Be Yourself

This is a Re-Post, because I find it so interesting that this is by far my most popular post.  Once in a while, I'll click on "Stats" and while other pages have a handful of views, 4 or 7, one actually has 18; Be Yourself has 72 just for this week.  All time = 344.  The most viewed page after that has 84 views.  So, by far, Be Yourself blows it out of the water.  MANY people are looking for messages about being themselves, and I hope that this post has done something to point others in the right direction.  We're all in this together; may you find your voice and be strong in who you are every day.

These posts are also about being yourself, in some weight shape or form. They hold messages of me being me and encourage you to be you; hope you'll take a peek! And please, leave a comment and let me know you were here, and tell me about your journey to become yourself more strongly.

Redemption Song

"...none but ourselves can free our mind..."

How Long

Will you choose
to give me the freedom

to be more than

what you want to

label me as

by your first impression?

Freedom Messages

"Free to be whoever you want to be!"

It's True

change the light by which you see

What I Need

and what do you need, do you know?

Ephemeral

blessed with melancholy

Emerging

I am finding ME

Here is the original post:

Be Yourself

On the door of a bathroom stall at a favorite cafe,

there is this message, pictured above.

I had been trying on lots of labels for a while,

thinking that I needed to be this way or that way

in order to live rightly.

The Spirit intervened and has been redeeming:

redeeming me, and who I've always been,

redeeming who I need to be,

the real me

hidden beneath all the layers,

coming back to life again.

Again, I read the message, clearly

plain and simply stated,

on the wall of another bathroom

at a new favorite place

where my kids and I rollerskated

and they bounced on inflatables

and we all had fun, such fun.

And the vision is of me

and these layers being peeled off

of the masks I tried on for a while,

and underneath is me,

head tilted back

waterfall rushing over,

and I am at peace.

There is more writing on the wall

at this favorite cafe

a Dr. Seuss reminder:

"Today is your day!

Your mountain is waiting.

So... get on your way!"

And I am utterly convinced

that I need to be myself,

and that you need to be yourself...

that every single person needs to be Who They Are,

and that we need each other to be unique

because there are things that only we can see

and experiences that only we can live,

and we need each other desperately

to bring forth into the world

what individual gifts

have been crafted into us only.

Be yourself -

you're the only you there is,

and I am the only me.