Discouraging news tries to pull me in,
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frustration and despair, line so fragile
between caring too much and caring
not at all. How to find the balance,
withholding help when hard lessons
be learned, without withholding love.
Loneliness birds circle to lay stone
eggs upon the heart, but one word
from you, one breath of hope, is all
it takes to scare them off.
(c) Ellen Gillette, 2013
One of my favorite movies refers to the loneliness birds, and it is a perfect analogy to that feeling that swoops down upon you, trying to drag you down. It doesn't take much to make them fly away...a good laugh, a kind word. And still, some people do not hear the positive things that give them strength to stand in the midst of adversity and disappointment.
Well said - how often this happens - loneliness birds!
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