A Letter to Self
Written by Bevrlee Blampied (c) 2013Dear Self:
Remember that you are only human -
You are not perfect and really, if you were
How absolutely difficult that would be
Along your life journey you must remember
That you are not defined by your imperfections
You are not ruled and controlled -
Merely challenged - don't you see?
Think of it this way -
You now have a chance to be better than you were
A chance to understand more about yourself
And that the people around you -
The world as a whole
Will also, at various times, go astray
Lighten up, self - you're not all that bad
You're actually really quite good
You've made mistakes taken wrong turns
But have done your best to move on -
As you should - just know
That there will always be some crisis
Something you'll have to continually keep in mind
Something fundamental and something so true
A wake-up push that you'll have to search to find
So continue to face your adjustments and challenges
Don't live in fairy tale dreams -
Life is never going to be perfect
But will always be full of changing
And sometimes painful, themes
Listen to your heart
And in that very process
Don't allow outside forces
To determine how you feel
For feelings are never good, bad, right, or wrong
They just are - and yours, for you, are real
Remember that you have choices
And thoughts to form and you don't have to
Choose depression over joy or anger over 'forgiveness'
Or always see darkness in the impending storm
More importantly see your glass as half full
Not half empty
And use life's challenges to discover who you really are
Realize that events in our lives happen In a sequence of time
So tap into all of your resources and follow your own, very individual star
Lastly - if you look at the negatives in your past for insight
You can start to think of your future as a promising mass
And you can let your present form in a new, bright light
And be able to smile and knowingly say
That the bad times, too, shall pass.
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