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It’s Been a Time …

It’s been a time …
a rough and emotionally fragile
expanse of days of not knowing
lost in confusion and conflicting
ideas and options and opinions

dazed by a profusion of
potentially ominous outcomes
forced to let go of even the most
insubstantial illusion of control

reduced to despair
surrendering into prayer
a truly dark night of my soul
when the gaping hole of impossibilities
loomed all too large

hour after hour
slouched on the couch
curled up in a world of worry
with only my meager offerings
an ABC of simple words –

“Thy will be done. Show me.”
“If I am meant to be
here and now, show me.”
“If I am meant to stay
vitally alive, show me.”

And indeed I am being shown.
How amazing. How miraculous.
How inspiring. How hope-giving
and spirit-lifting.
And what is mine to do is simply pay attention
and say Thank you.

from the grateful heart, mind, and pen of Minx.
©2025 Minx Boren. All rights reserved. PLEASE SHARE with attribution.

Minx Boren
Minx Borenhttps://coachminx.com/
Minx Boren is a Master Certified Coach, credentialed through the International Coach Federation, as well as a motivational speaker and workshop/webinar facilitator. She is author/co-author of sixteen books, including Friendship Is a Journey, Healing Is a Journey, and, most recently, Decades of Gratitude, Gusto, Grit & Grace. Minx is a longtime community leader and activist and has served as president of Executive Women of the Palm Beaches 2013-14 and as a member of the Board of Directors of The Women’s Foundation of Florida since 2007. She is the 2013 recipient of the Giraffe Project, presented by Women’s Chamber of Commerce to women who “stick their neck out for others. ”Her current focus is on exploring with olders what it means to grow into our later years with gratitude, grace, and gusto. As an adjunct professor at FAU Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, she offers courses on such topics as Navigating by Values, Resilience in Stressful Times, and Healthwise Living. As an author, Coach Minx leads workshops at spas and wellness centers as well as for the Women’s Foundation of Florida for those who want to write a book or articles for publication or simply want to learn to journal their personal reflections more effectively. Minx is the CJO – Chief Journaling Officer – for Purpose Journals, a company that offers unique journals, webinars, tools, an active writing community along with significant support for anyone who wants to “discover yourself on the page.” Minx is involved with developing and presenting local Sustainable Living initiatives including, because of her background in nutrition and wellness, programs on Food Glorious Food – A Sustainable Perspective. For the past 10 years, she has been sending out a Balance Point Newsletter every other week – thought-provoking ideas, questions, and action challenges - along with selections of poetry from her poem-a-day practice – all from a coach perspective. You can sign up to receive them on her website.

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5 CONVERSATIONS

    • Eva Marie, for me, peace is a bit of a moving target. I get there and experience it and then something happens and I have to find my way back again and again. Maybe that is the life journey – finding and losing and finding our way again and again. And just maybe the more often we seek and find, the more adept we get at finding our way home.

  1. This poem is only days old and the words take on new meaning and relevance by the hour. My hope is that anyone on a difficult journey finds their own way to ask to be shown a way to keep on keeping on.

    Thank you Dennis Pitocco for being willing to share my inner meanderings and outpourings.

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