22/01/2026
Guiding Us, Still
We are never truly alone.
Our departed loved ones remain near,
not bound to the past
but woven into the present
in ways both tender and unseen.
They guide us,
if we will let them.
Guidance doesn’t always come
as answers or signs we can name.
More often, it arrives
as a steadying calm
when fear tightens its grip,
a sudden clarity
in the midst of confusion,
a quiet nudge toward kindness
when the heart feels weary.
It comes in the way
their wisdom echoes
within our own thoughts.
We can still speak to them.
We can tell them
when lost, weary,
or seeking courage we have yet to find.
In speaking,
we remember that love
remains a conversation,
even when one voice
has gone quiet.
Listening matters too.
When we slow down and listen,
their guidance often comes
disguised as our truest instincts,
the ones shaped by years
of being known and loved.
What we call intuition
is sometimes the continuation
of that relationship,
teaching us to live
without their presence,
yet always knowing
they remain near.
So we continue on,
not alone,
but accompanied
by those who loved us.
We ask for their guidance,
and learn to trust
the answers
that rise gently within us.
Love remains an active force;
even in grief,
it continues to guide us
back home.
~ 'Guiding Us, Still' by Spirit of a Hippie
✍️ Mary Anne Byrne
~ Art by Olamik