Tag: Hopeful

Poetry

I didn’t let

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You go for you were stuck, and now I

Know you’re capable of getting through the storm.

You were more than capable because you had all you needed inside you all along.

You just had to let the doubt fade away, and you needed someone by your side, and what a month it has been.

To say I am proud of you would be accurate, but also, I know this isn’t the end for you, so keep going, and when you get stuck again, remember this day.

Because all that you need is inside of you because God put it there when he made you, and only you can block your blessings and the path you’re meant to be on.

Today is your wake-up call, and tomorrow is full of more possibilities.

For I know now nothing can stop you, not even the devil and all his doubts he tries to put in your head.

From your past self as a new, you will see it tomorrow!

Written By: Deirdre Stokes Copyrighted ©️ 2023 By Deirdre Stokes

Poetry

If I’m being honest

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I’m still fighting to be a better me, but I’m letting God take most of the load.

As I sit in peace and slowly smile again, my life begins to fall back to the ground in one piece again.

For the last couple of days, I felt like I was an ocean apart from my thoughts and feelings.

And I had to stop and pray and reflect and pray more.

When it was all said and done, I felt not alone and wrapped in God’s love and presence.

And no doubt or desperation was eating at my soul.

I knew what I needed to do, and in that moment, was to trust my Savior and see this month of October would be a good one full of hope and growth.

Written By: Deirdre Stokes Copyrighted ©️ 2023 By Deirdre Stokes

My thoughts

I’ve been thinking

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What makes us lack confidence and bring down our self-belief to the point we no longer take risks or have leaps of faith when a great opportunity comes into our lives?

Did something happen to lower our confidence, and are we still holding on to past trauma?

And how do we overcome it?

Would meditation help?

How about journaling our moods daily and how we’re feeling help?

Or maybe expressing ourselves through poetry brings out those vulnerable moments and finally sets us free?

Or is it something we have to seek help for?

What do you do when you lack confidence but have the drive to say I want more, and I know I can’t get it if I don’t have the confidence or the self-belief that I’m good enough to do it?

All these questions keep running through my mind as I step into a new me, but I am still trying to shake my old thought process.

You won’t know how good you are until you do the thing you’re hesitating about, for the first step is just the beginning.

I used to lack so much confidence and self-belief that I relied on others to Validate who I am and what I stand for. But then I worked with a coach who broke down every wall I put up in my life and I found my voice and my inner child and adult self wanting to break out and voice their opinions and show the world they matter and that they are here to stay.

I know my journey isn’t over, and I still sometimes want to hide or stop when things get hard, but I know I’m meant to do more and help others, too.

I would love to know how you ladies or gentlemen handle lacking confidence or self-belief. Or if you would like to answer any of the many questions above?

I’m currently doing meditation to center myself and enhance my creativity, and I’m journaling, praying, and taking baby steps to complete the goals I set for this year.

Written By: Deirdre Stokes Copyrighted ©️ 2023 By Deirdre Stokes

Poetry

Making connections

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It’s the way we were made

And sometimes, it can be wonderful to laugh and talk with people who relate to you.

To have an unexpected connection is excellent as you get to know someone you didn’t think you would end up bonding with.

The feeling of being happy to see them

And knowing that feeling is mutual

And connecting and still not agreeing on the same things but still coming back and talking some more.

Sometimes, heads are butted, and we feel unheard or dismissed, but sometimes, we get in our feelings because it’s harder to trust and keep friends at some point in life.

So authentic connections sometimes are rare, and when you find one, you want to hold on for dear life for you get to the point where you see through the people who are nice to you to know your business and then toss you to the side when they feel better comes along.

We still crave connection, but we become more guarded sometimes; we throw it all to the wind and let fate and destiny take the wheel as we risk putting ourselves out there. Sometimes, it pays off, and your fairytale friendship is born.

Written By: Deirdre Stokes Copyrighted ©️ 2023 By Deirdre Stokes

Poetry

Today I feel

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Hopeful about all the possibilities I could complete today.

I will only focus on one thing then when that is complete.

I will move on to the next thing because when I list it all.

My head begins to spin, and all that can be done is untouched like an unwanted snack.

I don’t want to waste time, but I’ve learned if I don’t listen to my body.

Then my well-being is at risk, which I don’t want to put on the back burner to please someone else.

So whatever I get done today will have been all that needed to get done.

And if I wake up tomorrow, the rest can be divided up again until the list is no more.

Nothing is worth stressing over anymore, as when the weight is off my shoulder, the feeling of being free is what I long for.

So today, I am free to be and do what I want.

Written By: Deirdre Stokes Copyrighted ©️ 2023 By Deirdre Stokes

Poetry

To just

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Leap into the unknown and let myself be me

For it is time to step out of the comfort of my bubble and be seen.

As more than what I let the people in my world see.

To embrace the unknown even when it is scary and risky.

Maybe like before, things will work out for me, or it will be so much better.

I guess I won’t know unless I close my eyes and leap for it all and hope I land and not fall before I get a chance to have it all.

Written By: Deirdre Stokes Copyrighted ©️ 2023 By Deirdre Stokes

Poetry

Do I wonder

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If this how things will be

Or do I live my life and things will play out the way it’s suppose to be?

So many what if’s and what now that I’m not sure what to do next.

It’s kind of stressful trying to find my way around everything.

That a sense of giving up just creeps in and well I sometimes consider it.

