I am worthy of love and deserve someone who accepts me for me. I have a huge heart and I am very giving towards people who I love. I deserve someone who chooses me every day, even when I am difficult and I will be but I always consider how you feel in my decisions. The path that I choose for myself is to share my inner turmoil and memories to help others in their healing path. I have this gift to being able express myself in creatives ways and I have found my confidence in myself to share it.

I have made many mistakes and believed in the wrong people in my life but I learned many lessons from this and I will be forever be grateful. I have been judged in the worst way possible and the people who I loved either would betray me or left me but I have learned to protect myself with healthy boundaries and seeing people for who they are. I will be open to the possibilities of what will to come and go with the flow of life. I know I cannot control everything, but I can control how I react and with my knowing and strength, I will choose the best for myself. Learning to detach myself from the outcomes has helped me realize that I only saw what I wanted to see and that was not fair to myself.

All I can do is believe in myself and trust in the decisions that I have made and where it is leading me. I must walk away from the person who I was and walk into the person I am. Being able to express my thoughts on paper was something that has helped me realize who I am, but at the same time I had face everything. I did not like the person who I had become and the situations I was in, so I had to let go of the part where I thought love was pain. Love does not have to be painful when it is healthy love.

I had to forgive myself for accepting the treatment I was given and learned that I was in power who was a part of my life. I had to love myself for everything that I am and know that I am can achieve anything that I put my mind too. My mind is a beautiful thing because with all this pain I carry, I can release it through with expression.

As I see into the Mirror

I see the strength I carry,

I see the hope I have,

I see the pain I live with,

I see the love that I have,

I see the truth for what it is,

The endless turmoil inside me,

Is slowly slowing down,

Where I can see,

Where I can feel,

Where I can hear,

As I heal,

I become more aware of who I am supposed to be,

In that I will enjoy every moment of this journey,

Even the moments where I feel lost,

Because I know I will always find my way,

As I speak my truth,

I will be more compassionate towards myself,

As my judgement’s towards myself are harsh,

I will be more open,

As I embody unconditionally love,

I will trust in my knowing,

I will believe in myself,

I will be more patient with myself,

Poem Written by Tia Archibald