We all have bad days and sometimes bad weeks and maybe even bad years. But the good news is we don't

have to figure out life all alone. I'm comedian Chris Duffy, host of Ted's How to Be a Better Human

podcast. And our show is about the little ways that you can improve your life, actual practical

tips that you can put into place that will make your day to day better. Whether it is setting

boundaries at work or rethinking how you clean your house,

each episode has conversations with experts who share tips on how to navigate life's ups and downs.

Find how to be a better human wherever you're listening to this.

Hi, everyone. I'm Shuka Kalantari and this is Happiness Break,

where we share short science-backed practices to help you connect with yourself, others, and the world around you.

April is National Poetry Month, and to celebrate, poet and author Yursa Daily Ward offers

us a reflection, a kind of contemplative poem, on how stillness, uncertainty, and silence

can be fertile ground for growth.

We know from research that poetry can help us process our emotions, engage our memory and self-awareness, and even ease stress.

Yursa's words invite us into that quiet space.

When you're ready, here's Yersa.

Hello, my name is Yersa Dailyaly Ward and I am a writer and poet and I really like to write about matters of the heart and speak to what might be going on in the nervous system and write questions or meditations on our deeper selves and the spaces that we find ourselves in. So I'm just going to leave you with a couple of meditations and they don't have names, but this speaks to some of the things that I've been feeling.

This moment is not the whole story.

To break is not to fail.

To fall is not to lose.

There are worlds that only open in the dark. To love yourself through the darkness

is to plant gardens at night. No witnesses, only stars. I'd like to offer you another meditation.

Not everything worth finding is wrapped in clarity and sunshine.

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