Inspiring Thoughts
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When I began writing poetry I didn’t think I would overcome my adversities because writing poems would become the outlet I needed for me to express my innermost thoughts and ideas and emotions and feelings. This creative form of writing would become the thing that I do best today that brought me to this point of publishing this book of poetry Inspiring Thoughts. One poem from this book which best describes my overcoming adversities is Learning About Oneself.
This poem is about my learning experiences from unhappy times and happy moments with those I know and love. The following excerpt is the first stanza in Learning About Oneself:
I didn’t know myself until I learnt from unhappiness
And while experiencing happiness with others
Those were moments that brought meaning to my life
As I learnt more about myself…
Learning from these experiences would bring meaning because I would come to understand why life happened to be that way.
In the second stanza I explored unhappy times while experiencing sorrow, hopelessness, and darkness during past years.
Unhappiness were times that taught me about sorrow, hopelessness, and darkness in my life
Sorrow came with the loss of loved ones
Hopelessness made it seemed like I had no future of my own
Darkness came from drugging and drinking
Sorrow came into my life when I lost four family members. Feelings of hopelessness meant that I held negative views of my future believing I didn’t have one to look forward too. Darkness meant using and abusing drugs and alcohol without thinking much about the consequences of my future but dwelling on past experience as my failure rather than my success.
In the third stanza I explored happy moments that brought love, laughter, and overcoming.
Happiness were moments that taught me about love, laughter, and overcoming
Love came with the birth of my nieces
Laughter came from the humor of friends that made me smile
Overcoming meant that sorrow, hopelessness, and darkness were gone
In the fourth and final stanza it shows that I grew from experiences with others be it friends or family members.
It was then that I learnt from relationships
Therefore, gaining while learning from unhappy times and happy moments with others…
This poem is about my learning experiences from unhappy times and happy moments with those I know and love. The following excerpt is the first stanza in Learning About Oneself:
I didn’t know myself until I learnt from unhappiness
And while experiencing happiness with others
Those were moments that brought meaning to my life
As I learnt more about myself…
Learning from these experiences would bring meaning because I would come to understand why life happened to be that way.
In the second stanza I explored unhappy times while experiencing sorrow, hopelessness, and darkness during past years.
Unhappiness were times that taught me about sorrow, hopelessness, and darkness in my life
Sorrow came with the loss of loved ones
Hopelessness made it seemed like I had no future of my own
Darkness came from drugging and drinking
Sorrow came into my life when I lost four family members. Feelings of hopelessness meant that I held negative views of my future believing I didn’t have one to look forward too. Darkness meant using and abusing drugs and alcohol without thinking much about the consequences of my future but dwelling on past experience as my failure rather than my success.
In the third stanza I explored happy moments that brought love, laughter, and overcoming.
Happiness were moments that taught me about love, laughter, and overcoming
Love came with the birth of my nieces
Laughter came from the humor of friends that made me smile
Overcoming meant that sorrow, hopelessness, and darkness were gone
In the fourth and final stanza it shows that I grew from experiences with others be it friends or family members.
It was then that I learnt from relationships
Therefore, gaining while learning from unhappy times and happy moments with others…
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Book Details
Language :
English
Publication Date :
15/07/2014
Format :
Softcover
Dimensions :
5x8
Page Count :
136
ISBN :
9781496925183
About the Book
Inspiring Thoughts is about the adversities the author experienced from using and abusing drugs and alcohol which led to a diagnosis of a mental illness. The author explored her darkness from using drugs to experiencing her nervous breakdowns. If overcoming meant not using, she didn’t know or realize this until years later. She would go on to discover the support of friends and family members through their love, care, concern, and compassion for her. As the author accepted help, she learnt to give help to others as well. The author would experience changes, and which she shared learning experiences. She would later find out that the effects of using would cause addictions, nervous breakdowns, and lead to a diagnosis of a mental illness called schizoaffective disorder. After her diagnosis, it took years for her to realize that using wasn’t right for her because it destroyed her mental health, but she did change by quitting the abuse of drugs and alcohol so as to improve her mental health and well-being. The author didn’t do it by herself because she had the support of friends and family members that held her up even when she was down and picked her up when she needed their help. In Inspiring Thoughts Phoolmatee Dubay has shown us that change is possible and can be accomplished with help.iv>
About the Author
Ms. Dubay is 47 years old and lives in Queens, New York with her roommates at this time. She is currently working on a second book on recovery but she is also working on promoting Inspiring Thoughts in her spare time. As a contemporary writer of poetry she explored her abilities based on her life's experiences. These experiences are not simply based on credetials only but how she was able to overcome her issues using knowledge and information. Her education began in nursing then changed to human services and then to undergraduate degree in social work.