“OUR JOURNEY”

“OUR JOURNEY” is not defined by our peaks and valleys. Those are just brief moments. In the frequency of our time,

The real essence of our lives lay in the journey between our peaks and our valleys

Yet we spend so much of our precious time, either reliving our past glories,
or bemoaning our deepest failures,

And in doing so, we end up wasting the best part of our time, “OUR JOURNEY “

“OUR JOURNEY “ is that long climb where we dedicate so much time and effort to achieving our lofty goals,

However, it is also those many days, weeks, months, and years of hard work that we believed and sweated as we battled our doubt and despair.

Because “OUR JOURNEY “ is also all those days, weeks, months, and years that are filled with doubt, despair, and anger about our journey,

While we painfully endure our seemingly endless freefall before, we finally bottom out.

So, while you’re on “OUR JOURNEY!” Please take the time to stop and smell the roses!
It is not just a moment of time on “YOUR JOURNEY”
It is a way of life

Leslie Ronald Hennick, copy write 7/20

“As it was, so shall it be again”

All past Sols I have visited, all future Sols you shall see me again
Because every summers warmth, is my destiny to end. So prepare as you might for the dying of this summers light,
you will never be fully ready for the coldness of my night.ut as it was, so shall it will be again, for I cant stop the returning of the spring
With its explosion of life’s warmth that it is going to bring. But rest assured my warm friend, winters wrath will again return,
To plunge you back into its darkness, and once again share it’s cold burn.

LESLIE R Hennick 6/2020

Last Thoughts

I now know how finite the light is, as mine slowly dims on the horizon,

I am cold but not afraid, this life of light has brought me too much pain,

Even now as I slowly drift away in the waning of my last light,

I embrace its cold relief, as I am gently enveloped in its darkness.

So dont cry for me when I’m gone, I have found peace within my stillness.

And such great joy from the release of my ever constant pain.

I will now live within each you, in the light of your memories,

As I peacfully await our reunion, in the hereafter, that beckons us all.

Leslie R Hennick 11/26/2019

Winter Darkness

Winter darkness has now fallen, I have lost my treasured vice

My quiet private place, is now suffocated in ice.

Gone for now my happy time, I spent alone with just my thoughts.

Reliving the past days memories, and what those moments taught.

As I peer thru frosted glass, with a deep and depressing stare

How I long for the days to swiftly pass, as I yearn for my favorite chair,

So desperate for next Springs return, to warm that frozen air

And melt those icy shackles that imprison me and my favorite chair.

“THE MYTH THAT TIME HEALS ALL”

All my life, I’ve heard the line, “That time will heal all”,
that if you manage to just endure, your pain will begin to fall.

But that’s a myth we tell ourselves, while hoping for better days,
Cause untreated wounds, will always cause scars, that force your pain to stay

So take charge of you, and fight that pain don’t you dare let it win,
Don’t carry those scars of long past times, that is self-inflicted sin.

My Darkness

My darkness is shrouded from others by the brightness of my daily smiles. It lies motionless deep within the complexities of my mind.

Calm and quiet, year after year patiently waitng for my inevitable weakness to set in and thus granting it the chance to reek havoc within my soul.

A destructive fluiditic Tsunami of chaos, which once released are only coralled by the bricks of my good deeds which I have laid down one by one thru decades of virture, kindness and empathy.

Yet still I fear their certain fail, against the depth of the sin that lay within. Its power it is foerever, pressing aginst aging bricks that so long have been keeping it in.

So forever vigilant, I do good deeds, that forge those bricks, and strengthen those walls that hold back the chaos of my sea of darkness. This shall always be my pennance for all my lifes sins.

Self-Control

“The peace I find in my life only comes to me when I make the calm between my ears louder than the storms raging outside of them”.

Life happens…..

I am an enthusiastic, principled, high energy, and hard working individual. I have great customer relation skills and tend to thrive on challenges.

For me, overcoming my cancer challenges has been a difficult and humbling experience. During this journey, I have had to face many personal and professional challenges.

After decades of success in my field, I was now struggling. I was no longer that valuable sought after asset who made a difference on my team. Now I was just a no name individual who was having difficulty just a landing an interview! This was my reality now. Yet I persevered through it eventually found my first opportunity.

My first job after cancer came in January 2018 at Loews, as a Lawn and Garden seasonal associate. It was a physically demanding low paying job with bad hours but I was glad to have it. That was one of several temporary jobs I have worked since. Each one equally challenging in their own ways.

One in particular stands out. It was a temporary position as a production line mechanic in a welding shop. This is a far cry from the team leader, technical trainer and respected specialist I had been known as for so long.

I persevered through these challenges and continue to move forward towards my goal of being a valuable contributing member of a great healthcare team. One that makes a positive difference in the healthcare industry.

I can only promise you this, I will reach my goal.

Sincerely,

Leslie R Hennick

My lesson of a sunset

As I stood on a beach, my eyes were transfixed by the ending of this day.
Such colors contrasting brilliantly, against those clouds looming dark and gr
by the⁸8 beauty I beheld, I barely noticed the wind begin to roar,
And as those waves came crashing in, I felt secure standing on they shore
And so I stayed and watched until the last of this day had gone
Then the heavens opened up, and my mind did too,
for the walk to my car was long!
Leslie R Hennick copyright 08/2018
all rights reserved.

Lonely and Alone

Sitting lonely and alone, having only electrons to warm my face. Fake contentment contradicting, my longing for any other place.

Outwardly lying to others, false smiles zealously worn upon my lips.
Inwardly crying hysterically, praying my eyes don’t betray my mind trips.

Panic driven droughts of calm, I can’t remember how long it has been.
Since the gentle rains of contentment has soothed my self induced sin.

What happened to my inner peace, so many steps we shared as friends.
All contentment has abandoned me, that day you and I came to an end.