What Grace Means to Me

[Shamika Prentice]

The poem truly captivated me with its beautiful imagery, heartfelt emotions, and elegant use of language. It's a masterpiece that left a lasting impression, showcasing the power of words to evoke profound feelings and inspire introspection. It was very uplifting and I enjoyed it.

[Carolina Katerina]

"To be alive, but not discontent." These words reveal the essence of existence.
Thank you for the poem! So peaceful!

[Eunice Scott]

I love the poem. it says a lot of what I feel.

[Alex---1]

This poem is way out of world it's amazing explains personalities and teaches you to deal with your personality.




What Grace Means to Me
by Scott Hughes


To be extremely confident, but not at all arrogant.

To be brave, but not fearless.

To be stoically tough, but not painless.

To be inspired, but not restless.

To have calm endurance without laziness.

To be motivated, but not greedy.

To have fun in this life, without addiction, attachment, or desperate clinginess.

To love and appreciate, without jealousy, cowardly possessiveness, or controlling anger.

To be alive, but not discontent.

To be content, but not dead.

To live as a mortal human, without becoming only human.

To treat your flesh as your temple, but not your true self.

To be at war in the material world, without losing inner peace.

To be kind, but not dishonest.

To love and forgive unconditionally, but only trust intelligently.

To be assertive, but not aggressive.

To forcefully defend your own as needed, but not offensively attack others.

To set boundaries without crossing boundaries.

To be rebellious and free, but not a tyrant.

To pick your battles stingily, but fight the battles you pick with incredible stubborn determination.

To rarely choose to do, but to do your best when you do.

To be stubbornly decisive and self-determined, but accepting of that which you cannot control.

To do your best with the metaphorical cards you’re dealt, without trying to change the cards at all.

To do, without trying.

To achieve ultimate inner peace without having to first suffer ultimate outward devastation.

To choose to make where you are now your personal rock bottom before hitting actual rock bottom.

To choose to turn your life around before it is too late and there is no life left to turn around.

[CG Phillips]

Well said. Well said indeed!

[KHS1014]

It is touching. True meaning of life.
To set boundaries without crossing boundaries.

[Jaystar20-unlimited]

This is a fantastic one. Keep it up

[Mary Beth Sarenco]

I found this poem to be very insightful about life. I t had a lot of wisdom to it.

[Sycomore]

Although not very fond of poems, I really like this one. This set of thoughtful lines will speak to anyone whose purpose is to find the happy medium that makes life enjoyable. It's educational and wise, written in a simple way with simple wording that can be understood by anyone. My favourite line is : "To choose to make where you are now your personal rock bottom before hitting actual rock bottom"

[Kritikabisht]

Nice lines. It reflects on how human being should be and what he is becoming. How human are changing and adapting wrong things despite knowing it.

[Donna Doyle]

I Absolutely love this poem , it touched all of the basis of every human emotion . I related to every sentence and grace is identified in the very one .

[Akashi Gupta]

the poem is very well written and tells about a persons life well . A life of a person should contain all this but it's impossible. The poem represents a perfect life which everyone wish for

[Irene Joy Dela Cruz]

Nice poem well explained about life.
To face the battle of life with fairness.
To see the goodness not only the negative side.
To bring out the best version of you by knowing how to handle properly all obstacles encountered in life.

[Dipanjali Singha]

It's beautiful ......this poem explains how one should live life balancing every aspects of it.

[Chandana BS]

To realise that things start to change for the better when we ourselves change for the better is what I feel going through this Poem ... So Loving and yet as you say Elegant