Do not take it to your heart
If a thorn pricks you
under your sole.
Do not take it to your heart
If a pain hovers over your head
Like a mosquito.
Don’t take it to your heart
If someone does not turn up
as he had promised
In two hours or twelve
Each one has burdens to carry
Each one has battles to fight.
Do not take it to your heart.
There are many other things
More important and meaningful
to do and spend our life on,
more precious and worthy of heart.
Why brood the eggs of unhappiness?
Count not the thickets and thorns
Count the moments of joy and grace
Do not take sorrows to your core.
Let them be blown away with winds
These birds can hover over you head
Let them not build nests in your heart.
Xavier Bage
Wed, Sept 23, 2015
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