All You Must Do Is Remember

When your past overwhelms you,
when it threatens to drown you,
remember we already surround you.

When your grief returns from its too short hiatus,
when you can't stop saying how much you hate this,
remember to reach a thought out to God and His angels.

When your fears once again begin to crash over you,
when you start to question how someone could care for you,
remember these are just the thoughts of a poisoned ego, don't let them get to you.

If you wish to create the future of your dreams,
you first must release the nightmares of your past.
Not one thing in your past has the power to mar you;
only the perception of wrong-doings and terrible pain
are creating the illusion of coiling chains.
But we assure you, it's all in your head,
all you must do is remember.

Remember who you are. Remember your courage and strength. Remember that your purpose can become greater than the sum of your history. Let your past give you vision. Let your past give you hope. Let your past give you the future of your dreams. Invite and invoke God and his host of angels. Ask them to pour their healing grace into the painful past and transform it into something that will lift you instead of weigh you down, that would quiet the ego's venomous nightmares and replace them with the vibrant dreams of your soul.

When your past overwhelms you,
when it threatens to drown you,
you must keep your head high,
your chin to the sky,
and remember
you will learn to fly.