I simply am.
Imperfect.
Conflicted.
Struggling.
Competent.
There is nothing wrong with me. Just because I am not perfect.
I’m not a failure because I have failed.
And all of my successes? They do not make me fully successful.
I complain, but I’m very grateful.
I’m not difficult to understand. Though I often struggle to express, fully, my thoughts and emotions.
I am an open book. But every thing about me will never be written.
I have huge expectations. But I will let you down.
I am these things.
And many more.
Yet, not enough.
I simply, am, what I am.
so perfect!
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🙂 Thank you!
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There’s beauty in imperfection!
Imperfect in Ecuador,
Kathy
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Oh I love that sign off! 🙂
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You have some thoughts going on … upstairs – you always amaze me with your posts, so deep but so easy to relate to, because it’s just the way things are … and I wish that people just could except that they are what they are and don’t trying to be something else, be happy with what is there, we can always improve on ourselves – but we don’t need to be something we are not. I love the Colleen, I know …
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Thank you Viveka. What kind and heart felt words. I believe with you, that we can accept who we are. Work on improving ourselves. And I truly appreciate your kind words about my writing (and my deep thinking!). 🙂
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I love your posts and your thoughs … and I can relate to everything you saying and you make so much sense in things and thoughts that .. we all have.
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That means a lot to me Viveka. Sometimes the thoughts literally are just bursting to get out and something like this lands on the paper or computer screen. And I have to reread it to reabsorb it.
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That is what blogging is about … and you have a fantastic way to express your thoughts on .. nothing complicate. Some post I can read over and over again – still don’t get a grip … but with yours I understand every word, and you write it as your thoughts comes to you. You are very talent and you drawings, so lovely.
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Viveka, you are hands down my favorite today! 🙂
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thank you very much … *smile and I up my hands up for you.
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“I yam what I yam.” Popeye
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Yes You Yam. 😉
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Love how you explain who you are through juxtaposition – imperfection, in itself, is beautiful.
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Thank you Thomas. Good to see you out of the books! 🙂 I appreciate your feedback, and I hope school is everything you hoped for and more. Including the challenge of it.
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Maybe every pre-teen girl (and onward) should be reminded of this. This is reality. 😉
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Thank you Tess, I wish I had known to say this to my own daughters.
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Opportunity comes knocking more than once.
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It sure has here. And it’s not too late to say to them now, and to their children now and later! Thanks for that reminder. 😉
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😉
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Colleen, I truly love this, that post sums up my 63 yrs of existence. And it do beautifully. Thank you, Bill
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You’re welcome Bill. It keeps speaking back to me. I need to read it when I have my doubts and my low moments.
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Reblogged this on Dealing with COPD and commented:
This could sum up my 63 yrs of existence in less than a hundred words, so beautifully written. Colleen of The Chatter Box fame, is a wonderfully gifted writer. It will always warm your heart, make you smile, and will bring a tear to your eye,. Give her a follow, you will be better for it. Bill
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Thank you for being you.
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This makes me very grateful. 🙂
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i like what you yam. 🙂
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🙂 HA!
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You truly are who you are, your blog speaks to that. Thank you so very much Colleen. You help me to be who I am!
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Oh Mary, thank YOU for reading and sharing your thoughts with me. I so appreciate that.
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Terrific, my friend. 🙂
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Thank you Paulette. 🙂
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You have outdone your own wisdom once again, Chatter Master. Profoundness from a knog board!
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Thank you Koji. You are a knogging expert!
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