I started a new journal in June in hopes of getting a fresh start of understanding myself. I decided that at the end of every entry I would write one line that started with the phrase "I feel most like myself when..."
Here are some of my most like myself thoughts:
When I take naps on blankets in the park and let the sun keep me warm.
When I let that joy out. When I let the child laugh.
When I listen to stories that have aged with time, stories that make me want to live more
When I sit on the deck for dinner at 10:30pm.
When I feel loved.
When I write letters, poems and words on paper, when it feel likes my soul bleeds ink.
When I travel.
When I process it, let it out.
When I realize I am capable of loving and knowing I want to.
When I accept I have ugly parts of me. i do not like it, but I acknowledge it is there.
When I acknowledge that it hurts, when I do not hide from the pain.
When I discuss life with friends.
When I am home with music, wine and candles.
When I am at the beach- when I can smell salt water, hear seagulls and dance upon beached logs.
When I try to put myself in someone else's shoes.
I can only hope that the list gets longer as I continue to discover who I am.
1 comment:
these are good things.
i really like that you write this stuff in your journal!
be well on this fine day, friend.
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