by Carolyn Chilton Casas
To everything turn, turn, turn
There is a season turn, turn, turn
And a time to every purpose under heaven.
“To Everything There is a Season” by Peter Seeger
We forget this—
everything that happens
has a purpose.
Even the scarred past
that we pick at in an effort
to obliterate its existence.
We may be criticized
for our fragile choices,
and yet we know on some level
what was necessary
for our evolution.
The luminous stitching
that binds together
calamity and good fortune
to make a much-worn garment,
one that fits us better
than any other
and fulfills our unique destiny.
This, too, is fullness—
what at first was labeled a failure
but with introspection, we recognize
served us more than we could
ever have imagined.
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Carolyn Chilton Casas is a Reiki master and teacher whose favorite themes to write about are nature, mindfulness, and ways to heal. Her articles and poems have appeared in Braided Way, Energy, Grateful Living, Reiki News Magazine, and in other publications. You can read more of Carolyn’s work on Facebook, on Instagram @mindfulpoet_, and in her collection of poems, Our Shared Breath, as well as a forthcoming collection, Under the Same Sky.