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“This body, full of faults, has yet one great quality: Whatever it encounters in this temporal life depends upon one’s actions.” Nargarjuna
How I React
You said words which cannot be undone
and in the simple math of cause and effect
how I reacted determined my pain and
gave grounds for yours
should you choose to nurture it so,
but in the end we chose to
hold that space and
find a balanced view,
sowing forgiveness and reaping love,
then suddenly finding that
the words had gone,
as if a thunderstorm had
watered the earth and passed over
without event.
©Paul Vincent Cannon
Paul, pvcann.com
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What a lovely outcome.
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Thank you.
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Reblogging this to my readers at sister site Timeless Wisdoms and adding the link to the reference index at the Foundation for Poetic Justice
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Many thanks for doing that Ana.
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Many welcomes, my friend
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🙂
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Thank you.
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What a powerful expression of love, forgiveness, and redemption.
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Thank you Liz, yes if only we could be more consistent in it.
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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Very kind, my goodness, a gift indeed.
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My pleasure, Paul!! 👍👍😁✨
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What a great lesson. Your words are very powerful.
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So so true another amazing poem speaking into our lives
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A real, lived life for sure 🙂
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