TheBanyanTree: Just posted to my blog

[Theta Brentnall]

Darling Monique, I hope you print this out, cut out those last few 
paragraph and stick it on the wall above your monitor.  Or above the 
kitchen sink.  Or the refrigerator.  Or on the Honey's nose.  Some place 
you'll look at it often.  And then remember that, oh, yeah, this means 
me!  Of course, when you do that, how long is it before the piece of 
paper turns into hieroglyphics decorating the wall and you don't see it 
any more?  Maybe one of us should bookmark this and put it on our 
calendar to send it to you at random intervals.  Then you can read it 
fresh and after thinking that it looks familiar, you can remember that 
this is the just right thing to be saying to yourself.

Love you, wonderful girl!

Theta



On 1/12/2010 9:52 AM, Monique Colver wrote:
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> Or I could believe what I'm going to tell ________, which is this: You are
> special because you're you. We are all of us flawed, in some way, and we are
> all of us perfect, in some way. Every one of us. You too, because you're one
> of us. We each come with our own special package of human stuff that makes
> us, all at once, lovable and fragile and incredibly strong. It's inherent in
> who we are.
>
> You, and I, need to focus on what we can do, not on what we can't, and on
> what makes us happy and brings us joy, because without it we're just
> treading water. We're still special and perfect and flawed, but if we keep
> looking for what brings us joy we can move beyond treading water and get
> closer to where we want to be. Just like I can't eat all the cake, you can't
> look at just the things that are wrong as a whole. Look at a crumb or two,
> if you want, and see if there's anything you want to do with them. If so, do
> it, and if not, throw them away.
>
> I'm  mixing my metaphors, so be advised that you should never, in real life,
> mix cake and water. It just makes the cake soggy and doesn't do much for the
> water either.
>
> This may not apply to ________ at all. She may not see anything that
> resembles her here. If not, look harder, ________. We're in this together.
> We rock.
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