Minus the good and minus the bad...

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 should...
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 cloak of flesh and bones?
Very 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 gift of life, creating you as its miracle.
You are never anything less than miraculous.
Do not ever think otherwise.
© 2002 Terri McPherson