by Katie Rodriguez Banister
I hope you realize how lucky you are to
be alive, here and now. You should value
every experience regardless of your situation. Everything is a learning
opportunity; both perceived good and bad or light and dark. My friend Blindcat, yes he is, and I wrote “Lucky
Soul,” to help others appreciate the present because yesterday is gone and
tomorrow hasn’t happened yet.
Many of us fluctuate between depression
and anxiety. I was diagnosed with
depression about a month and a half post injury. I was often so sad I couldn’t sleep. But with the help of my psycho-therapist and
a medicine that allows me to sleep, the old Katie came back and I haven’t
stopped since. The past has no power
over me. Yes, I lament my losses from
time to time but I can pull myself out of it much easier now.
Anxiety can be just as
debilitating. I know a young woman who
has problems leaving her home and making new friends. She’s often more paralyzed than I am.
I
want you to be aware of the following. If you can read this it means you are
alive and can breathe, that you have access to a computer or phone, you have
experienced some form education, and if you’re like me you have survived an accident
or health challenge that you continue to strive to overcome.
LUCKY SOUL
I sat with my Higher Power before I arrived
Requested abilities till
twenty-five
Our planned accident put me in a
chair.
Some would say seemingly unfair.
I chose this life. I had to
learn.
Now I know after there’s no hell
to burn.
You’ve got to know when to let
go. Make time to grow.
For I am light and so are you.
Put on earth to do what we do.
I am a wheeler. l have a soul.
Instead of being able to walk I
get to roll.
Wake up ….the Universe is whole
Each and every one of us a lucky lucky soul
Everyone has talents a gift to
share.
Don’t get caught up in what is or
isn’t fair.
A soul’ mission is to love
everyone.
Yes, I know Loving some isn’t
fun.
But there in there is the test
you must pass.
When you’re feeling reeling is
the time that you should laugh.
No one owns religion or pain.
We play the same game.
But anger is blinding conflicting
beliefs.
You can see it on TV building
mountains out of grief.
I ask for compassion. You and me.
Don’t control another’s soul and
the beauty you’ll see.
I accept my life and then after,
my review.
My memory totally sucks but the Higher Power’ll have a
clue!
Living is school. I’m still
learning a lot.
Let others be who they are and
feel lucky for what you got!
Though I soar through
darkness truth is my light.
Take my hand as we fly through
the night.
We ask not for your pity only
your understanding.
Take heed there but for the grace
of God go I.
Close your eyes and journey with
me as we paint the sky with sound
Using colors from a rainbow.
In our world, there is no darkness.
Our lucky soul shines as we teach
others of truth and beauty.
We are brothers, we are sisters.
We are the spark. We are
the light.
We are the fire and our time is
eternal
So close your useless eyes and
journey with me!
Wake up ….the Universe is whole. Each and every one of us a lucky
lucky soul.
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Katie Rodriguez Banister co-founded http://www.access-4-all.com/ and is a speaker, author, and actor who enjoys sharing her perspective with the hope to help and empower others. Katie has been a woman on wheels since an auto accident in 1990, at the age of twenty-five, who believes you may not always be in control of what happens but you can control how you react to it. It’s not easy, but knowledge is power and please note; Katie’s a work in progress.
Her CD “Beauty In The Lou” will drop Mid-June and available www.Access-4-All.com
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