One of my students had this poem posted above her work area. For the first time today, I saw it, read it, and it touched me. I decided to share it with all of you. As we find ourselves faced with so much that is overwhelming, just remember we are touched by an angel with all the smiles, hugs, every 'you didn't have to do it', or reassuring words given to us...smile
Touched by an Angel
We, unaccustomed to courageexiles from delight
live coiled in shells of loneliness
until love leaves its high holy temple
and comes into our sight
to liberate us into life.
Love arrives
and in its train come ecstasies
old memories of pleasure
ancient histories of pain.
Yet if we are bold,
love strikes away the chains of fear
from our souls.
We are weaned from our timidity
In the flush of love's light
we dare be brave
And suddenly we see
that love costs all we are
and will ever be.
Yet it is only love
which sets us free.
By
Maya Angelou
