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Take Time to Heal Now

Dying is the easier role
Returning Home to God, the angels
The spirit world of peace and love.
Our animal loved ones are there now
safe, whole, loved and ever loving.

It is in staying behind
on earth
feeling alone
without the animals we love so dearly
that is the harder role.

The anguish of it comes unbidden,
when least expected,
seemingly unending, inescapable,
dark hours of pain.

Yet relief from pain
and healing and growth are possible too
Nourishment and support
are all around
in people, the animals, the sun, the rivers
in forests, in flowers, in books, in tapes,
in pictures, in song, from angels, from God
and the strength and wisdom
of our own souls.
We must only open our hearts
to the love waiting to help us heal.

Pouring our love and care and nurturing
onto our animals
must shift now,

to loving and caring and nurturing ourselves.
It is time for us now.

As one who has loved so completely
so fully
You are just as important as the one who has died.
You do not dishonor your loved one
or their memory
by taking care of yourself.
Take time to heal now.
Make choices to grow now.
Love yourself as you love your animal.
Love yourself as your animal loves you.

~ Teresa Wagner ~

 

original artwork courtesy of Georgia Gandalf, www.spiritlink.com


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