<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000"><div class="gmail-kvgmc6g5 gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-ii04i59q" style="margin:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:22.5px"><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit">Breathe…<span class="gmail-pq6dq46d gmail-tbxw36s4 gmail-knj5qynh gmail-kvgmc6g5 gmail-ditlmg2l gmail-oygrvhab gmail-nvdbi5me gmail-sf5mxxl7 gmail-gl3lb2sf gmail-hhz5lgdu" style="margin:0px 1px;height:16px;width:16px;display:inline-flex;vertical-align:middle;font-family:inherit"><img height="16" width="16" alt="🧡" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t9c/2/16/1f9e1.png" style="border: 0px;"></span></div></div><div class="gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-ii04i59q" style="margin:0.5em 0px 0px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:22.5px"><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit">She sat at the back and they said she was shy.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit">She led from the front and they hated her pride.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit">They asked her advice and then questioned her guidance.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit">They branded her loud, then were shocked by her silence.</div></div><div class="gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-ii04i59q" style="margin:0.5em 0px 0px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:22.5px"><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit">When she shared no ambition they said it was sad.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit">So she told them her dreams and they said she was mad.</div></div><div class="gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-ii04i59q" style="margin:0.5em 0px 0px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:22.5px"><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit">They told her they'd listen, then covered their ears,</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit">And gave her a hug while they laughed at her fears,</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit">And she listened to all of it thinking she should,</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit">Be the girl, they told her, to be best as she could.</div></div><div class="gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-ii04i59q" style="margin:0.5em 0px 0px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:22.5px"><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit">But one day she asked what was best for herself,</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit">Instead of trying to please everyone else.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit">So she walked to the forest and stood with the trees,</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit">She heard the wind whisper and dance with the leaves. </div></div><div class="gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-ii04i59q" style="margin:0.5em 0px 0px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:22.5px"><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit">She spoke to the willow, the elm and the pine,  </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit">And she told them what she'd been told time after time.</div></div><div class="gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-ii04i59q" style="margin:0.5em 0px 0px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:22.5px"><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit">She told them she felt she was never enough,</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit">She was either too little or far far too much.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit">Too loud or too quiet, too fierce or too weak,</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit">Too wise or too foolish, too bold or too meek.</div></div><div class="gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-ii04i59q" style="margin:0.5em 0px 0px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:22.5px"><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit">Then she found a small clearing surrounded by firs,</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit">And she stopped...and she heard what the trees said to her.  </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit">And she sat there for hours not wanting to leave,</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit">For the forest said nothing, it just let her breathe…</div></div><div class="gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-ii04i59q" style="margin:0.5em 0px 0px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:22.5px"><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit">A poem from ‘Talking to the Wild: The bedtime stories we never knew we needed’ by <span style="font-family:inherit"><a class="gmail-oajrlxb2 gmail-g5ia77u1 gmail-qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 gmail-r7d6kgcz gmail-rq0escxv gmail-nhd2j8a9 gmail-nc684nl6 gmail-p7hjln8o gmail-kvgmc6g5 gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-jb3vyjys gmail-rz4wbd8a gmail-qt6c0cv9 gmail-a8nywdso gmail-i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr gmail-f1sip0of gmail-lzcic4wl gmail-gpro0wi8 gmail-q66pz984 gmail-b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/talkingtothewild/?__cft__[0]=AZU7vK-Ne7_V0z_qhvy_eS6RYip-5IDlQP8G7JR6n-_Zah_Yi6gwJtetE1Z3HyOrsXVnBLmn64b6qDoAH5U1aH24sEMM3mm5xIE_XkLk9xsKTL-3g5U7CT8TJrYfqlfzBFJEu9mJusVXaSF7dHcuiMVV&__tn__=kK-R" role="link" tabindex="0" style="text-decoration-line:none;outline:none;list-style:none;border-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;padding:0px;margin:0px;background-color:transparent;text-align:inherit;display:inline;box-sizing:border-box;font-family:inherit"><span class="gmail-nc684nl6" style="display:inline;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">Becky Hemsley - Talking to the Wild</span></span></a></span>.</div></div></div></div>