Very Powerful!!!

Betty Weaver posted this on the main message board, but I thought it was so powerful that I just had to post it here. It really hit home with me. Especially lately. I hope it speaks to you all the way it did me. We don't always have to be strong to be strong. Sometimes our strength is expressed in being vulnerable. Sometimes we need to fall apart to regroup and stay on track. We all have days when we cannot push any harder, cannot hold back self-doubt, cannot stop focusing on fear, cannot be strong. There are days when we cannot focus on being responsible. Occasionally, we don't want to get out of our pajamas. Sometimes we cry in front of people. We expose our tiredness, irritability, or anger. Those days are okay. They are just okay. Part of taking care of ourselves means we give ourselves permission to "fall apart" when we need to. We do not need to be perpetual towers of strength. We ARE strong. We have proven that. Our strength will continue if we allow ourselves the courage to feel scared, weak, and vulnerable when we need to experience those feelings. Today, help me to know that is it okay to allow myself to be human. Help me not to feel guilty or punish myself when I need to "fall apart."

Tonya, that is just beautiful! Thanks for sharing it with us.

You just don't know how much I needed to read that today. That whole verse summed up a lot of what I'm trying to deal with right now. Thank you very much for reprinting it here. So much of the really good stuff on the main board gets buried so fast, I never get to see it. Kelle