Aspects of Being

Gabrielle Perreault

Until we come to trust ourselves and what we believe in, and that we possess integrity and our own brand of power, we cannot easily move forward. Each step we take is, after all, only this....a part of our journey... 

Mistakes are only such, when out of fear, we fail to learn from what has not served us, or what has caused pain to another. When we mark our journeys by what we have learned, we acknowledge that Life moves forward, and that this insight can only be a step in the right direction. 

As we are 'forgiven' (and as we 'forgive' ourselves...) it is then that we can embrace courage and leave any shame behind us. For Shame, indeed a catalyst, and often used as a teacher, can quickly become nothing more than a merciless taskmaster, demanding that we dwell in darkness. 

To investigate our darkness is merely an exercise, and a worthy one, for it can teach us much! But living perpetually in shame stops us from discovering, acknowledging, and reaching our potential.....Love, granted to ourselves, as well as those around us, bestows a power of a different kind, for no matter the circumstances, it leads us on to discover our true worth, and not our shortcomings..... 

As truly nothing can replace all trust that's felt and faith once gained; We're not the sum of our mistakes, but what we learn from day to day.... 
 

Battle Cry ~ 

Remember You 
Remember all of who you once were. 
Now you thought that the past was all long gone 
T'was so clear then but they said you were wrong 
and took from you all that you thought you were worth, 
and in their wisdom, sent you plummeting to earth. 
Remember the Voice 
Remember the silence inside of all noise. 
You told yourself, for none else believed, 
that t'was only an echo calling you to live... 
So the world took from you your song 
and betrayed you to trust this was where you belonged. 
Remember the Peace 
~ the only place left to rest, 
the realm inside that touches all things, 
that gives birth to the Hope we all need to sing. 
Remember the mountains you thought stood in you way, 
the illusion so real, watching Night swallow Day... 
Remember the Spirit 
Unbeckoned, it's there! 
For you can't kill something that forever exists. 
To wade into Life, you can't help getting wet. 
You can't turn to stone that which flows like a river, 
and you cannot sit still as the world turns on ever. 
Remember the war 
that you thought you had lost.... 
It turns out the battle, though a fierce one to choose 
by all Light, Love, and Reason 
was the one you'd not lose......