Minus the
good and minus the bad... Minus the happy and minus the sad... Minus those who
love you, minus those who love you back and minus those who do not love, or
even like you... Minus your social standing and minus your financial
position... Minus the image you portray and minus the way that image is
perceived...
Who are you?
In the first light of dawn, before you
put on your worldly clothes... In the last light of dusk, when you take them
off...
Who are you?
Do you stand in awe of yourself as an
incredible creation and view your life from that point?
You
should...
You have the miraculous ability to breathe, see, feel, hear,
move, smell, touch and love. Is that not wonderful, or have you forgotten who
you are beneath your cloak of flesh and bones?
Very young children know
who they are. Their mere existence is cause for celebration. They run and jump
and yell and sing and dance with a passion that rises from the joy of being
alive.
You had that same sense of awesome wonder --
once.
Struggles and disappointments didn't destroy it. You simply put it
away and forgot about it. There are flashes now and then, little reminders. A
thought you can't quite grasp. A feeling that slips through your
fingers.
A yearning that never completely goes away.
In the
twinkling of a moment, you are here. In the twinkling of another you are gone.
Everything in between is the completeness of your life, not the separate
compartments that push and pull and stretch you thin.
God gave you the
gift of life, creating you as its miracle. You are never anything less than
miraculous. Do not ever think otherwise.
© 2002 Terri
McPherson
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
terri@wisehearts.com
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