The Present

By Gabriela Hernandez

In this beautiful book Gabriela Hernandez invites us to see life in a different perspective - her perspective. Her poem collection is arranged chronologically and was written during a spiritual journey and her sudden onset episode of bipolar disorder.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Balboa Press
• Release date: Jun 25, 2023
• ISBN: 9798765239124

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ISBN: 979-8-7652-3910-0 (sc)

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Balboa Press rev. date:  06/22/2023

Contents

Love Armor

The Joy of Living

The Present

Thank You for Your Time

A Small Step

Mind Armor

Together

A New Day

Imagination

Perfection

Receive

Love

Feeling

Aloneness

Gentleness

Island

With Care

Mirror Mirror

Service

Division

Peace and Love

Time

Performance and Passion

A Hobby

Distractions

Impersonal

Content

Makeup

Will and Power

Shapes and Sizes

Chains

Traditional TV versus Live Stream

Diet

Father’s Day

Collaboration

Life as a Flower

Eyes and Ears

A Smile

Freedom

Purpose

Company

Selfishness

A Birthday

Forgiveness

Resistance

Words

A Tree

A Magnet

Tainted Ships

Solitude

Impairment

Trinity

Blocks

Persistence

Labor Day

Perfect Time

Impermanent

Luggage

Love

Courage

Healing

Odds

Accents

Negatives

Count

Copy

Resentment

Worth

Add

A Time

To my beloved husband and my two beautiful daughters.

Love Armor

Hold so much love in your heart

That any shame/guilt/fear/anger

Or other low vibration feeling

Has no choice to linger or stay

But rather runs away

And vanishes from the

Hidden shadows of your temple.

The Joy of Living

Be soft like a flower in a garden.

Don’t rush or question the process—

The process of blooming/wilting/dying.

Just be like a bee.

Be and feel/enjoy/treasure every moment

As much as your heart desires.

Enjoy every time your petals are moved

By the occasional wind/mist

Or wet by the seasonal rain.

The Present

The present is

To be here now—

The present.

The past is gone,

And the future will never exist

Because it is just an illusion.

An illusion that just keeps the mind occupied

With unnecessary worrying/busyness/chaos,

And it robs/steals the joy of your biggest

Enjoyment of life—

Your life.

The present,