This morning I looked in the mirror and I said, “ I love you unconditionally.”
A few years ago I got into affirmations. I bought a tape that I used to play every morning and evening. I don’t remember who the teacher was on that tape but I do remember that the first affirmation was, ‘I feel good about myself.’
I used repeat that and the other 19 statements in a kind of trance. I loved his voice, I loved what he was saying, I loved how it felt to repeat those words; but I did not really feel good about myself. It was more his thing and I was just following.
Today I find that I can let go of some of the controls, I can relax more. As I write this, I am surrounded by love, by people I don’t want to do without, and with a new understanding that it doesn’t matter. That realization has liberated me so much because I have taken the long, hard way sometimes.
I smiled when I saw a poster the other day that read, ‘Don’t take life so seriously, it doesn’t last’...
Today I celebrate myself and I feel good about myself. Happiness surrounds me. It is good to be here and I am a miracle just sitting in this chair.
Happy Birthday, magnificent teacher, it is good to be me.
