This offer to receive a copy of Songs of Anu, is its final chapter in its entirity, titled:
Encouragment for the Journey Ahead. Reflections on Hope and Healing

 

Since its first release, this book has traveled with me through many years, through healings, lessons, and blessings offered. Even in difficult times, I have continued to sense how timeless the essence of these poems feels: like a thread connecting past and present, the human and the cosmic.

 

Through the book’s almost childlike simplicity, I hear the sound of a universe in wonder, interwoven with the sincere and sacred Songs of Anu, our cosmic mother. It continues to offer me gentle healing solace.

 

Life unfolds in unexpected ways for all of us. On my own path, the years since this book first emerged have carried lessons wrapped in both light and shadow.

 

The most profound of these was a life-threatening illness, followed by years of healing and rehabilitation. In mysterious and miraculous ways, these experiences increased the light in my life, even while remaining deeply painful and difficult.

 

Undoubtedly, you too have experienced moments when life’s difficulties revealed hidden depths of resilience, wonder, or beauty. Perhaps you know intimately the walk through seasons of challenge when your inner strength became your guiding star. 

 

The last words of the book are an invitation to remember the healing power available to all of us when we open to Oneness, Grace, Gratitude, and Compassion. These qualities are not just abstract ideals, they are lived experiences, available in every moment through our choices, attention, and hearts.

 

We can trust that even as circumstances change, the choice of our attitude and the opening of our hearts remain ours to make. Compassion, humility, curiosity, and freedom, these are the golden threads of life that can never be taken from us.

 

In the vastness of the cosmos, our personal selves may feel minuscule, yet we are magnificent creations, inseparable from the universe. Within that connection lies our innate power, majesty, and sacred abundance, a reminder that each of us, in our own way, is truly powerful beyond measure.

 

In sensing this Oneness with the universe, you may find peace in resting within the embrace of the unknown. It is my sincere belief that each of us is walking a healing journey here on Earth, learning to meet challenges with the tools we have, our human faculties and our courage, while releasing what we cannot control. A powerful practice is to trust ourselves and Life as One, and to find meaning in the now through service and love.

 

We do not have all the answers to Life, and her mysteries will continue to unfold. Yet wisdom and beauty surround us endlessly, and the choice to notice, embrace, and celebrate them is always in our hands. Choosing joy does not mean ignoring pain, hiding grief, or suppressing anger. Rather, it is a conscious engagement with life’s full spectrum, the light and the dark, the kind and the cruel, and finding wholeness through reconciliation within us.

 

To be human is to be ensouled, and life can be profoundly soulful when we allow ourselves to experience the fullness of our humanity. And to be human, after all, is a messy affair. The world is cruel and ugly, and it is also kind and beautiful. How we relate to the contrasts of life, suffering and delight, loss and abundance, darkness and light, is both a challenge and an extraordinary opportunity for growth, maturation, and transformation of spirit and body alike.

 

And this brings us to the elusive quality of happiness.

Isn’t pure happiness unconditional? As I perceive it, pure happiness is like an undercurrent in our lives, wisdom deep in our hearts, speaking to us throughout the day of Truth and Inner Freedom. It reminds us that no matter what occurs in our lives, we always have the freedom to choose our response, and that freedom is our birthright. This is why we will always be free.

 

Free as birds in the wild.

 

The words of Viktor E. Frankl, the Austrian psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor, speak deeply to this inner freedom:

 

“We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms ~ to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.”

 

In his recount, he sheds a radiant light on the freedom of choice. But it is the golden essence of his words, forever engraved in my heart, that moves me most: how people’s compassionate actions expressed their inner freedom, their hope, and their appreciation for the miracle of life itself.

 

Though these words emerged from a moment of profound darkness, they illuminate a universal truth: even in the most challenging circumstances, compassion, hope, and gratitude remain within reach. Humanity’s brightest lights often emerge from our darkest hours, and each act of kindness becomes a beacon in the world.

 

May we all continue to cultivate that inner freedom, to let compassion guide our actions, and to sense the radiance of our own light, even in uncertain times. Life offers us countless opportunities to choose grace, to honor the miracle of existence, and to celebrate the glowing power of the human spirit. May we always see clearly in the dark, embraced by our inner light.

 

With love, gratitude, and blessings,
Sóley White