An excerpt from "It's Time Somebody Told You",
by the Rev. Barbara Merritt
Now I'm not one for 'affirmations.' Saying something doesn't make it so. But recently a dear friend of mine read to me some affecting lines from an unknown author. I became conscious of enormous resistance. Something in me was not ready to let these words in.
Messages that I can almost hear include:
'It's time someone told you
that with all your flaws and weaknesses,
you are an extraordinary person, well-worth knowing.
No one -- especially not God or the people who love you --
expects you to live without making mistakes or stumbling occasionally.
It's time you looked at your own life
with more kindness, gentleness, and mercy.'
Messages of love and acceptance have always been circulating in our midst. The hard part is not seeking out these positive and creative affirmations that remind us that we are loved. The hard part is taking in the love. It's time someone told us all that we are valued and infinitely worthwhile. And it's time we believed it.
