LOVING YOURSELF, SELF-ESTEEM, POEMS ABOUT SELF-ESTEEM

I ADDED ONE MORE PERSON
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My purpose is and always was the same:
to serve Humanity. 
And even though I consider
that purpose
the most fulfilling, 
after many years,
I started feeling
I was missing something.
My purpose is still the same.
However, I added something.
I added
one more person
to that list of Humanity. 
The person
who somehow
seemed invisible to me before,
unimportant,
who consequently
was ignored
during my missions.   
Now I added me
to the list of Humanity,
as an equal. 
And somehow,
even though I added
one more person
to those I serve,
my work load seemed
to lighten up quite a bit. 
It’s a sense of peace,
a sense of fairness,
a sense of absolute fulfillment,
a sense of real,
global unity,
at last.

LILIANA KOHANN
©Artpeace Publishing 2002
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I can love myself, but...

I can love myself, but...
there are some exceptions to this rule:
when there is a box of chocolates in front of me,
or if I behave like a fool,

or if I make the same mistake twice,
or if someone’s name I can’t memorize,
or when I get lazy and when I am late,
or if I can’t keep the promises I made,

or if I eat the wrong foods, or procrastinate,
or I don’t say the right things,
or gain too much weight,
I guess I can only love me,
                           when I’m perfect and great!

LILIANA KOHANN
©Artpeace Publishing 2002

Love the child within you, and.... 

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