daily-prompt – Page 29 – lizalizaskysaregrey

Praise to the Bee

August 6, 2016 lizaaitken

Praise the bee that flowers pollinate
A thimble full’s honey a year to make
Nectar so sweet I spread on my bread
Without you bee, I’ve only jam instead
Questioning would there be fruit at all bee
For making jam in season ready for me
Fly off now safely bee to come back again
Work as you do daily is never in vain
You bee keep us ticking nicely on and on
Because without you bee we’d soon be gone

Craving Sun

August 5, 2016 lizaaitken

I’m craving some more sunshine and I want it to last all day

Certainly at least week or more, before it goes and hides away

I’m sick of British summers, soaked again and again by rain

I want to dine al fresco daily, that I can’t is a blooming pain

What’s the point in England’s beauty, I really cannot see

Flowing fields with flowers, seen sheltering under a tree

If I can’t go out and see it, experience and catch some sun

I’d rather move to somewhere else, without my wellies on

England bloody England, what’d you do with flaming June

Picnics, fairgrounds, lovers smelling flowers in full bloom

Penetrating the Melt

August 2, 2016 lizaaitken

I had a profound experience, well another one anyway

Deep and meaningful pretty much, and yet again today

I now allow myself to be, just me, without facade or lies

Waking up to the universe, I throw my cares in the sky

Committing time to live as me, without any masquerade

Say what I think and feel how I feel, my very own crusade

I dance and sing to music of love, twirling expressions felt

Wholeheartedly I dive in deep, I’m penetrating the melt

Unstoppable

July 30, 2016 lizaaitken

Salute the suns flaming celestial light

Praise the rivers that flow day and night

Clap clouds bursting, drenching the land

Respect for teachers, brains they expand

Love of mothers who nurture their young

Forever for children who show life goes on

Unstoppable elements we continue to see

The universe evolving so we can just be

Daily Prompt – unstoppable

Crisis is my Middle Name!

July 27, 2016 lizaaitken

I’m good in a crisis, no I would probably go further than that and say I’m exceptional in a crisis. I’ve made a career out of it in some ways working with young people traumatised by early experiences, many of whom are constantly going in and out of crisis. I also work with organisations that are often in crisis and individuals within these organisations too.

I often wonder why I function so well in a crisis and if in fact I actually do. I think when and if I do, it’s because I have a practical approach, I’m able to break things down and look at a clearer picture. I’m able to approach one step at a time and I’m not necessarily caught up in the fear of what might happen. This might be good or bad, depending on how you look at it, on occasion it’s been risky but I have remained calm and calm is certainly key!

I think it’s incredibly important to be able to recognise the stages of a crisis also, because after a crisis has reached it’s peak and begun to settle it doesn’t take a lot to set it off again. Some people / groups are in a constant cycle of crisis and this can be exhausting.

On a personal level I’m able to calm people down, friends, family or those that cross my path. Listen to what they have to say and help them reframe their thinking maybe work things out for themselves just by being able to speak out loud. Sometimes just acting as a container for their anxieties and feeding them back in a more manageable way. Being able to listen and provide a space for reflection are important aspects in being able to support.

Now for my own personal crisis’s and I’ve had a few. I have got to the point of realising that we get over them, they teach us lessons and shake us up a bit, sometimes for the better. As Nietzsche said ‘ That which does not kill us, makes us stronger’.