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ath Ever mindful of every step, breathing Walking meditations to calm and steady Repeating mantras and affirmations No longer serving tea to struggles</p><p id="7bb8">Daily, I write about each trouble Monthly, I talk it all out Giving thanks to the Universe for each new tool, I uncover And the spiritual path I now walk</p><p id="c7c6"><i>©2021 Lori Carlson. All Rights Reserved.</i></p><p id="6348"><b>A poetic response to <a href="undefined">Ellie Jacobson</a>’s Sparks №13: Squishing Through the Middle prompt — <i>My question to you is how do you push through a struggle? When you’re in the middle of a situation, goal, challenge that you don’t think you will make it through?</i></b></p><div id="b2e0" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/sparks-13-squishing-through-the-middle-fdd949449b58"> <div> <div> <h2>Sparks №13: Squishing Through the Middle</h2> <div><h3>A weekly newsletter from Flint & Steel</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*YQT4zS2SjIywMbnkonF8ZA.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="626d"><i>I’ve amassed a ni

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ce size list of work that leaves me in awe. I used to write appreciation lists, but I no longer have the time. I still keep the list though and it continues to grow. Check it out and maybe you will find a few awe-inspiring stories you’d like to keep too!</i></p> <figure id="c176"> <div> <div> <img class="ratio" src="http://placehold.it/16x9"> <iframe class="" src="https://ravynehawke.medium.com/embed/list/900d0f2d316e" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="184" width="undefined"> </div> </div> </figure></iframe></div></div></figure><p id="41ff"><a href="https://readmedium.com/the-enigmatic-lori-carlson-981708dbc03?source=collection_home---4------1-----------------------"><b><i>Lori Carlson</i></b></a> writes Poetry, Fiction, Articles, Creative Non-Fiction, and Personal Essays. Most of her topics are centered around Relationships, Spirituality, Life Lessons, Mental Health, Nature, Loss, Death, and the LGBTQ+ community. She is the Owner/Editor of <a href="https://medium.com/promptly-written">Promptly Written</a> and <a href="https://medium.com/not-for-bedtime-stories">Not For Bedtime Stories</a>. Check out her personal Medium blog <a href="https://medium.com/the-rattling-bones">here</a>.</p></article></body>

POETRY | SPIRITUALITY | FLINT AND STEEL

Buddhism Paves The Way

How I overcome struggles, indecision, and challenges

Photo by Lahiru Supunchandra on Unsplash

Once, I would have buckled knees weak, folding into themselves My bed, a refuge from struggles My mind was incapable, too clouded to discover a solution, a way out

Every little challenge crippled me Decisions left undecided Goals swept away in the sands of a mind too wind-tunneled Even slight situations buried me

When you are that deeply immersed the only way forward is upward Or to be left hidden for millennium like lost civilizations forgotten by time eventually dug up, but misunderstood

My only way forward, upward, onward was to clear pathways through my mind I dug tunnels and mazes, twisting paths A forked road appeared, still indecisive So I drove a straight line up the middle

Today, I still walk this middle path Ever mindful of every step, breathing Walking meditations to calm and steady Repeating mantras and affirmations No longer serving tea to struggles

Daily, I write about each trouble Monthly, I talk it all out Giving thanks to the Universe for each new tool, I uncover And the spiritual path I now walk

A poetic response to Ellie Jacobson’s Sparks №13: Squishing Through the Middle prompt — My question to you is how do you push through a struggle? When you’re in the middle of a situation, goal, challenge that you don’t think you will make it through?

Sparks №13: Squishing Through the Middle

A weekly newsletter from Flint & Steel

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I’ve amassed a nice size list of work that leaves me in awe. I used to write appreciation lists, but I no longer have the time. I still keep the list though and it continues to grow. Check it out and maybe you will find a few awe-inspiring stories you’d like to keep too!

Lori Carlson writes Poetry, Fiction, Articles, Creative Non-Fiction, and Personal Essays. Most of her topics are centered around Relationships, Spirituality, Life Lessons, Mental Health, Nature, Loss, Death, and the LGBTQ+ community. She is the Owner/Editor of Promptly Written and Not For Bedtime Stories. Check out her personal Medium blog here.