Friday, June 16, 2006

Disregard the date, please! (I’m “bumping” this one to keep it at the top...)

We’re artists and wordsmiths,
watching the light and dark,
the struggle and the ease of our existence.

Aren’t you AMAZED by the big web we’ve woven?!!

I LOVE TO BE AMAZED!!!

I revel in the the correlation of the way we create art
and the way we create our lives.

I’m in love with the imperfections that make us “US"--
to me, that’s our ...PERFECTION.

Now, I didn’t always think so.

I’ve felt very out-of-the norm.  Different.  Not cool.
Definitely the stuff of “let’s vote-her-off-the-island.

I constantly heard (or felt) that I needed to be “fixed” or “work on” myself.

It took me a long time to realize
that I was wandering through my life, trying to “improve”,
and by doing so, not only setting myself up to fail-
but reinforcing, over and over again,
my lack of value and my inability to achieve what I wanted.

‘Cause if I needed to be “improved”— I must be “lacking”, right??
NOT!!!

I no longer buy into that.

I celebrate my imperfections.
Yes, I still struggle.
Yes, I get knocked down (often by myself!)
And boy, have I derailed!

But I truly believe that part of the of our journey here
requires learning to fall in love with imperfection,
and learning NOT to come from a place of lack.

We can recognize that
“stuck-ages” and “derailment” are
a lovely opportunity to STOP, and
examine our strengths.

We can SEE, really SEE
how our “patinas” and nicks and flaws
give us reason for celebration.

We can then remember,
--just as I remind myself, even now--
that we have everything we need
to thrive and grow....

...that we are WONDERFUL and AMAZING,
right here,
right now.

Posted by Nancy Vittoria Bello in • Ain't Life GRAND?
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