Ready To Start Again

There comes a time when you feel

that you’re ready to start again.

You’ve spent enough time

looking at the past,

cherishing memories

learning your lessons,

healing the wounds that have caused you pain.

You may still feel some hurt

in some of the wounded parts of you,

you may have your regrets

and you may not have found

all the precious things you wish to carry with you.

But you move on.

One step at a time, you let go

and you release yourself from the past

that has held you captive all these years.

You may feel your heart skip a beat,

for there is still much uncertainty,

but you hold your ground

and with a firm resolve

you look ahead

instead of looking back.

And you begin to surrender,

as you begin to receive.

You welcome all the new things

life can offer you,

and all the new people

who’d welcome you in their hearts.

You become less afraid

and your courage increases

as you begin to follow your heart.

Everything has suddenly become new

and interesting

and blessed.

You see the world again

through the eyes of a child,

colourful,

magical,

and full of wondrous possibilities!

You are no longer too old for anything,

and it is no longer too late to try something else.

You hold nothing,

but you’re ready for everything,

you are just beginning

but you’re not afraid to pursue

what it is you really desire!

You are no longer the same

and you’re not afraid to change some more.

You’re no longer afraid to lose yourself

for you know who you are

and all that you have yet to gain.

For the first time in a long time,

you feel free,

you feel so alive!

You’ve been prepared for this very hour,

for this very beginning,

You know there is yet much to do

but you won’t be turning back.

You only move forward,

you only hope

and trust

and believe

that you’re ready

never more ready than now

to start again!

This poem is included in the book "Poems of Love and Letting Go". Get it from Amazon today - click here.