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We Fall Down...But We Get Up!
I'm trying to learn what I have not been taught, which is how to love myself from my own heart. I've fallen off the wagon once again because I forgot one very important thing. I forgot what is written down below, which is a truth we all must seek to know. It hurts so bad because I took such a bad spill, and the pain I've been dealing with has been a test of my strength and my will. May God help those of us who have fallen to remember what we have forgotten or what we never knew, as we pick ourselves up to do the work which we must do. As you wipe the sweat off of your brow, as you bear the pain you are feeling now, as you look up at the tracks ahead and as you finally lift your head again... remember that you are your one true finest thing.
(The following is an excerpt from a poem I wrote called "One true Finest thing")
The dreams you have for your life are yours to
make come true, to see the truth in it you must see the truth in you. The truth
I come to bring is to tell you that you are your one true finest thing. I can
take you to the Mountain top and show you the beauty of the skies, but that
still wouldn't compare to the beauty in your eyes. We can dive for miles just to
lie on the ocean floor, but no matter what we find down there you will still be
valued more. We can go to the most expensive restaurants and eat the finest
cuisine none of which would measure up to your worth as a human being.
We can
buy tickets now to fly to the moon, but whatever we find there cannot compare
to what we’d leave behind. I wanted to tell you that as beautiful as the
flowers are in spring that you are still the one true finest thing. As intense
as the sun is in the summer time, our ability to love ourselves and each other
is the greatest thing of all time. Fall brings with it the color of golden
leaves, but nothing is more golden then the expression that you leave. Some
dread the dead of winter and the weight of the crushing snow, but old man
winter is no match for the inner strength you know. So it is you, you are the
special thing and all the beauty in the world is there to honor the beauty that
you bring. - Akil Johnson
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