But I know if I don’t at least try then what was the point of going through all of this.

Change is here and I won’t sit by and just let it walk by again and again for then I will be the reason I am not happy and that is not acceptable to me.

When this is one thing in life I can control.

Written By: Deirdre Stokes
Copyrighted ©️ 2020 By Deirdre Stokes

Poetry

Oh how

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You are always on my mind and always in my heart.

You are my guide through this all.

And lately I haven’t been my best and yet you have stayed by my side.

For you are my God and through it all I truly know I can overcome it all.

Especially when I am a mess and nothing seems to make sense but when I let go.

And wake up the next day you always deliver just what I need.

And for that I am so grateful and I know through the struggles.

You will be there and I accept the hard times because when it’s easy it always feels like something missing.

The struggle make somethings so clear and true.

And for that I am thankful and light right now as nothing holds me back.

Written By: Deirdre Stokes
Copyright ©️ 2020 By Deirdre Stokes

Poetry

In this

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World there are many pieces of me floating around.

Left behind as I travel to and from these places.

I know that one day they will all come back to me or found by others and change them for the better.

I stand here now letting go all that I cannot control and letting in more light.

Being kind and accepting what is to come my way.

For I don’t want to overthink it anymore for that causing more pain then it needs too.

Whatever happens I am okay with the outcome now.

As I open myself up to so many possibilities.

Written By: Deirdre Stokes
Copyright ©️ 2020 By Deirdre Stokes

Poetry

To be

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Afraid and to do it anyways.

Feels terrifying but if I don’t make this move now.

When will I have the time again?

Or who will do it for me if I don’t do it for myself now.

No more being annoyed when others ask about it for it will be done.

There will be no going back for it is time to let it go.

It is time to trust that it will succeed or it will fail but I put all of me in it.

And that truly is all that matters right now for me.

No more doubts or what if’s for now it will be what now?

Written By: Deirdre Stokes
Copyright ©️ 2020 By Deirdre Stokes

Poetry

The beginning

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 of another week and how I wonder what will happen.

So many possibilities that it’s hard not to be excited for what is to come of this week I’m heading in.

I know that there is so much more they want me to do but I am trying to focus on my future and not look back to my past.

For today is a new chance to experience something new and wonderful.

No need to worry or over worry for whatever happens is in his hands not mine.

I exist to serve my lord and to love one another.

And do the right thing at all times no matter how much you sometimes want to scream at someone.

Life is well too short to just let things slide anymore, it’s time to stop follow what others think is right only to come back and get you in the end.

The struggle to be more and do more only to feel like they will use you in the end is a hard thing to balance out.

But, I won’t change who I am just so you can make me do more work but I will stand up for myself when I dont want to keep doing you duties.


Written By: Deirdre Stokes
Copyright ©️ 2020 By Deirdre Stokes

Poetry

I’m in

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a mood and no matter how hard I seem to try to shake it off the darker it gets around me.

And I’m not sure my light will be enough to guide my way out of this mess I got myself into this time. 

I know that if I try things will be better but here I am trying to see the light in this situation and it just so hard this time to get through the journey that feels like its on a loop and when I feel the change about to happen it skips and there I am again facing the same stuff. 

There is no good outcome if I don’t get out of this moment soon and fast because I don’t want to be forgotten because I couldn’t get pass this gate of unwanted thoughts and feelings that trap you.

And once your in the ability to get out really is like living in a world with lights on and then it all shuts down and you have to use the strength and memory to get through it or you will be stuck inside your own mind forever. 

I just hope I get out in time for I’ve heard the click and I know this isn’t it for me this time around and hopefully this will be the last of this torture. 

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes

Copyright ©️ 2020 By Deirdre Stokes

Poetry

No

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 Complaints as the life on the other side is greener than before.

I don’t regret leaving because of the risk for the first time is worth it.

Maybe I have become stronger and so the things that used to scare me off from taking that leap.

Is now far from my mind as I make my next move.

And I know that I will be just fine as I make a move that will change me for the better.

I know that things will become more clearer as I learn so much more.

I feel the excitement running through me as the days start to add up and the count down begins.

It’s time to enjoy this moment of rest and know things will turn out as long as I have faith gods plan for me and faith that whatever happens is better than if I planned it myself.

 

 

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes
Copyright ©️ 2020 By Deirdre Stokes

Poetry

I always

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was afraid to take the leap in life that would get me to the other side

because I  was afraid I would fall and get hurt in the process.

But being here today and taking the leap near this beautiful waterfall has made me not be afraid anymore.

Because sometimes it is better and more at peace on the other side as along as I stay true to myself.

These leaps will happen more often and I won’t be afraid to take  them and deal with the outcome later on.

 

 

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes
Copyright ©️ 2020 By Deirdre Stokes

Poetry

This is

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our little holiday on wheels we do this almost every Saturday night with a cup of tea or hot chocolate and we look up into the sky.

With no worry insight for this our time to get away from the stress and just be in the lights and sitting on top of the throw that will keep us warm later on into the night.

But, sometimes I do this alone for my light needs time to restore and come out only to be seen by myself.

For being around others sometimes could be overwhelming  and so in the trunk I sit imaging what things could be like if I had done things differently.

I know that we will always come back to this spot but for now let’s just live one day at a time.

 

 

Written By: Deirdre Stokes
Copyright ©️ 2019 By Deirdre Stokes