Excerpt from "A Blessing for the Breakup of a Relationship" by John O'Donohue

"This is the time to be slow,
  Lie low to the wall
  Until the bitter weather passes.

Try, as best you can, not to let
  The wire brush of doubt
  Scrape from your heart
  All sense of yourself
  And your hesitant light.

If you remain generous,
  Time will come good;
  And you will find your feet
  Again on fresh pastures of promise,
  Where the air will be kind
  And blushed with beginning."

For more from Irish poet and philosopher John O'Donohue visit his website here