Creating something
Is the best way to find yourself
It challenges you to push past your self doubt
If you don’t give up
If you push through the frustration
You will be given an opportunity
To find your inner beauty
So even if you are not an artist
Do something artistic
It will force you to grow
And you may discover
That right inside you
Lies your best friend
That one who really cares
About bringing out the best in you
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Don’t ever let anyone tell you who you are
Know that yourself and you will be free
Let hurtful words pass you by
Why labor against the wind
I’ve seen it time and again
You cannot convince anyone
If what they need is proof
Instead let them see you as they must
Everyone is on their own path
Some people by nature sabotage
They build an image in their mind
Of who you are and what they believe
All my life I spent worrying about
Not being seen or understood
Until I finally found the truth
Which is it is not worth the time it takes
To convince someone of who you are
People make up stories in their own minds
They play them out on you
Because they will not work on themselves
It’s called projection
Impossible to fight against it
We’ve all done it
It is what children do
Thinking that their thoughts are everyone else’s
It takes patience to labor through
If you can convince them
Good for you and good for them
But if you cannot then you will feel trapped
Trapped by an illusion
Or punished by their words
Their pain becomes yours
What does love look like and feel like to you
You will be guided by peace
Seek it all day long
If sadness rules the roost
And anger has gripped you by your throat
Remember that love means different things
To different people
To truly love yourself
You must know what it means to you
Someone else may think they have you figured out
Their fantasy is not your reality
Sad but true
There is nothing you can do
You cannot make someone see you
You cannot make someone change for you
What you must seek and find
Is the true love of a lifetime
So rare it is, more precious than rubies
Diamonds or gold
For peace at any cost is not peace
And forcing your truth on another
Will never stick
Instead settle down your broken heart
And discover what you truly need
You are worthy of being seen and known
But you may be the only one who can
Ever know what you really look like
When people look at you they see
The shell you dwell in
And maybe some of your soul
Who are you
Not the one that eyes can see
The one that is true to the core
If you have discovered that you want to love
You must first start with loving yourself
How does one do this magnanimous thing
But to stop listening to what others think
And hear the sound of your own voice
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Imagine you are walking down a pathway
And you see a child crying
She is curled up at the base of a tree
You stop and stare
And you feel her pain it reminds you of something
Something deep and powerful you want to ignore
You have compassion but it hurts too much
But you are compelled to stay and watch
You don’t know what to say or do
She’s all alone and scared and sad
You must attempt to help her
So you walk to her and get on your knees
You lift her face into your hands
And bring her eyes to meet yours
And when you do your heart is struck
You both stare in astonishment
For you realize that you are looking at yourself
It’s you at 10, or 5 or 15
Its you that’s crying, its you that’s scared
How is this possible you think
It can’t be possible
But it is
What do you need to do
What did you need way back then
And no one gave it to you
You needed this
And so now it has become up to you
To give you what you need
You speak these words
Stand up girl
You stand, you of way back then
Just waiting to be led
Tired of hiding
Tired of running
Tired of people hurting you
Disappointing you
Giving you a hole in your chest
And you hug yourself
Standing there wrapped in your own embrace
You care for yourself
You smile at her
You reach for her hand and hold it
You lead her down the hill
You walk and talk and laugh
Her pain subsides
She somehow knows
That she is seen
And she is known
And for the first time ever
There is peace
She says to you
What do I do when it happens again
When someone accuses me
Or takes their pain out on me
What do they want from me
You tell her nothing
You tell her to guard her heart
You tell her to ease her mind
She must simply observe
Don’t reason with insanity
There is no healing for it
Many can be healed
If they walk down that path alone
If they meet and greet their own self
If they wrestle with the bear of their own despair
Instead of running and finding someone to blame
They must accept that their path is their own
They cannot make you carry their pain
If you do, you will live in it with them
Why do that if you have no power to deliver them
They like you
Must deliver themselves
You can point them in the right direction
But they have to walk that line alone
Just as the painful journey into this world
You must do alone
Remember the path to entry was terribly painful
For the one who bore you
The path to leaving is also a lonely one
It is terribly painful for those who assist you
But the hardest path is the road from start to finish
People find all sorts of ways to ride for free
They use you as a vehicle to avoid walking it
If you let them
We all give birth to others
Every time we have that pain of colliding beliefs
Some want to never grow to freedom
The work is too hard and they hate it
They would rather take your provisions
And live off of your land
Than till their own soil
And grow their own crops
But they will always be incomplete
If they do not do their own work
It’s all about timing
When you meet someone on their path
It is an opportunity to grow
To become better, stronger, wiser and free
You can do this, you can stay safe
But you cannot avoid pain
Anymore than a mother giving birth can
Their is the anticipation
Anxiety and then pain
But the birth happens
The new life begins
And on and on we go
We give birth to each other
Stay on your path
Guard your heart
Stay safe
And when you find your tribe
Remember it will not be without pain
Suffering produces fruit
Learn the lesson
Let it make you a better person
Keep what is precious to you
Move out of harms way
Create yourself
One intentional part at a time
Don’t waste any opportunity
To create your best self
And become your best friend
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