<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Wild Stillness: Mindful Poems]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mindful poems]]></description><link>https://www.wildstillness.ca/s/mindful-poems</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!QbiV!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffa475b6d-26b2-497f-af76-f7a7d06ebe3f_1080x1080.png</url><title>Wild Stillness: Mindful Poems</title><link>https://www.wildstillness.ca/s/mindful-poems</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 06:23:14 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.wildstillness.ca/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[Carolyn Creed]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[carolyncreed@substack.com]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[carolyncreed@substack.com]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[Carolyn Creed]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[Carolyn Creed]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[carolyncreed@substack.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[carolyncreed@substack.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[Carolyn Creed]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[Will it Always be this Hard? How to Surrender ]]></title><description><![CDATA[a mindful poem inspired by nature]]></description><link>https://www.wildstillness.ca/p/will-it-always-be-this-hard-how-to</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.wildstillness.ca/p/will-it-always-be-this-hard-how-to</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Carolyn Creed]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2024 02:49:25 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/144805401/accffaebe372b31396ae7cf852b5fc44.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hello Beautiful Soul,</p><p>I wanted to add a warm sprinkle of stillness and calm to the start of your busy week.</p><p>I hope you have been enjoying and benefiting from my Guided Meditations. I also post those every week on my <em><strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@CarolynCreed">YouTube Channel.</a></strong></em></p><p>But I&#8217;ve often wondered how I can share the rest of the wisdom, insights, messages that the horses and I have to share that don&#8217;t fit within the confines of a sitting meditation practice.</p><p>Sometimes you just need that little dose of inspiration as you&#8217;re moving through your day. This is what I hope to bring you with these weekly meditative musings. This is a new concept for me so, as per usual, it will be a bit messy and wobbly as I play around with it.</p><p>This is just the very beginning of our Wild Stillness journey - I am so happy to be on it with you and excited to see what unfolds as we move forward.</p><p><em>Come into the wild with me and remember the wild within you.</em></p><p>much love,</p><p>Carolyn</p><div><hr></div><p><em><strong>EVENTUALLY</strong></em></p><div class="preformatted-block" data-component-name="PreformattedTextBlockToDOM"><label class="hide-text" contenteditable="false">Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when published</label><pre class="text"><em>Will it always be like this??
We ask ourselves in hard times. 
The mind is convinced it will. 
It doesn&#8217;t trust what it can&#8217;t see.</em></pre></div><div class="preformatted-block" data-component-name="PreformattedTextBlockToDOM"><label class="hide-text" contenteditable="false">Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when published</label><pre class="text"><em>But nature knows. 
It feels beyond what is seen. 
It doesn&#8217;t need evidence. 
It doesn&#8217;t need things to look a certain way.
It is not swayed by &#8220;what&#8217;s happening right now&#8221; like we are.
It is not attached to what seems to be happening right now might mean. 
It knows a truth that runs much deeper than appearances. 
It knows that underneath life, runs the current of eventually.</em></pre></div><div class="preformatted-block" data-component-name="PreformattedTextBlockToDOM"><label class="hide-text" contenteditable="false">Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when published</label><pre class="text"><em>Eventually the rain stops.
Eventually the mud dries up.
Eventually the dark skies open up.
Eventually the wind dies down. 
The storm always ends.
Eventually, chaos returns to calm.</em></pre></div><div class="preformatted-block" data-component-name="PreformattedTextBlockToDOM"><label class="hide-text" contenteditable="false">Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when published</label><pre class="text"><em>Whatever you&#8217;re going through, 
Trust, like nature does,
That it won&#8217;t always be like this. 
Because everything always comes to an end,</em></pre></div><div class="preformatted-block" data-component-name="PreformattedTextBlockToDOM"><label class="hide-text" contenteditable="false">Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when published</label><pre class="text"><em>Eventually.</em></pre></div>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>