Find Your Middle Ground

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* Haiku – bygones

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Embrace this moment

Let bygones be in the past

Find Your Middle Ground

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33 responses to “* Haiku – bygones”

  1. IreneDesign2011 Avatar
    IreneDesign2011

    Good one, Val 🙂

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Thank you Irene 💕

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  2. Sonnische Avatar
    Sonnische

    Yes, let the past not haunt us but inform our enlightened intentions.

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      I love this perspective. Thanks Sunny 💛

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  3. Louise Gallagher Avatar
    Louise Gallagher

    Lovely. — I always find it fascinating how we want to bring the past into the present, when the past, by its very nature, does not belong in the present! We are such fascinating beings.

    Thanks for this loving reminder Val.

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Thank you Louise 💛 A part of me sees the world as timeless … yet when we are attached to an event in our past, and recognize that this attachment no longer serves us, it becomes a bygone to be let go off.

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  4. Harlon Avatar
    Harlon

    This resonated with me, it is such an eloquent expression and a reminder for myself that things don’t need to be so complicated, that things are fine the way they are, and a great place to be is my middle ground. Thank you Val. Peace, Harlon

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      So glad this touched you deeply Harlon. Thank you for being here 💛

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  5. Nurse Kelly Avatar
    Nurse Kelly

    Yes, quite a ‘timely’ reminder. Thank you, Val. 🙂

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Thank you Kelly 💛

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  6. Jill Weatherholt Avatar
    Jill Weatherholt

    Excellent advice for the start of a new year. Thanks, Val! ❤

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Thank you Irene 💕

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      1. Val Boyko Avatar
        Val Boyko

        Jill 🙏

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  7. Minuscule Moments Avatar
    Minuscule Moments

    A fresh year to move forward Val and embrace the opportunities that come our way. leaving last years negativity behind us.

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Yes … keep one step in front of the other, creating new moments of possibility. 💕

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  8. Tom Merriman Avatar
    Tom Merriman

    Oh, yes, Val. Just live in the now!

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      You got it Tom 💛

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  9. socialbridge Avatar
    socialbridge

    Interesting one, Val. I was watching a programme about the Holocaust last night and felt that we badly need to keep the past very much in mind lest we make the same mistakes over again. It was tough to watch but certainly woke me up. There was no bitterness in evidence, just a concern not to let the past be forgotten as it can hold keys to better presents.

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      I agree Jean. It isn’t about forgetting bout the past, but understanding it and how it has brought us to this moment. When we live in the past, it may no longer serve us well, or allow us to appreciate the present. Thank you 💛

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  10. Tiny Avatar
    Tiny

    Lots of good advice in these 17 syllables 🙂 Beautiful, Val 💝

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Thank you so much Helen 💛 Finding the right words and image to convey the whole meaning of the message brings me joy.

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  11. ladyfi Avatar
    ladyfi

    So true – grudges have a way of hurting the people who hold them.

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Agreed Fiona 💛 …They are like poisons that seep in and then out to make the world an unhappy toxic place.

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  12. D. Wallace Peach Avatar
    D. Wallace Peach

    Lovely, Val. Not easy to do, but it feels so good 🙂

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Thank you Diana. As I get older I realize that most things that are truly worthwhile are not so easy 😉

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      1. D. Wallace Peach Avatar
        D. Wallace Peach

        I know. Darn!

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  13. AmyRose🌹 Avatar
    AmyRose🌹

    AMEN!!! Yet sometimes we must revisit the past in order to improve the present and learn from our mistakes. Yep, I’ve been thinking about that lately. 🙂 ❤

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      I agree Amy .Reflection in the past is helpful for us to understand how we have arrived where we are. Clarity and appreciating the present are true grafts. Thank you 💕

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      1. AmyRose🌹 Avatar
        AmyRose🌹

        And you have as well used some of the exact words I did for a post to come. This synchronicity is amazing!

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  14. Savvysaav Avatar
    Savvysaav

    Love this. Great haiku! 🙂

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Thank you Savvy 💛

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  15. Jet Eliot Avatar
    Jet Eliot

    Always a joy to visit your words of balance and forgiveness, Val — just what I needed this morning, thank you.

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      So glad it resonated today Jet. Thank you for your kind words 💛

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