There are profound reasons to contemplate the immortality of our souls and the mortality of our physical body. Whether we’re aware of it or not, our relationship with aging and dying does affect our relationship with life and the way we live it every day. Do we receive each day as a gift? Do we live in fear? Do we use our time wisely?
And yet, we rarely take time for such contemplations. Perhaps because our culture doesn’t quite encourage us to do so. Or perhaps because matters of life and death are impossible to grasp with our rational mind. This is why we need inspirational poetry books and spirituality without dogma.
The Lightness of Leaving will take you on a moving, intimate, yet universal spiritual journey. It is a soul’s sacred journey filled with personal depth and bursting with wisdom. Halina captures this well-lived journey with the perfect blend of struggle, surrender, heartbreak and laughter, resistance and acceptance. As I moved through the seasons of life, I experienced the beautiful lightness and joy within the poems and the bittersweet sense of impermanence and inevitability. Her poetic style evokes pure presence and quiet contemplation. This body of work honors for all of us the sacredness of life’s journey. —Wendy Mackowski, MA, CPCC, Holistic Coach, Writer
Sometimes, we choose to explore our relationship with aging and dying simply because we feel it’s time. Sometimes, it happens because we or someone near us experience the passing of a loved one. Here’s an opportunity to find deeper understanding and solace.
Two days after the sudden loss of my dearest friend, I opened this book and felt an unexpected calm wash over me. Each poem invited me to rest in the quiet celebration of her ongoing presence. If you are navigating grief or exploring the mysteries of life beyond the physical, The Lightness of Leaving is a tender invitation to journey into the heart of remembrance. —Sheila Applegate, MSW, Conscious Life Coach, Author
Poetry has a tradition of exploring the ultimate themes of our existence. With its freedom of language and perception, poetry seems like just the right window through which we can look and see what escapes our awareness otherwise. This is why Rumi, Thit Nhat Han, Rainer Maria Rilke, T.S.Elliot, Mary Oliver and the way they express their surrender to God speak so deeply to us. And now welcome to a poetry collection and a special journey into the nature of aging and dying, and at the same time, into a celebration of life and the joy of living. We could, perhaps, call it poetry self help. It can be so for someone who fears death, someone who is dealing with old age, someone who wants to support a grieving friend or family, or someone who is fascinated by near death experiences.
The poems feel like intimate conversations with the wonders of life lived. I believe this book will bring lightness and it will help the readers cast aside some of the fear that they may associate with aging and dying. —Helle True, Writer
Awakening To Joyful Living Poetry
Halina Goldstein fell in love with words when she was 5 years old. The relationship changed radically when her family emigrated to Denmark. Fortunately, where her native Polish withered, seeds of English found fertile ground. At the same time, Halina became a spiritual explorer.
She has always been drawn to attempting the impossible: connecting with that which is invisible and expressing that which cannot be expressed. She has published poetry, fiction and non-fiction books. Her poems have been featured in several magazines as well. She is also the founder of Awakening To Joyful Living.
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