Honest Life

Posted on April 6, 2017 by Miriam Hurdle 5 comments

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Life is a journey of progression,

When going forward in the right direction.

Smooth sail is not a guarantee

For a life of conflict free.

When we hide our faces in the sand,

Denial is a detour or motionless stand.

Natural force may drag us to regression,

Slide backward with no discussion.

To fight the battle, we must first lose;

Defeat the pride, but win the honest life.

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Daily Prompt: Denial

tagged with Daily Prompt, Denial, Honest, Life, Poem

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Dream Desire Achieve
April 7, 2017 4:11 am

Beautiful lines. Very true

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- The Showers of Blessing
  April 7, 2017 11:55 am
  
  Thank you so much!
  
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Mel & Suan
April 6, 2017 11:20 pm

Denial they say is the first stage of grief. And its true.
Sometimes when a loved one is called home, one cannot accept it easily.
We must skip from denial to acceptance though, because the 3 other stages in between invite dark thoughts.

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mumsthewordblog1
April 6, 2017 9:36 pm

Love the ostrich with its head in the sand! I think we have all done this on occasion 😃

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- The Showers of Blessing
  April 6, 2017 10:11 pm
  
  Yep, I agree!!!!
  
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About me

Miriam Hurdle

Miriam Hurdle grew up in Hong Kong where she went to college and worked for five years before coming to the United States. While in Hong Kong, she taught Chinese as a Second Language at Hong Kong Baptist University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong for three years. She was also the Director of the Children’s Department at the Asian Outreach where she published four Chinese Children’s books. Miriam Hurdle came to the United States for her graduate studies. She received her master’s degrees in Christian Ministry from Portland Seminary, Counseling from Seattle Pacific University, and Education Administration from California State University, Los Angeles. After teaching in a California public school for fifteen years, she was promoted to a school district administrative position. She went on to do the postgraduate studies and earned her Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership from La Verne University in California. Dr. Hurdle continued in her administrative position for ten years before her retirement. In her retired life, Dr. Hurdle enjoys doing volunteer counseling, reading, writing, blogging, singing, drawing, watercolor painting, gardening, photographing, and traveling. Dr. Hurdle is married to Lynton Hurdle and has one married daughter and one granddaughter.