Transition to the New You
Published December 1st 2014
When you looked in the mirror this morning;
Did you stop
To take a good look at yourself?
Or did you just glance by at your reflection quickly
Because maybe you were embarrassed,
Or ashamed
By what you would see.
A new year has just begun:
Yet
You continue to feel the same in some ways.
…Don’t you?
There’s no need to keep telling yourself that you’re not strong enough
Since you will continue to change,
And continue to strengthen,
Come each new day.
Because who you were a year ago,
Is nothing
Compared to who you are today
Or who you’ll become a year from now.
~
You probably used to be shy
And kind of quiet;
But now
You’ve chosen to speak a little louder.
Maybe you used to give up too easily on things
Because they frightened you
Or intimidated you;
But now you look twice at things again
With a little more consideration.
You used to think of yourself as nothing during the painful moments of life:
Which we all tend to do
Unfortunately;
But the thought of that no longer haunts you.
Maybe you’ve been abandoned,
Let down,
Or hurt at some point in time;
But look at who you are now
Overcoming and defeating,
All of those obstacles that were supposed to destroy you.
~
You may have felt a little weak before
But now,
You’re stronger than you ever expected to become.
You used to be oblivious to the happiness in life’s
Simplest-
Little-
Moments;
But now:
Now,
You see it all perfectly.
There were times where you used to feel scared and afraid
More than you wanted to…
But now you’ve chosen to change
And to be:
Fearless.
You used to let even-the-smallest
Imperfections,
Knock
You
Down.
But watch;
For you’ll continue to stand tall
Since the little things can’t hurt you anymore.
~
Promise yourself
That from now on,
You will no longer allow the past to scare your future away.
After all,
You’ll never get to experience the rainbow
If you miss out on the rain.