it's up to me.
the whole stinkin' deal is up to me.
it's not about what someone outside of
me can give me.
it's not about finding it anywhere but
within.
i think i have that down.
then i see.....um.
no.
that's not what you were doin' there,
were you?
um.
no.
you were lookin' outside yourself there,
weren't you?
oh yeah.
ohhhhhh yeah.
and i try again.
everything i need is within me.
that was my mantra when i first started
taking this intentional journey i've been
on.....
i put it away cause i thought i had it.
major big sheepish grin here.
ohmy.
time to pull it out again.
2 comments:
What is that saying about no woman being an island? I believe as self-contained as we are - as we need to be at times - it doesn't take away our need for connection, i.e. love, compassion, trust.
Just a thought.
the quote is from a poem by john donne, an anglican priest who died in 1633. it has always been one of my favorites.
No man is an island, entire of itself
every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main
if a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were,
as well as if a manor of thy friends or of thine own were
any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind
and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls
it tolls for thee.
-- John Donne
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