Be Grateful for Your Heart

Love yourself
and you will begin
to know happiness.
Love yourself
and you will begin
to know your worth.
Love yourself
and you will begin to let go
of who you felt you should be.
You are who you're meant to be.
"You don't need to be perfect,
you just need to be you."*

Be grateful for your heart
and you will begin
to see your strength.
Be grateful for your soul
and you will begin
to see your light.
Be grateful for your journey
and you will begin to let go
of where you feel you should be.
You are where you're meant to be.

Be kind to your sorrow
and you will begin
to see its gift.
Be kind to your grief
and you will begin
to see its guidance.
Be kind to your heartache
and you will begin
to let go of some of its weight.

When grief is no longer seen as an adversary,
you can begin to let go
of the weight of your expectations,
the weight of your wishes;
your wish to be more sane, less fraught;
your wish to be more stable, less erratic;
and your wish to live another's life.

Love yourself,
be grateful for your heart, soul, and journey,
and be kind to your sorrow, grief and heartache,
and you will begin to heal
from all that has wounded you.

*A quote borrowed from Rev. Jim Webb