More on finding and honoring yourself

I received this beautiful poem today from my daughter Chitvan. A poem about finding, honoring, and cherishing ourselves.

Love After Love by Derek Walcott

The time will come when,
with elation you will greet yourself
arriving at your own door,
in your own mirror
and each will smile at the other's welcome,
and say, sit here.

Eat. You will love again
the stranger who was your self.
Give wine. Give bread.
Give back your heart to itself,
to the stranger who has loved you all your life,
whom you ignored for another,
who knows you by heart.
Take down the love letters from the bookshelf,
the photographs, the desperate notes,
peel your own image from the mirror. Sit.

Feast on your life.

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You may remember my quote from another post here: 'YOU are the one you've been waiting for!'

Kiki ;-)
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