Love Your Life

By Charmaine D'Souza

Fall in love with yourself

Fall in love with your life

Fall in love with your very being

Intensely, totally, completely

So that when you see others

Loving their lives in the same way

You can confirm that it's pure love

To reckon with, not threaten in anyway.

Spend time cultivating your talents

Spend time honing your skills

Spend time searching new hobbies

Selfishly, earnestly, daily.

So that when you see others

Spending their time in the same way

You will have neither the time nor energy

To criticize or demoralize them in anyway.

Determine your goals,

Determine your wants,

Determine your desires

Steadfastly, honestly, purely.

So that when you see others

Determining their lives in the same way

You will be proud of their determination

To achieve things in just their way.

Listen to your urges

Listen to your insecurities

Listen to your jealousies

Intently, patiently, urgently.

So that when you see others

Listening to their frailties in the same way

You will be happy they are listening

To themselves everyday.

Accept your minus points

Accept your shortcomings

Accept your failures

Gracefully, happily, aptly.

So that when you see others

Accepting their faults in the same way

You will be much more understanding

To their apathy and delay.

Then and only then will you reach the point

Where you are wholly in love with yourself

And the life you have created

Lovingly, gratefully, intentionally.

By Charmaine D'Souza