Acceptance

By Maureen Cochram

These poems offer solace to people who are living with pain and injury and encourage them to share the truth of their experience.
This book is ultimately a message of love and understanding for the many people who face adversity throughout their lives.
This book is a reminder that we are not alone.
Living with pain and injury is a moment by moment experience. The gift in all suffering is access to a deeper well of compassion and the peace of acceptance.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris AU
• Release date: Oct 27, 2016
• ISBN: 9781514441251

Maureen Cochram

Maureen lives on the south coast of South Australia with her son David. She is the mother of three children and grandmother of five. Maureen has established her own business as a transition coach, speaker, facilitator and mentor. Her varied interests include volunteering, writing prose and poetry, reading, gardening, painting and enjoying time with family and friends. She is co-author of a recently published book about transitioning in retirement.

Book preview

For David

New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings

Lao Tzu

Copyright © 2016 by Maureen Cochram. 650843

ISBN:   Softcover         978-1-5144-4124-4

             EBook             978-1-5144-4125-1

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Rev. date: 11/21/2016

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Acceptance

caring for others, caring for ourselves

Maureen Cochram

Contents

Preface

A little light – contrasted with darkness

Without the dark the stars do not shine so bright (inspired by the colour Indigo)

Resistance

Caring is not a one way street

Spinning and turning

Big man/little car

Attention

A time to weep

Living like a man

Dark energy

Doing the self-pity stuff

Listen

As good as it gets

Treasure in the ruins

It’s my monkey

It’s my dance

Compensation

Frayed daze – frayed days

Knock at the door

The cure

Like a bird

Self-sabotage

If you can find a laugh you can find a light

Indulging in distractions