Beauty

People often say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and I say that the most liberating thing about beauty is realizing you are the beholder.    Salma Hayek

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Happiness

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Gratefulness

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Nugan (Little Boy)

As a teacher, my younger sister has nurtured and taught Aboriginal children and teenagers for many years.  It can be an emotional job at times, as these children often come from difficult and deprived backgrounds. 

Overtime, she has learnt that not everyone can move on from their pain and sadly, she has lost some boys along the way and from suicide.  Her resilience and love for this job is unchanging and inspired me to write a poem.

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I Deserve….

“Accept yourself as you are.  Otherwise you will never see opportunity.  You will not feel free to move toward it; you will feel you are not deserving”   – Maxwell Maltz

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