Happy birthday!
My response includes some reflections from day #2 - trees can teach us about the ebbs and flows of community and individuality.
You stand tall and proud, as you do each day.
Today, though, something feels different.
As your leaves dance in the wind, there is an extra pep in their step.
They shimmer and glimmer
bejeweled in the unique yellow tone of you.
All summer you have stood in the collective - sisters is swaths of green providing shade and homes.
Now, still intertwined, you and your sisterhood emerge as individuals.
Your radiance does not diminish that of others,
but rather calls it forth.
Your calm, quiet confidence gives others,
even me,
permission to be fully ourselves while being
fully held by community.
Beautiful!!
I really like this Mary Beth. I love "permission to be fully ourselves while being fully held by community." A beautiful poem!
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Happy birthday!
My response includes some reflections from day #2 - trees can teach us about the ebbs and flows of community and individuality.
You stand tall and proud, as you do each day.
Today, though, something feels different.
As your leaves dance in the wind, there is an extra pep in their step.
They shimmer and glimmer
bejeweled in the unique yellow tone of you.
All summer you have stood in the collective - sisters is swaths of green providing shade and homes.
Now, still intertwined, you and your sisterhood emerge as individuals.
Your radiance does not diminish that of others,
but rather calls it forth.
Your calm, quiet confidence gives others,
even me,
permission to be fully ourselves while being
fully held by community.
Beautiful!!
I really like this Mary Beth. I love "permission to be fully ourselves while being fully held by community." A beautiful poem!