May 14, 2019
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Retreat to your solitude when you need to. Run to yourself if you need a safe haven. Stretch into your aloneness. Inhale and exhale your empty space. Empty your thoughts into your solitude and become acquainted with them. Don't be afraid of your loneliness. It is there to bring awareness to the love within you and the life within you and the pain within you and the lessons from it all. And when your love starts to overflow, it will beg to be shared with another body. Let it.
s.r.graham
2019!
Some days, surviving is enough.
things I tell myself to make it all better by s.r.graham
It is less about how life is treating you, and more about how you are treating yourself, no matter your circumstances.
Dear self,
When sickle cell tries to break you, be strong. Don't allow it to disturb your peace. Don't allow it to plant fear or doubt in your mind. Take care of it. Give it rest. Give it nourishment. Keep it hydrated. Hug it. Give it love. Tuck it in at night and sing to it so it can have a good night's sleep. Care for it as if it is your beloved child. Let it stay for as long as it needs to. Nurse it back to health and serve it discharge papers when it's better. It is only yours when it's there, so give it a place to heal. When it's feeling better and stronger, let it go. Separate yourself from it. It does not belong to you. It is only one of the things life throws at you from time to time. Sometimes it stays for longer periods of time, but that's okay. Learn how to make space for it in your life, but don't allow it to take over your life. You exist outside of sickle cell. It's only a part of you. Figure out how to work with it when it's present and be a force in the world when it's not. And if it's always around, negotiate with it. Allow it to teach you to win with it and without it.
Love,
s.r.graham
s.r.graham
Don't be like wildfire destroying everything in its path. Be the warmth of the sun, a human's desire. Don't be like wildfire. Be an idol earth can admire. Be gaiety of heart in your wrath. Don't be like wildfire, destroying everything in its path
s.r.graham
Even though my feet are heavy From walking away, I'll still Clasp my hands together, Murmur your name, Until you are Blessed From my Heart.
S. R. Graham