Turning Point



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Dega, Dancer 1874





turning point arrives

arms pinned

for balance

they say

spot, turn, spot, turn

momentum from that inner part of my core

the part i hope will save me

spot, turn,

dance

until i find an answer





copyright/all rights reserved Audrey Howitt 2014




Change is in the air.  I looked up the word "crisis" today--that turning point at which, for better or worse, future events are determined.  I will be losing a major source of income this summer aat a time when we will be experiencing a financial contraction anyway--my husband is retiring from teaching school. So I am asking the universe for answers.

Comments

  1. A major change indeed but as your poems say if you seek the answers they will be found.

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  2. Beautiful and timely poem. Turning points are crucial to our well-being, though we have to train at the skill of taking them on point. The momentum is life, I think.

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    1. Hi Susan! Thank you--I like your take on the nature of momentum!

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  3. the key is to keep dancing,
    learning the steps, keeping yourself in the game
    until you get that chance, for sure.

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  4. learning and applying that's certainly the key; have a nice Sunday

    much love...

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  5. The answers come when they are needed.
    Wishing you the best.
    Something Pink

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  6. the lines wonderfully express the inner conflict and the grit to accept the change that's awaiting....

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  7. I am familiar with the routine :-) well written, well said.
    ZQ

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  8. until i find an answer... keep dancing

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  9. Whew, we all look for answers somehow. I think if a person dances long enough they will find the way!

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  10. I have been on those turning points myself ~ Find the balance and wishing you lots of luck and cheers on your turning points ~ Happy Sunday ~

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  11. Not a fun point to be, especially before things arrive. Fortunately sometimes reality is not as hard as what we expected.

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  12. Turning points can be so rewarding, and yet so dangerous...this is a nice dissertation on trying to find that perfect balance.
    Steve K.

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  13. Audrey, I so know those challenges. The best advice I can give you is to try to trust that all will be well, pray and open your soul to the universe, asking it to show you the way. I can say that, however, fully knowing the fear that accompanies such transitions, especially in today's economy! Somehow, month by month, we get through.........wishing you all good things......

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  14. I have a tendency to seek the balance and let the rest come as it will. Love the metaphor of dance to express the world of change, even crisis. I find the balance most often in writing, because that often shows when I haven't reached it,

    Elizabeth

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  15. Oh, love this focus on 'momentum' - to spot before turn, so much wisdom in it! we need ground our dreams before changing and dance them...~ thanks for the reminder, Audrey :)x

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  16. ah, turn. for some reason, I wrote of it too before reading your pen. at present, I'm looking for work, so wish you the very best as your circumstances change ~

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  17. Ha--succinct yet very well realized. Thanks..K.

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