WHO ARE YOU?
Terri McPherson
Windsor, Ontario, Canada [email protected]
Minus the good and minus the bad...Minus the happy and minus the
sad...Minus those who love you, minus those who love you back and minus
those who do not love, or even like you...Minus your social standing and
minus your financial position...Minus the image you portray and minus
the way that image is perceived...
Who are you?
In the first light of dawn, before you put on your worldly clothes...In
the last light of dusk, when you take them off...
Who are you?
Do you stand in awe of yourself as an incredible creation and view your
life from that point?
You have the miraculous ability to breathe, see, feel, hear, move,
smell, touch and love. Is that not wonderful, or have you forgotten who
you are beneath your earthly cloak?
Young children know who they are. Their mere existence is cause for
celebration. They run and jump and yell and sing and dance with a
passion that rises from the joy of being alive. You had that same sense
of awesome wonder -- once.
Struggles and disappointments didn't destroy it. You simply put it away
and forgot about it. There are flashes now and then, little reminders. A
thought you can't quite grasp. A feeling that slips through your
fingers. A yearning that never completely goes away.
In the twinkling of a moment, you are here. In the twinkling of another
you are gone. Everything in between is the completeness of your life,
not the separate compartments that push and pull and stretch you thin.
God gave you the whole and equal gift of life, and created you as its
miracle. You are never anything less than a miracle, and no one can ever
take that status away from you.
1999 - Terri McPherson
Terri McPherson lives in Windsor, Ontario, Canada with her husband Ray.
She is the mother of two adult children and grandmother to one
seven-year-old grandangel, Caitlynd. To read more of Terri's work, visit
her website: Wise Hearts... Weaving Small Wisdoms Through The Fabric Of
Life at: http://www.mnsi.net/~tmcphers/index.htm
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