Sometimes things need to be re-blogged just as a reminder.
COMPENSATION
If it were not for the shadows
We should never have the sun.
If we never had the night-fall
Then day had not begun.
If we never knew a heart-ache,
Then our soul would never sing.
If we never had a winter
We should never see the spring.
If we never knew the tempest
We should never love the calm.
If we never knew the wounding
We should never feel the balm.
If we never knew some sorrow
Then our hearts could not be gay.
There may never be tomorrow
But we always have today.
“Into The Storm” watercolor painting by kayti sweetland rasmussen
Love that Painting. A baby being born must feel like that horseman heading into the storm.
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I love that painting.
It captures so many emotions.
Having the rider’s back to the viewer instigates thought.
The poem is true; it is the balm that soothes.
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The same message expressed beautifully in two entirely different ways.
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What a Magnificent picture.The POWER !!!
xo
Joyce
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No! Sorry for the last e-mail! I thought you were referring to the sculpture! The ;painting is of our oldest daughter on her horse!
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Love the poem, Mom, I am so proud that you are my Mama, I wish I was that brave, riding into the storm, I’m glad that’s how you picture me! Love you!
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BTW I wrote that poem right after I lost our first baby.
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