimed…Yes I shall

With love shall I whisper not to forget who you are, what you stand for and your beliefs…Yes I shall

With love shall I whisper not to hold onto guilt for something that you may do in your youth… Yes I shall

With love shall I whisper you do have faults, for no one is perfect…Yes

 

But with so much love shall I whisper to myself that all of these things make up who I am and that who I am now will not be who I shall become…I am me…for better or for worse and either way the world is waiting to receive..I am waiting to receive it…..

Yes…Yes I shall