When trials and tribulations send our boats rocking back and forth it is easy to over- identify with the chaos. Sometimes it helps to step back a bit and to try observing the storm from a distance, remembering that we are so much more than our suffering and that everything is temporary.
Not The Storm
The storms that you’ve been riding
May toss your ship around
Yet deep down you’re still gliding
Shells whisper calmer sounds
React not to the crashing
Of waves against your side
Though fierce forces are thrashing
Soon they too will subside
The howling and the suction
Career you left and right
The foam froths with destruction
Soul tousled by the fright
In troubled seas the wisdom
Comes surging forth untamed
Just close your eyes and listen
Then choppy seas will tame
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As well as being a poet, highly-sensitive being and self-confessed Crazy Cat Lady, I am a Creative Leadership Coach, Trainer and Team Coach with considerable experience in coaching clients in the Creative, Manufacturing, and Pharmaceutical sectors.
I specialise in helping individuals and teams to work past limiting beliefs, to think outside-of-the-box and to show up as conscious, inspiring and dynamic leaders. I am passionate about helping leaders to show up authentically and I design and co-lead bespoke Conscious Leadership programmes for FMCG organisations wishing to create opportunities for their employees to shine and truly maximise their potential.
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Peacock Poetry 
this is excellent
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Thanks Beth – you spur me on I tell you! 🙂
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Very wise words – thank you so much – Janet 🙂
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Thanks for this lovely feedback Janet 🙂
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You are most welcome 🙂
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Reblogged this on John Cowgill's Literature Site.
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Thank you 🙂
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🙂 You are welcome.🙂
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Storms come and go, we just need to learn how to ride the waves of life. Your words are beautiful!
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Thank you so much and what a lovely username you have singing mermaid! 🙂
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Thank you! 🙂
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