On Wednesdays, I share posts, fables, songs, poems, quotations, TEDx Talks, cartoons, and books that have inspired and motivated me on my writing journey. I hope these posts will give writers, artists, and other creatives a mid-week boost.

Here’s a thought-provoking poem from Susan Davidson. She wrote this poem after attending a mindfulness course in Malvern, Worcestershire.

STOP

I used to say ‘Stop the world, I wanna get off’
Now I’ve realised I’m the one who needs to stop

Stop filling every waking minute
Taking every silent space and putting something in it

Stop striving, trying so hard to be the best
When what my mind is crying out for is a rest

Remember kindness, peace and loving
Just breathe, and feel, and notice without judging

Because, as Shakespeare said those many years ago,
‘There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.”