I am not ashamed
To tell my story
Because I know
There are others out there
Who keep silent
Or are kept silent
And I am here
To say
YOU are not alone
Whatever your past
YOU choose your future
but not until
You forgive yourself
And LIVE!
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Author’s note: I must say Thank YOU for all your wonderful comments on my last post about my mom’s alcoholism and my search for answers. I felt a need to explain why I write about such personal things, so when I saw the theme for Theme Thursday was “Reason”, I couldn’t resist linking up.
PS. I promise a more upbeat post tomorrow! :-)
15 comments:
Your post was full of truth & love - thanks for sharing it with us.
That is beautiful and you are so right.
glad you did...we can come up with lots of reasons why we can not...thanks for the reminder of why we can...
happy tt as well!
I am new to your site, clicked over from TT. Great sentiment!!
Now I have to go and read some more. :)
-C
Often the sweetest things, leave a bitter after taste.
This has been on my heart again lately. I think there are many reasons people chose to write/blog and no one reason is the 'right' or 'wrong' answer.
For me, as a writer, I need to settle this in my heart before I can truly write from my heart. That is when authenticity comes.
Bless you,
:)
p.s. I intend to get to the post office soon. Thanks for your patience and grace.
This reason is precisely the reason I so enjoy reading certain blogs.
a very touching poem!
I like what you said about forgiving and living, that is the way things should be, then happiness and contentment become our daily bread.
loveNlight
Gabh
Forgiving yourself is especially important in this life. There are none of us so perfect that we can't find something about ourselves to forgive. First, though, we must lift that horrid weight called "guilt" off our shoulders and fling it into the abyss.
I like your words, especially the last lines.
For me, although most of my writings are memoir-based, I write for me. And it's for myself I put my work out there - it's that that has allowed me to forgive myself and to live. Of course, I am that chuffed when I see that others get something from my writing... :)
I really think it's therapeutic to write it down and sometimes airing it publicly is just what's needed to free yourself. :)
i don't write a lot on my blog that's overly personal. but when i do, it's very therapeutic...
beautiful sentiments,
love your reasons to write.
Very nice, I like it, simple and to the point.
http://robinelizabeth58.wordpress.com/2010/09/15/youll-always-be-week29poetrally/
AMEN! Good for you. I've always wondered what makes one person pull through and become a better, stronger person while another, in the same circumstances, collapse...
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