How to deal with life
By Ken
@kanuck1 (4394)
September 9, 2021 1:29pm CST
Some days life life can get really hard but no matter what, we need to go on. We're on a ship in stormy weather and it's hard to know what to do but we must stay afloat. We have to find a way to go on. We have to reach within and reach out. This little poem expresses some of my thoughts and feelings.
I said a prayer today
There was so much to say
It was my own way
It was my own play
The world is in a mess
It’s hard to bear the stress
I find it hard to dress
And show some kindness
I asked for more faith
More patience to display
Endurance to bear all
And courage to go on
Things don’t look so good
And may get even worse
To make it through the trials
I’ll need more hope and love
What do you do to cope with our troubled times?
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@dgobucks226 (34440)
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18 Sep 21
Coping with difficult times no matter what they are can be challenging. I try to have faith that eventually things will get better. To dwell completely on the negative only makes things worse, for life is life and it goes on with or without our participation in it. I keep myself busy, focus on positive things, and find peace in little things in life which make me happy.
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Do God and prayer also play an important part in your life?@dgobucks226 (34440)
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19 Sep 21
@kanuck1 I am not super religious but a strong believer. I speak with God and pray for his guidance when troubled. I find it helps me cope and find peace. So in that way, God and prayer play a role.
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@kaylachan (58356)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
9 Sep 21
Take life one day at a time, reminding myself that each day is a clean slate.
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@RebeccasFarm (86846)
• United States
9 Sep 21
This is an excellent poem Ken and it sums up a lot of the way we all are feeling right now.
People are tired.
The world is a mess that is for sure.
I can only pray.
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@RebeccasFarm (86846)
• United States
11 Sep 21
@kanuck1 Yes we need to concentrate on Him
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@kanuck1 (4394)
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19 Sep 21
@RebeccasFarm Yes, my main focus is on God and also do other little tings to help me stay afloat in these stormy times. 
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@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
1 Oct 21
I say that prayer and faith in God is the best hope for troubled times. Nice poem.
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@innertalks (21081)
• Australia
10 Sep 21
I try to remember that our life here is only passing, temporary, fleeting.
This is not our true home.
Heaven is the home of God's, as we all have homes too, and He brings souls back to himself to his home, as this was where they all began, and was their home too, until God, being a good parent, sent them out into other worlds, to find themselves within, and to grow up in ways that could not be done under God's roof, but must be done under a self-constructed roof, of being, which either limits you, or extends you, depending on how much love you have put into its construction.
I just try to add more hope, and love, into my being, to construct an even better being of me tomorrow, than what I am living as today.
Great poem, Ken, by the way.
@innertalks (21081)
• Australia
19 Sep 21
@kanuck1 Yes, God still holds all of the answers within his hands, and so we should not let go of his hand either, and love makes that connection real, for us too.
