Just For Today

Just For Today

Just for today,
I will show the world my vulnerability,
and the oceans of tears behind my smiles.

Just for today,
I will publically acknowledge the depths of my grief,
and allow myself to feel the razor sharp sting of regret for things lost.

Just for today,
I will lower my carefully guarded defenses,
and admit to not having all of the answers I seek.

Just for today,
I will recognize my need for human compassion, companionship, and understanding,
while the world I inhabit crumbles around me.

Just for today,
I will give myself permission to cry and rail, and grieve and mourn
for everything I have wanted and everything I have lost.

But only just for today.

For the sun will rise again tomorrow, bringing with it a new dawn
and a new opportunity to set things right within my own personal universe.

For above all else,
I am a survivor.

I am as strong as I choose to be.
I am as weak as I allow others to make me.

But,
Just for today,
I will do nothing more than be still,
and try to remember
to simply
breathe.....

BY: Kimberly D. Huggins
September 7, 2012
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