Little Victories

A warm hello,

A dear coaching client of mine, a widow named Carole from Oregon shared with me her "anthem". These are lyrics from a Bob Seger song titled "Little Victories". When I read it, I loved it and asked her permission to share on this blog. Thank you Carole!

Throughout the journey of widowhood there are "little victories" along the way. One after the other after the other. We grow, we learn and yes we may skin our knee but we become stronger, wiser and more compassionate.

Any little victory is a victory. Here is to your little victories.

When your baby up and leaves you
Up and leaves you flat
Don't you laugh my friend, sometimes it happens just like that
First you feel the anger, then the sorrow will soon take control
And there'll be hard times for sure
Long, cold lonely nights
It might not sound like much
But it'll mean a lot you'll see
Every hour you survive will come to be
A little victory
Little victory
As you struggle through each day
Each strange new day
Feelin' lost and wounded, tryin' hard to find your way
No one there to talk it out with
Learnin' how to sleep alone
Overcomin' each new doubt
Tryin' hard just to accept it all
Everytime you keep control when you're cut off at the knees
Everytime you take a punch and still stand at ease
Little victories
Little victories
And when night falls and there's no one around
The cruelest time of all and not one sound
Listenin' to the wind blow
Listenin' to the tickin' of the clock
Tryin' hard to forget
Tryin' hard to just accept it all
As you step out in the night, take a lesson from the trees
Watch the way they learn to bend with each breeze
Little victories
Everytime you make it through
It's another little victory
Day by day, minute by minute
Little victories

Warmly,

Colleen

http://www.coachingforwidows.com/