Poem: Reflections on NAMI Walks for Mental Health

Diane Kaufman MD 3/20/1911:26 PM

POETRY SPEAKS WILL YOU LISTEN?

RESPONSE TO THE NIHILISTIC QUESTION

WHAT’S THE POINT & DOES ANYTHING MATTER?

WALKING TOGETHER

WE MANIFEST HUMANITY

MY MIND MATTERS!

YOUR MIND MATTERS!

HANDS EMBRACING HANDS

HEARTS TOUCHING HEARTS

FEAR & ISOLATION MELTING AWAY

ENLIGHTENED BY INNER LIGHTS GLOW

HEALING ALL BROKENESS

CREATING SACRED WHOLENESS

EMPATHY’S POWER IS PROFOUND

LEARNING WE GROW & CHANGE

LIVING BRAVELY WE LEARN TO LET GO

THANKFULLY WE LEARN TO LET BE

LOVE’S COURAGE IMAGINES REALITY

NURTURES TO BLOSSOM FREE

OUR HEART’S DEEPEST DREAM

TO END ALL SHAME!

TO STOP ALL BLAME!

TO DISSOLVE ALL PAIN!

WE PROUDLY PROCLAIM

MY MIND MATTERS!

YOUR MIND MATTERS!

DESTINY’S POINT HAS ARRIVED

CELEBRATING GIFTS OF WHO WE ARE

ENVISIONED & EMPOWERED

BLESSED & HUMBLY HONORED

AWAKENING HEARTS INTO TOMORROW

WE ARE BELOVED COMMUNITY

UNIQUELY & EVER INSPIRED

SPIRITS SOAR IRREPRESSIBLY

BEAUTY’S FRAGILITY & STRENGTH CO-EXIST

“WE” & “I” BEFRIEND “ME” & “US”

EMBOLDENING LIFE’S PURPOSE TO BE

IN PRAISE OF NAMI WALKS MAY 19TH!

NAMI WALKS ON MAY 19, 2019 IN PORTAND, OREGON

NAMI WALKS BY DIANE KAUFMAN, MD

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Marilyn Siebold posted:
This is a WONDERFUL poem!
Dr. Kaufman, I am on the board of NAMI Delaware, and we would very much like to use this poem at our NAMI Walk on May 4th!
Could you contact me and let me know if that is OK?
I am an adjunct Professor at Wilmington University, where I teach psychology and the courses in our Trauma-informed Approaches certificate. I am also on the Steering Committee for Trauma Matters Delaware, and have been engaged in the trauma-informed approaches work for a long time, starting when I worked at our state Psychiatric Center.
My e-mail address is Marilyn.r.siebold@wilmu.edu and my cell phone is 302-993-6764.
I look forward to hearing from you!
Marilyn Siebold
makes me so happy! Yes, please use the poem for NAMI Walks May 4th in Delaware. Just change the date on the bottom of the poem.

Marilyn, That makes me so happy! Yes, please use the poem for NAMI Walks May 4th in Delaware. Just change the date on the bottom of the poem. I would appreciate your saying the poem was donated by me with the description already on the bottom of the poem. Can you please share the poem with your NAMI colleagues? I really would like the poem to be used thelp create awareness and compassion as that is why it was written. If you could, please write back with a few words on why you feel it is "wonderful." I am starting a Creativity & Healing Wellness Center and would share your reflections in the Power to Create Poetry workshop. Many thanks! Diane

3/29/191:27 PM

Marilyn SieboldMember

This is a WONDERFUL poem!

Dr. Kaufman, I am on the board of NAMI Delaware, and we would very much like to use this poem at our NAMI Walk on May 4th!

Could you contact me and let me know if that is OK?

I am an adjunct Professor at Wilmington University, where I teach psychology and the courses in our Trauma-informed Approaches certificate. I am also on the Steering Committee for Trauma Matters Delaware, and have been engaged in the trauma-informed approaches work for a long time, starting when I worked at our state Psychiatric Center.

My e-mail address is Marilyn.r.siebold@wilmu.edu and my cell phone is 302-993-6764.

I look forward to hearing from you!

Marilyn Siebold

3/29/1910:35 AM

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