60 Seconds for Time OutTuesday: Of Me I've Had Enough; Time to Return to My True Self.

<p>Hello to you listening in <a href="https://www.visitsavannah.com/">Savannah, Georgia</a>!</p><p>Coming to you from Whidbey Island, Washington this is 60 Seconds, your daily dose of hope, imagination, wisdom, stories, practical tips, and general riffing on this and that.</p><p>Perhaps like me the time has come for you to say, "<i>Of me, I’ve had enough!"</i> Time for an overhaul.</p><p>No one says time for an overhaul better than <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/derek-walcott">Sir Derek Alton Walcott</a>, the Nobel Prize winning poet from the tiny island of Saint Lucia.  </p><p><strong>Love After Love</strong> [<a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/derek-walcott">Sir Derek Alton Walcott</a>]</p><p>  "<i>The time will come</i></p><p><i>   when, with elation</i></p><p><i>   you will greet yourself arriving</i></p><p><i>   at your own door, in your own mirror</i></p><p><i>   and each will smile at the other's welcome,</i></p><p><i>   and say, sit here. Eat.</i></p><p><i>   You will love again the stranger who was your self.</i></p><p><i>   Give wine. Give bread. Give back your heart</i></p><p><i>   to itself, to the stranger who has loved you</i></p><p><i>   all your life, whom you ignored</i></p><p><i>   for another, who knows you by heart.</i></p><p><i>   Take down the love letters from the bookshelf,</i></p><p><i>   the photographs, the desperate notes,</i></p><p><i>   peel your own image from the mirror.</i></p><p><i>   Sit. Feast on your life</i>. "</p><p><i>This is the place to thrive together. Come for the stories - stay for the magic. <strong>Speaking of magic, I hope you’ll subscribe, follow, share a nice shout out on your social media or podcast channel of choice, including Android, and join us next time! </strong>You’re invited to stop by the website and subscribe to stay current with Diane, her journeys, her guests, as well as creativity, imagination, walking, stories, camaraderie, and so much more</i>: <a href="https://www.quartermoonstoryarts.net">Quarter Moon Story Arts</a><