Poem - Thank You - John Siddique

Please say thank you to yourself today. Look back along your path and see how far you have come, dear friend. Allow yourself kindness and gratitude as you see the things that once seemed unsurmountable were gateways you had to pass through, learn, integrate and move on from. In this poem from John's popular book 'Signposts of The Spiritual Journey,' You are invited to do just this, to look back and say thank you both to the road you have travelled so far, and yourself for finding your way.

Transcript

Thank you.

Thank you to the broken road that led me here.

It seems no other road would have got me home.

Voices around you tell you to be spiritual.

Talk a sweet certain way.

Heal quickly from all things.

Find the positive.

Be present.

But I want to say thank you to my lost self.

To the fractured homes.

The addictions.

The co-dependence.

The bottles.

The drugs.

The lust.

I want to say thank you,

Nights with a knife,

Held in my hand against myself.

So many nights not wanting to be here.

Thank you,

Road.

Thank you,

Lost friends and thankfully failed relationships.

Imagine if they'd have continued.

Thank you,

Lost.

Only lost can lead to found.

Only the broken can know the liquid meaning of mercy.

Or show another how to heal.

Only bad love will know the distance to good love.

Only the divided can know the whole.

We don't have to build and live in a house on broken road.

Instead,

We make the journey through the inner war.

Somewhere in the heat of the noise,

There is the silent,

Sacred heart.

Finally,

You listen.

For there is nowhere else to hang your coat.

You wash your face.

Place your hand where your heart is.

And say,

I love you.

Thank you.

I know the way home now.

Reviews

Nodded my head, 'Yes,' as you read this one. Thank you ☮🌠🙏

Beautiful and powerful. It made me cry. Times change. Feelings get hidden. Seeking the centre of love.

The best, soSOso helpful! www.gratefulness.org, ahimsa www.compassioncourse.org

If I could give this 100 stars I would. Thank you, John, for your authenticity and vulnerability in your writing. I participated in the Thanksgiving day meditation on 11/28/2024, A Grateful.
Steady Heart, and I will never forget it. Thank you from Boise, Idaho. Never stop writing or sharing your gifts. The world needs you. Namaste. 🙏🏽

His beautiful words hit hard-
Only the lost can be found …
only the broken can help others to heal…

Oh John, until I had listened to this I hadn’t realised how broken my path was. How broken I was. but it is important to recognise that shattered path, because if you don’t know how bad that path is broken, you can never fix it.
I don’t believe I will ever truely be healed from my suicidal thoughts or worries and hatred towards myself, but my goodness John, this played a big part. May I say Thank YOU.
Blessings Elsie ❤️

Thank you for sharing your humanity so that I could better feel my own.

Travel on, and have gratitude for the broken road, it will always bring you home to your heart. ❤️ Thank you John, your beautiful words touched me. 🙏🏼

Uncomplicated, crystal truth. Thank you, broken road.

John, I listen to you every night to go to sleep using your Yoga Nidre. This talk has been like a lightning bolt straight to my heart. I have walked a long and broken Road, often losing my Way and my hope. Thank you for so eloquently, putting what the broken Road can provide. Many blessings to you and your voice and your words. Love, Pamela.

YOU ARE AMAZING. I KNEW you wrote it as soon as I started listening… you did write it yes? Lol! Beautiful tender frail strong willful perseverent soul. Thank you.

Mastery of words is thus. John weaves them together with the nuance of the heart. Feel safe in feeling of all of it. To experience the emotion is the essence of the soul path.

Helps me see setbacks from a different perspective, and have gratitude for what I learned from those experiences. Thank you.

Thank you for these powerful meaningful words 💜 xx

Powerful, thought provoking, grateful for your words.

It’s a beautiful feeling to be meet in the broken darkness. Thank you💙

That was an amazing poem, which is saying a lot because I usually hate poetry.

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Beautiful. Compelling.

This is so very touching, as it affirms my journey, which I have grown to appreciate through the years and the tears. Though I have come to healing and honoring that time, it is still so beautiful to hear these words spoken by you. Thank You so very much, John 🙏♥️🙏