Grappling

by Carolyn Chilton Casas

—after Esther Hicks

Image credit: Jeremy Bishop on Unsplash

The dharma teacher tells us

to whisper breathe as we fill our chests,

then ease on the cleansing out breath.

Am I getting too old to handle stress?

Have I become overly sensitive to chaos?

Where is my upbeat outlook on life?

Grown children are concerned.

My daughter pointedly suggests

I talk to someone.       

My son forwards a link

to help me regain my balance.

The video suggests repeating:

All is well. Everything that happens

is for my highest good. I am safe.

Something positive will come

from this situation.

I’ll try these affirmations.

Though, darn it all, no one hears

my plea for a less complicated life.

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Carolyn Chilton Casas

Carolyn Chilton Casas is a practicing Reiki master and teacher who often explores ways of healing in the articles she writes for energy and wellness magazines in several countries. Her poetry has been published in numerous journals and anthologies, including The Wonder of Small Things: Poems of Peace and Renewal and Thin Spaces & Sacred Spaces. More of Carolyn’s work can be found on Facebook or Instagram and in her newest collection of poetry Under the Same Sky.