You are you.
Now, isn’t that pleasant?
- Dr. Seuss
That’s Melissa‘s new (first) tattoo. Isn’t that just FANTASTIC?!?!
Think about it for a while…
You are you.
Does that make you smile? Cringe? A little of each?
What if we each got to a point where being ourselves actually seemed pleasant??
How many times in a day do you get disgruntled with yourself?
What if… what if instead you just took a deep breath, smiled a little, and said gently to yourself “You are you. Now isn’t that pleasant?”
I personally find the “you-est” parts of you to be the most delightful.
Here’s to embracing ourselves and each other exactly as we are. Today, may you be fully, authentically, pleasantly You.
(If you’d like to know more about someone cool enough to have this wonderful Dr. Seuss tattoo, see http://www.melissadoherty.com for more about Melissa and her amazing paintings)
Mir Showalter said,
June 26, 2009 at 12:05 pm
I *love* _Happy Birthday to You!_ and I think I still have major chunks of it memorized, due to the number of times Beautiful Eric requested it.
Not quite verbatim, with a picture of a boy and his Birthday Bird on the edge of a cliff, declaring to the world: “Shout out loud, “I am what I am! Thank goodness I’m not just a ham or a clam, or a dusty old jar of sour gooseberry jam! I am what I am! What a great thing to be! If I say so myself: Happy Birthday to Me!”
I love your blog notices… More! More!
starlajane said,
July 14, 2009 at 5:56 pm
reading this comment again, Mir… LOVE IT!!!!!