this beautiful poem by john o'donohue was read to me by my remarkable yoga teacher james rafael (my hero and inspiration) during a yoga class and it at once touched my heart. i am suffering at the moment. i feel terrified and unsafe. but this poem reminds me that "this too shall pass" and that i have survived things before and beauty has come out of it. i get really emotional in this one, sorry about that.

james yoga
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today i am reading david whyte's "the truelove" poem. which i found on maria popova's wonder site "the marginalian".

david whyte
the marginalian

i wish you a beautiful 2023, to all of you.

thanks for being here.

much love,
alice

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thanks for being here:)

today's podcast is about new beginnings.

john o'donohue

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i adore elizabeth gilbert and in on one of her podcast appearances she
read out loud this letter to her inner child and i saved it word by word.
such healing. such healings.

elizabeth gilbert

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in today's episode i am reading philip larkin's poem "the trees".

if you wanna support my show, please give me a five star rating and/ or give me a review:) thank you!!!

links:
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much love,
alice

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this beautiful poem was written by erma bombeck and for what my knowledge about this she was dying of cancer when she wrote this. as i was told in the early 2000's she actually survived but it is very hard to find this version on the "internet" at the moment. so i am including a link to another version of the story.

anyways, i was read this poem when i was in college taking a poetry class and it moved me to tears.

much love
alice saga

i did find this version of the story
here: https://workingoncalm.com/bombecks-my-life-to-live-over/

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today's episode is for those who are experiencing loss or have experienced loss with someone special. a reminder, a beautiful reminder of a truth.

the prose is written by  henry scott holland ( 1847-1918) , the  regius professor of divinity at the university of oxford.

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thanks and with love,
alice

henry scott holland

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today's poem is by the perfectly perfect poet mary oliver. i hope you enjoy my reading and thoughts around it.

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merci and with love,
alice saga

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dm me on @alicesaga
or email me: [email protected]

mary oliver
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(litcharts is where i find the analyses for some poems i read here)

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dear listener: here comes an update of where i am at in this moment of time. and a fast sweep of my growing up and some other things which lead to where i am today embracing a sober life.
this was a very unscripted telling that i created the morning of july 15th 2022 while walking through epping forest. 
there is so much depth to go into that i could not go into today, but in the future there will be other episodes probably where we can go deeper.

in the next episode we will go back to poetry again. of course i do think that life is a long
beautiful poetry with all of life packed in to it. but still...next week there will be "poetry".

hope to hear your feedback:)

too, please follow my podcast wherever you listen:) and review it with five stars, that would 
be of such help for others to fine my space.

thank you and with much love,
alice

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today's poem is created by the american nobel price wining poet louise glück.

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with love,
alice

louise glück

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or 
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@apoeticpicnic
@alicesaga

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