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THE INSPIRATION TIMES
February 2007 Issue

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This month's topic:
“I See You"
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      I see you. I see your magnificence. I see your beauty. I see your possibility.

      This morning, I see me. I see my magnificence. I see my beauty. I see my possibility.

And, I am at peace

      I have been in a big stomp lately. Stomp is polite. I have actually been bitchy. No one else has seen it. I have only been bitchy with myself. It has been, "I should be doing blah blah blah. I should help bleah bleah bleah." I decided to lose weight and instead I gained. The more I stomped around the more I wanted to stomp.

      This morning I had diarrhea. I could not hold it in any longer so I went with it. I said, "Okay, lets let go of everything that does not match my truth, lets just empty it out."

      Whew, that was a whoosh. I made a gentle cup of tea, got my journal, and curled up in my chair. I just let my thoughts empty out and discovered I was only mad at myself. The diarrhea was my not being able to contain the self-judgment and criticism any longer. While I thought my love was unconditional, I did not love myself unconditionally. I had a different set of rules for myself.

I am done fighting that battle.


Here are my questions:

Can I truly give something to someone else if
I am not willing to give it to myself?

Can I truly love you unconditionally if I can't
love myself unconditionally?

Can I truly see your magnificence if I can't see
my own?

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Time Out! I am calling time out in order to give you the opportunity to stop right now and consider your own answers I would love to hear what your thoughts and feelings are about this. If you would like to share them, please email me at Terri@inspirationcentral.net .

Thank you! Read on if you are ready.
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      Can I see your magnificence, beauty, and possibility if I cannot see my own?

      I believe the answer is yes to an extent. When I am able to see my own magnificence, beauty, and possibility along with yours, we go to a whole new level of living.

      First of all, I could not see it in you if it was not within me. And sometimes, we need to see "it" in someone else and say, "Hey, I like what he or she stands for. I am going to be that too." Then one morning while brushing your teeth, you catch a glimpse of the truth of you. Freckles, wrinkles, dark circles, weight, hair color, all the physical elements go unseen. You see this being doing the best they can in whatever they are doing and nothing else matters. It is all okay right now. With a deep letting go breath, peace settles across your shoulders and ripples down your spine and legs and you feel your feet on the Earth and life begins anew.

      You are perfect right now. You are beautiful and handsome right now. I could say, "Yeah but I still need to lose weight." While that is true, my motivation is completely different. I evaluate my weight in terms of where I am, where I want to be, and the steps to get there. It is not, "Hey fatso, lose it." The number on the scale does not determine if I love myself. I make choices now based on how I want to live my life. I am very active and I choose to lose weight and get strong and healthy. Now, if I want to do an all day hike for example, I can.

This is polar opposite to self-judgment and criticism.

      Today, I dance in celebration of coming home to my own unconditional love. How about you? Do you see who you are? Do you see your magnificence, beauty, and possibility? Do you love yourself unconditionally?

I love you and I see you.

Peace & Love,
Terri

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