by S. Murray

Created on: October 15, 2008

I spent so many years teaching my children that they could be anything they chose to be life. I told them to never allow anyone to put them down, belittle them or keep them from achieving their dreams. Love yourself and that will give you the ability to truly love others.

As I lay here, reflecting upon my life, I see the exact opposite in me that I tried to teach my children. I, am not what I would have chosen to be in life. I have allowed others to put me down and keep me there. I never achieved any of my dreams and the last but not least, I have not attained the ability to love myself.

I struggle in love to learn to love others as they should be loved. Of course, I love my children unconditionally but as for others, I still lack in the ability to achieve that goal.

Then, I met God. Oh, we had be introduced earlier in life but I chose to ignore him. As I reflected back upon my life, it was not until I decided to open the door and invite him in to stay that I became aware of all the opposites in my life.

He chose to show me what I had taught my children that I failed to learn myself. Then he taught me that all is not lost. Tomorrow is the beginning of a new day and the start down the road of learning about myself and the abilities that I have had all along but just did not know how to use them.

Yes, there will still be days where I may lay down and reflect upon my self discoveries again, I may even slip back into the very thing I am trying to climb out of, but I know, from experience that He is always there with his hand outstretched to help me up, dust me off and set me back on the road that he has planned for me. After all, tomorrow is another day.

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