Discover a heartfelt story of loss, love, and rebirth. Explore how self-love and faith can transform life’s challenges into a journey of enlightenment. Read Anna’s inspiring reflections and poetry inspired by personal experience.

“The Spirit Awakens” is a poem I wrote just before Easter some years ago. The painting I created on the day my firstborn, a baby boy, was cremated. That year was one of profound change, almost as if I had summoned challenges to awaken my soul.

In the brief time I knew my son’s spirit, he taught me about self-love and rekindled a long-forgotten part of my soul. His gift is deeply etched into my being—an enduring reminder I will never forget.

As Easter symbolises death and rebirth, I felt it was a fitting time to share this story through art and words.

The symbology of death & re-birth

We are born, and our final destination is death. In between, we traverse the journey of life, encountering symbolic moments of death and rebirth. This isn’t literal only—it’s about shedding ignorance that keeps us comfortable and tame, and embracing rebirth as we learn to hold on by letting go, taking a leap of faith.

So what does this all mean?

Discover self love & live free from mental disease

It’s about discovering self-love and living free from mental constraints. The path toward enlightenment begins with loving oneself. True self-love entails knowing oneself deeply. This journey is challenging—full of suffering and change—pushing us to the edge where we can either choose to fly or fall.

The alternative? A life of solitude and mental turmoil. I speak from experience. That’s what I’ve endured—and what I want to share.

In my late teens and early twenties, my troubled soul faced many hardships: abandonment by my father, violence from a lover… But it was when I fell pregnant with my first child that I discovered the transformative power of self-love. I experienced a profound warmth emerging from deep within my depression—a spark of hope and renewal.

A Leap of Faith out of loss

As I prepared to welcome my child into the world, the birth—and the unexpected death—of my firstborn awakened something within me. It ignited love in my heart and transformed my inner world.

And I made a choice: to take a leap of faith.

Since then, the journey has been filled with challenges and valuable lessons. But now, two decades later, in my fifties, I am sharing my writings with you—poetry, stories, and reflections—that have supported and guided me along the way.

In my early thirties, I wrote this journey in my first publication, A Leap of Faith, available on Amazon. It’s a collection of writings that capture my path toward healing and self-discovery.

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My first poem I came to write was at the age of 21 years, titled Energy. It speaks of mastering your own energy.

If you are today feeling challenged, think beyond the challenge, and see it as a doorway to something more enriching within. Remember, you are never alone.

There is a saying I have come to appreciate and also wrote onto another poem titled, Hold on by letting go.

Thats all from me today! I look forward to writing again soon and by the way, I have started a new U tube channel with myself narrating my poems.

With love

Anna Jane X