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    Wild Hope: Healing Words to Find Light on Dark Days
    Wild Hope: Healing Words to Find Light on Dark Days
    Wild Hope: Healing Words to Find Light on Dark Days
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    Wild Hope: Healing Words to Find Light on Dark Days

    By Donna Ashworth

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    Find Hope and Solace in Inspirational Poetry from Scotland’s Poet Sensation and Sunday Times Bestselling Author

    “Beautiful and uplifting” —Davina McCall
    “So inspiring, so heartfelt ... the way Donna writes is beyond beautiful.” —Lisa Snowdon

    #1 Best Seller in Love Poetry, Poetry by Women, and Emotional Self Help

    Wild Hope is Donna Ashworth’s powerful new collection of wisdom to help us find comfort, hope, peace, self-acceptance, and inspiration when we feel worn down, helpless, or sad.

    Find solace in Ashworth's eloquent verse. Through contemporary poetry, Donna explores the human condition. This inspiring poetry collection brings comfort and guidance, offering a lifeline to those battling anxiety, depression, or merely the strain of a demanding career. Hope exists when nothing else can. Wild Hope helps you find light on the darkest days.

    Unlock the power of kindness and hope. Ashworth underscores the impact of acts of love and kindness in shaping a better future, reminding readers of the innate goodness of humanity. Through her heartfelt work, you are guided towards emotional healing, enhancing your mental well-being, and fostering an atmosphere of positive thinking.

    Mental health poetry. Written with love and understanding, Donna reminds us that amidst our daily struggles and constant outpourings of bad news, we have so much to hope for and that every one of us can play a part, big or small, in making the world a better place.

    In Wild Hope discover:     

    • A reservoir of inspirational poetry
    • Empowering wisdom and practical guidance
    • Strategies to cultivate self-love and self-acceptance
    • The powerful role of acts of kindness and love in creating a better future

    If you liked books such as Milk and Honey, Healing Words, The Sun and Her Flowers, or Good Grief, you'll love Wild Hope. Also don’t miss Donna’s other bestselling inspirational poetry works, I Wish I Knew, Loss, Life, and Love.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateSep 26, 2023
    ISBN9781684814718
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    Donna Ashworth

    Donna Ashworth is a Sunday Times bestselling author whose poems and prose are celebrated for their earnest exploration of themes such as womanhood, resilience, and the myriad facets of the human condition. Her collections encapsulate topics ranging from marriage and parenting to self-love, aging, body image, grief, and loss. She actively engages with her audience, offering reminders that thriving, not just surviving, is an essential aspect of our shared journey.

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      Wild Hope - Donna Ashworth

      HOPE FLOATS

      Hope floats, as a fated ship is dragged to its demise on the seabed. Hope rises when everything else is sinking. Hope flies when there are no wings and hope drives, without an engine. Hope does not need light or oxygen to survive. It grows best in the dark, truth be told. Hope is the 1 per cent that rallies against statistics. The one they cannot explain. Hope is against the odds, in spite of fact and solely made of will. Hope is the space between faith and spirit. Hope is the belief that things can get better, that the sun will warm again, that the end need not be that. Hope lives in the mud, in the mire, in the barren wasteland of emptiness. It is like magic, this hope. And the best thing of all? It’s free; you just have to call it near. Hope floats, my friends, cling on to it when you are just too tired to swim.

      AND ON WE GO

      There is much power

      in the phrase

      and on we go

      we break and rebuild

      knowing we will break again

      we lose but still love though

      we know the pain won’t end

      we struggle along alone

      yet we stop along the way

      to help another stand

      to see a brighter day

      no matter what we have faced

      how hard we have smashed

      against the rocks of life

      we wash up

      we shed tears

      we wail to the skies

      we let go

      we rest

      we brush down

      we shake off

      and on we go …

      DON’T LOSE HOPE

      Put hope in a safe place. Not a super-safe place; the place we cleverly stash things in, never to be seen again. Just a safe, everyday place. Like beside your car keys. Put hope beside your car keys, and each time you leave the house, you’ll see hope glistening there and you won’t forget to take it with you. And if you’re careful with hope, you’ll never lose it again. You’ll never experience that numb, hapless cloud that descends upon your life with its soul-sucking, vacuous apathy. Without your car keys, you’re going nowhere. It’s the same with hope. Hope is the engine, the steering wheel, the power in your life. Keep it safe. Don’t lose hope. Keep it with your keys. You need it more than you may know.

      SHADOWS

      We have all awoken

      sharply startled in the night

      suddenly fearful

      of the brooding shadow

      in the corner of our room

      hearts beating in our ears

      we scramble for the light

      only to be greeted

      by a pile of clothes on a chair

      life is like that

      shine light into the dark corners

      of your mind

      take a good look

      at the scary parts

      you are afraid to enter into

      they are quite different

      once that light is on them

      they cannot hold any power over you

      in the burning glare of your shine

      light them up my friends

      light up the shadows

      and scare them away

      for good.

      JOY CHOSE YOU

      Joy does not arrive with a fanfare

      on a red carpet strewn

      with the flowers of a perfect life

      joy sneaks in

      as you pour a cup of coffee

      watching the sun

      hit your favourite tree

      just right

      and you usher joy away

      because you are not ready for her

      your house is not as it should be

      for such a distinguished guest

      but joy, you see

      cares nothing for your messy home

      or your bank balance

      or your waistline

      joy is supposed to slither through

      the cracks of your imperfect life

      that’s how joy works

      you cannot truly invite her

      you can only be ready

      when she appears

      and hug her with meaning

      because in this very moment

      joy chose you.

      RISK

      Believing tomorrow

      to be a guarantee

      is the biggest mistake we make

      not seizing every day

      like the gift that it is

      is the biggest risk we take

      do what makes you happy

      love your loved ones fiercely

      speak up

      say the words

      do the stuff

      ride the waves

      head down through the storms

      accept the dark

      the light will follow

      it’s all part of it

      it’s life

      it’s meant to feel good

      it’s meant to feel hard

      just feel it all

      believing tomorrow

      to be a guarantee

      is the biggest mistake we make

      not seizing every day

      like the gift that it is

      is the biggest risk we take.

      TOO MANY SUNDAYS

      Too many Sundays have been darkened by the dreaded presence of Monday, looming in like a storm cloud of fear, anxiety and gut-wrenching stress. Sunday is your gift, your day to recharge, your freedom. Be protective of that time. Monday has its space enough; do not let it overstep its mark. Make your plans, prepare, then push Monday back into its box and let Sunday shine forth like the jewel it is. You deserve this day of soul rest. Life is not a chore to be dealt with; it’s to be lived, my friend. You’re here to live. And Sunday is a day, gifted to us, for doing whatever your little heart desires.

      REASON SEASON

      Where are the books

      on friendship break-ups?

      pray, where are the self-help manuals

      to pull you through that confusion

      that heartache?

      where are the songs

      the poems

      the words to help heal?

      because if you have ever been there

      you know

      the pain of a lost connection

      the torture of not

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