Posted by Ginny Tosken [GinnyT] on April 09, 1999 at 10:46:34 {qzNMJDwJ.27fLSrSG9icFbqv3I7Em.}:
In Reply to: My Assignment From Jehovah posted by / You Know on April 09, 1999 at 09:51:38:
My happiness is me, not you.
Not only because you may be temporary,
but also because you want me to be what I am not.
I cannot be happy when I change
merely to satisfy your selfishness.
Nor can I feel content when you
criticize me for not thinking your thoughts,
Or for seeing like you do.
You call me a rebel.
And yet each time I have rejected your beliefs
You have rebelled against mine.
I do not try to mold your mind.
I know you
are trying hard enough to be just you.
And I cannot allow you to tell me what to be--
for I am concentrating on being me.
You said that I was transparent
And easily forgotten
But why then did you try to use my lifetime
to
prove to yourself who you are?
by Michelle, from Living, Loving & Learning by Leo Buscaglia
Ginny, content to one day be organic compost