Category: Poems About Strength and Motivation
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Short Haiku Poem About Letting Go of the Past: Live the Now
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Is your past keeping you from the joy of the present? A short haiku poem about letting go of the past and living in the present moment.
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Poem About Imperfection, Accepting Flaws, and Not Being Perfect
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A poem about imperfection and that you can still spread light in the world despite not being perfect
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A Reflection and Tanka Haiku Poem About Adult ADHD and Distraction
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A tanka haiku 5 7 5 7 7 poem about adult ADHD and distractions as well as strategies to maintain focus and a personal reflection on the difficulties of living with ADHD.
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Short Inspirational Haiku Poem About Dreams In Life 5 7 5
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An inspirational post on chasing your passions that contains a short haiku poem about following your dreams in life 5 7 5.
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Deep Poem About Being Selfish – I Me My Mine
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In our self-centeredness, we can lose sight of the world around us and block spiritual growth. This post and deep poem about being selfish examines the cost of living looking through the lens of I, ME, MY, MINE.
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Climbing Mountains Poem About Living Out Your Dreams
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Climbing Mountains A Poem About Living Out Your Dreams and Believing in Yourself The road rose in the distance insistent on wrapping around the towering mountain like twine. At its feet stood a shrine dedicated to the drowsy dreamer, the tired thinker, the sleepy schemer who had journeyed all this way only to have disbelief…
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Sowing Poem About Embracing Yourself and Individuality
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SowingTo harvest you must first sow,or you’ll end up in a fallstanding in a field of weedsregretting doing nothing with the seedsyou held in spring.Change comes slowly,rarely over night.Take delight in cultivatingyour corner of beauty in the world.For no other garden containsthe species of flowers you grow.So sow.Sow what you know.Sow the seeds that make…
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Transformation A Poem About Change and Growth
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Transformation A Poem About Change and Growth To suffer is to live; to live is to suffer. Born in the belly of hunger for the need to discover who we are where we came from where we’re going. The wheels of change have no brakes, no way to prevent the aches from the collusion caused…
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Running Poem About Changing and Working on Yourself
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RunningCan I get a cup of wineto drown the time,to float away fromthis heavy heart of mine?Or perhaps a speedy carthat’ll take me fast so faraway from these expired dreamsnow void of stars?Maybe a boat to sail these seasthat swallow me with easeeach time the tide of my moodshelplessly carries me out with no reprieve?But…
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What Should I Do With My Life Poem About Life Purpose
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A Life’s Purpose – A Poem Busyness is not success. Nor is achievement. Nor accolades of power, status, or wealth. Success is measured by how closely we live out our life’s purpose – the king who was called to live as a pauper is poor. What good is earning the riches of the world if…
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A Poem About Recovery Hope and Change
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No Matter No matter how hard it is to keep the fire burning, no matter how many disappointments have visited you without warning, no matter how many different trials you’ve sat through today, though the verdict may be hard to swallow, tomorrow, tomorrow’s another day. And it may seem impossible in this moment, but in…
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Wandering – An Inspirational Poem
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Wandering To stop wandering is an act of the will. For the heart of man hates being tied and tethered. But children wince and hate the taste of medicine too. It’s often that which we most resist that holds the most healing power. Without a well for our talents they spill out, soaked up by…
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Change – A Poem About Adapting to the Seasons of Life
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Change Observing the seasons is a reminder that life’s only constant is change, and if you’re staying the same, you’re dying you’re falling you’re fading like ink soaked by spilled water – unrecognizable, incomprehensible, and erased from the book of life. Open your eyes to the marvel around you. Join in the song and dance…
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Purpose – A Poem About Growth and Flowers
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Purpose Waiting in the darkness is the catalyst for change. A seed hides just beneath the soil and toils to germinate. It breaks out of its hard, lifeless shell and reaches desperately for the sun. It takes root and won’t stop until it’s done flowering and offering exactly what it was born to give -…
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Poem About Addiction to Drugs Alcohol and Recovery
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Starting Today – A Poem About Relapse If resisting was an easy task,who would be a slave?Who would part with a piece of themselvesfor the chance at an early grave?Willpower alone is enough to put you in hellbut it’s not enough to pull you out.You’ll never have a chance at getting welluntil you accept living…
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Short Poem About Self Esteem and Your Self-Image
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A Short Poem About Your Self-Image, Self Esteem, and Positive Thinking “The Mirror” The mirror stands tall and peers with endless eyes,full of the power to change your course in life.It’s skilled in planting and sowing your demise,yet is always willing to inspire and energize.It’s the instigator of failure’s reprise,or makes goals and dreams actualized.The…
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Inspirational Poem About Life Journey and Success One Step At A Time
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An inspirational poem about taking one step at a time on your life journey. Where are you right now? Where do you want to be? What small steps can you take to put you closer to your “ideal” self?
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Illusions – A Poem
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Illusions – A Poem The demon water you drinkIs devouring your soul.Don’t you know this road has no happy endingAnd your heart will turn cold? Repeating lies does not change reality.Sooner or later you’ll have to face life’s inevitable truth.Don’t set yourself on foolish paths, don’t chase foolish pursuits,And hang your happiness up by your…
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