Loving Life
When I began to love life, I began to love myself.
When I began to love myself, I began to feel myself.
When I began to feel myself, I began to know myself.
When I began to know myself, I began to respect myself.
When I began to respect myself, I began to support myself.
When I began to support myself, I began to live!
When I began to love life, life began to love me
Because life is what I AM.
Side note: This is a revised version of a poem from my e-book “Enjoy Life!“.
In Love and Light
Share Your Light 
Beautiful 😊
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Thank you, Gary!
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Again very beautiful, my dear Erika! Thank you so much, and have a nice day! xx Michael
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As always, it makes me smile to see that you liked it. Thank you, Michael!
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Reblogged this on OPENED HERE >> https:/BOOKS.ESLARN-NET.DE.
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Thanks so much for the reblog, Michael!
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This belongs on my bathroom mirror. It’s a beautiful way to begin the day. 🍃💜
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I AM LIFE! You are right, it can have such an impact of encouragement and motivation to start into a day. Thank you very much, Gail 💖
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Erika, nicely done, my friend. Great poetry and meaning. I also love your choice of a women’s hand by the barbed wire fence. That is great symbolism. Take care, Keith
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I knew you would notice the image and thus the connection to the words. Thank you very much for your beautiful comment, Keith.
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Erika, you are welcome. To me, an open and reaching hand signifies a great deal, so to see the reach seemingly thwarted by barbed wire, speaks volumes. Keith
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You see the same in the picture like I did. Love heals everything and overcomes any obstacles. Thanks a lot for sharing your thoughts about it, Keith.
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I love this, Sis!💜
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Thank you, very much, sis 💖
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OH EMM GEEE. IT’S SO AMAZINGLY WRITTEN. MORE POWER TO YA
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Thank you very much, Jannat. I am very happy that you think so, dear 💖
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Yes yes yes I did as you delivered it so incredibly well. 💛💛💛💛
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Thank you so much 😊
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Pleasure!! 💛
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It all does flow one into the other, as love does so easily. A beautiful share Erika ❤️ 🙏🏽 🦋
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You say it, when it is (pure) love then it reaches into every fiber of ourselves and into every aspect of whatever life means. Thank you very much, Mark 💖
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Beautifully expressed! Loving ourselves IS the answer!!
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And all the beautiful unfoldings come from there… