Written and performed by Lena Williamson
Look In The Mirror Poetry Collection
Lena Land Books
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Bound By Time
Written and performed by Lena Williamson
Look In The Mirror Poetry Collection
Lena Land Books
Monday, September 24, 2012
The Biggest Commitment of your Life
I know without a
doubt that there are people who feel that parenthood is one of the biggest
personal commitments in life. While
others will argue that this honor should be reserved for marriage. After all, both of these events can alter
anyone’s life dramatically.
However I would
like to introduce another HUGE commitment that few people care to nurture,
Self-Love. There are those who are
stable, dependable workers, faithful members of the church and loving
individuals. From the exterior, on the
outside looking in their life seems enviable.
I might have classified myself as one of these people. Through constant conversations and
observations I quickly learned that the parallel between those individuals and
me became broader when I could effortlessly do the one thing that they cringed
at the thought of, being alone.
Furthermore, I
not only embrace the idea of being left alone with myself but I relish in the
fact that at any given time of the day I am always in the company of the one
person who will stay with me through good times and bad for richer or for
poorer, and in sickness and in health.
ME!
I get to spend
the rest of my life with someone who genuinely cares about my opinions whether
rational or irrational, right or wrong.
I am in love with someone who does not hesitate when time comes to take
me out for a night on the town whether I’m in jeans or a dress. I am immersed in a love affair with someone
whose only purpose in life is to make me happy.
I am hopelessly and unconditionally in love with me.
It took me quite
some time, years, pains and tears to realize that the love I had been searching
a decade to find amongst others was with me the entire time. As I look in the mirror lately I think of how
foolish I had been to not see the love I wanted right in front of my eyes.
I challenge you
as an individual to love you more. I
dare you to release the narcissism and selfishness. Self love is not about me, me, me or I
deserve this or that. No, self love is
taking yourself to the movies without needing or wanting the company of
another. Self-love is about spending
time pleasing the neglected part of you.
It’s about whisking yourself away on vacation to the locale of your
choosing just to give yourself the well-deserved attention that would usually
go to your children, spouse or significant other. Become your own significant other. I believe self-love is one of the biggest
commitments of your life. Self-love is
the celebration of you.
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