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What Health and Wellness Means To Me

This poem was inspired by all of my students and written in their honor. Thank you for the many ways you inspire me, make me a better teacher and person, and give my life purpose.

What Health and Wellness Means To Me

The silence that sits atop the branches

The whisper in a bird’s wings

Strong and rooted

Yet graceful like the tree

That’s what health and wellness means to me

 

The laughter in a moment

Instead of the rage

That keeps auditioning for center stage

In the dance

Not the hostage

Is where I feel free

That’s what health and wellness means to me

 

The curiosity that tickles my courage

And

Has me stepping into a new world of possibility

The thing that wasn’t

IS

So, I am exactly where I need to BE

That’s what health and wellness means to me

 

In the dim lit corners

Where only the mice hunting for crumbs go

Recognizing the beauty in there

That all beings everywhere know

I surrender in awe on one knee

That’s what health and wellness means to me

 

Helping my friends and family

But even greater – a human brother or sister

No longer a stranger

Love just love

There is no fee

That’s what health and wellness means to me.

 

Om Shanti Om ~ Athea

Athea

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