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Being This: Reading Of Poem By Candace Feldman

by Yvonne Hofstetter

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Reading of the exquisite poem, "Being This," written by beloved Candace Feldman©2025. Beautiful Royalty Free background music by Fesliyan Studios: Serenity Voice of and photo by Yvonne. Produced by Brian Hofstetter. With love from all of us to you. Some Crackles from the Fire might be heard Thank you for being, and thank you for listening. Much appreciation to Insight Timer

Transcript

This is a poem by beloved Candice Feldman,

Being This.

Today rises with the music of the birds flowing in through my window,

Bringing the outside in,

Where the two can merge in this endless stream of life,

This deep breath of living.

We can decide to embrace what is here with positivity,

But can we relax into feeling all we are,

To dive deep into these expressions of life and find balance?

Allowing the imperfections,

Limitations and judgements while having room to breathe in this array of everything we are,

And still love ourselves,

And by doing so,

Allowing others to be in the beauty of their full selves.

Like a tree which stands with twists,

Turns and curves,

Performing its dance,

Receiving the gifts from the sun,

Wind and rain,

Their leaves brighten and fall and grow again.

As we go through life,

Our experience deepens us,

Our hearts curved like trees,

Some parts hidden,

Some exposed to the elements,

All have beauty.

May we be the trees of humanity,

Standing in all our experiences,

And still find place to state our name.

Thank you dear Candice,

And thank you dear listener,

Until we meet again,

Goodbye.

Meet your Teacher

Yvonne HofstetterPaarl, South Africa

4.7 (19)

Recent Reviews

Frank

June 15, 2025

Lovely, what a great visual, to become the trees of humanity. Very touching. The background sounds were distracting. Thank you Update: I didn't know itt ever got cold there, silly me. I'm so easily distracted.

Isabella

June 6, 2025

It was lovely lovely and I know just what you meant. The fireplace did a great job of crackling also. Dear Candace, you are a very good poet. Dear Yvonne, you have become More confident at reading. I’m so glad to hear you comfortably putting yourself out into the world. Thank you for this beautiful poem on both of you. And Brian , thank you for creating it with them.

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