Posted in i AM complete, Self worth, tagged expectations, i am complete, love, pressure, romance, self worth, Valentine's Day on February 15, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Coming down
from Valentine’s Day
expectations
met with sugar highs
chocolate narcosis
so much hype
leads to so much hangover
Did it turn out as hoped?
Did all the dreams get met?
Yesterday spent
giving love
today
I cradle my own heart
today
I choose me
today
I remember
i AM complete
just as I am
Posted in i AM complete, Self worth, tagged expectations, i am complete, love, pressure, relationships, respect, romance, self worth, Valentine's Day on February 11, 2012| Leave a Comment »
It is so easy
to get confused
to blur the lines
to use sex
in place of love
to fill a void
to feel good
about
myself
But it usually
doesn’t work out
that way
So, I will look for the fine line
that separates love and sex
I see that sex can be part of love
but they are not the same
and I will know the difference
I am valuable
for more than
my body
for more than
how I make you feel
and I am complete
as I am.
Posted in i AM complete, Self worth, tagged expectations, i am complete, love, perfect, pressure, relationships, respect, romance, self worth, Valentine's Day on February 10, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Getting caught up in the “romance” around us?
Here’s to keeping some healthy perspective!
I will not let unrealistic expectations cloud my view of life.
I am loved. I am valuable. I am complete.
Posted in i AM complete, Self worth, tagged expectations, i am complete, love, pressure, relationships, romance, romantic comedies, self worth, Valentine on February 4, 2012| 1 Comment »
oh, ha ha ha ha
you are a jerk
I must hate you now
oh, ha ha ha ha
I am so naive
and I seem so strong
oh, ha ha ha ha
you act a fool
and I’m suddenly weak
oh, ha ha ha ha
I forgive your silly ways
how did I think you were a jerk?
ooh, la la
we are suddenly in love
and the world is perfect.
Relationships take real work, not an easy-bake oven.
Posted in Photo quotes, Self worth, tagged control, expectations, God's grace, letting go, live in the moment, perfect, pressure, self acceptance, self worth on January 24, 2012| 4 Comments »
Hey self,
Gimme a break.
This is who I am today
and that’s ok
I don’t have to be “better”
I don’t have to have things “handled”
I don’t have to have it all “figured”
I don’t have to have it all in “control”
This is me
This is today
and
This is ok
Posted in Poetry, Self worth, tagged anxiety, doubt, expectations, feelings, God, happiness, inner turmoil, letting go, lies, poetry, pressure, sabotage, self worth on January 8, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Sometimes
when things are going well
things are just so right
having fun
feeling good
happy
I can’t enjoy it.
I am waiting for the shoe to drop
the bad taste to arrive
the bricks to shatter
the fist to punch
the hateful comments
to ring in my ears
to squelch my happiness
Maybe the shoe
will even be
something I do
something I say
that messes things up
Not that bad
has to be coming
but I anticipate it will
and in doing
create an internal sabotage.
Anticipating the shoe
can be worse than the shoe itself.
But
I don’t have to live this way
I can delight in God
and know that He is there at all times
He delights in my delights
He is happy when I am happy
and He is there
when happiness is not.
He will hold me tightly
if a shoe, taste, brick, fist, or comment
comes into my life
whether I anticipate
its arrival
or not.
So
in the meantime, I need want to be happy.
Thank you, Lord, for happy.
Posted in Poetry, Self worth, tagged behavior, comparison, doubt, expectations, feelings, God, God's love, lies, poetry, pressure, self worth, your opinion on January 4, 2012| 7 Comments »
You can’t make me
say any certain words
feel any certain feelings
think any certain thoughts
look any certain style
act any certain way
be any certain woman
You can
criticize
cajole
critique
advise
intimidate
mock
“help”
but still
You can’t
make me
anything.
I choose
my actions
reactions
I choose
to know
who I am
separate from
who you think
I am
instead
connected to
who God thinks
I am
Posted in Poetry, Self worth, tagged 2012, goals, God, habits, improvement, inner turmoil, letting go, new year, poetry, pressure, resolutions, self worth on December 26, 2011| 1 Comment »
It’s the time of year
for me to IMPROVE
So what will it be
this year…
eat more veggies?
exercise more?
read the entire bible?
quit a bad habit?
volunteer?
organize all the closets?
remodel the kitchen?
go back to school?
start a new hobby?
clean that garage?
finish a 1/2-done craft project?
get out of debt?
do more of this?
do less of that?
Stop.
How about…
Be kind to myself.
Know that I am loved.
Sit in the arms of the Father.
And
maybe
finally
this year
I will
know my worth.
Posted in Poetry, Self worth, tagged Christmas, God's gift, perfectionism, poetry, pressure, self worth, worry on December 13, 2011| 2 Comments »
It’s Christmastime!
Gotta find the perfect tree
Gotta put up the perfect lights
Gotta buy the perfect gifts
at the perfect sale prices
Gotta set up the perfect decorations
Gotta get the perfect outfits
Gotta bake the perfect cookies
Gotta cook the perfect meal
Gotta make the most perfect of all memories
Gotta pause.
Christ was the perfect gift, given to us by God,
so that we don’t have to be perfect.
We are free
We don’t need to do anything
We are valuable, loved, cherished, and complete
not by what we find, get, set, make
but just in who we are
Know My Worth 