This past Monday at my Fit4Baby class, right at the end, we sat in meditation with our hands on our bellies as our teacher read us a beautfiul poem. As she read the words, tears came to my eyes. These are the words she read:
Repeat this to your baby - You are loved. You are valuable. You are crafted with beauty and purpose. You are treasured and this world needs you. There is no one else like you. You don’t need to look like the rest, talk like the rest, or be like the rest. This world needs you as you are. There is NO truth in the lie that you don’t matter. You are loved. You were put here for a reason. You are not an accident. You are not a mistake. You are mine and you are loved. Now repeat this to yourself - I am loved. I am valuable. I am crafted with beauty and purpose. I am treasured and this world needs me. There is no one else like me. I don't need to look like the rest, talk like the rest, or be like the rest. This world needs me as I am. There is NO truth in the lie that I don't matter. I am loved. I was put here for a reason. I am not an accident. I am not a mistake. I am my baby's and she loves me already. I felt so close to my baby as I repeated the words in my mind to her. We are as close as can be - a body within a body, a soul within a soul. I am not only protecting and growing her, she is protecting and growing me too. It's so easy and natural for me to reapeat these words to my little baby girl. But I realized as I spoke those words to myself sometimes they can still be hard to remember and hard to believe about myself. My confidence waivers as I still work to find my place in the world, find my place in a career and passion I love, some days I still feel like I am searching some days I feel like I am lost. I have a loving husband, a loving family, wonderful friends- but I have to know, myself, I was put here for a reason- even if all the pieces haven't come together yet. Right now, my reason is her. And that's a damn good reason. We have just around 13 weeks until our little girl arrives. She'll be here, in my arms, needing me to be fully confident and present for her. In these 13 weeks I want to do more in preparation for her arrival. More to grow and evolve myself. More internal and loving work, to help prepare me for motherhood. I am not sure what it will look like, but here's to more meditation, journal work, reflection and self-love.
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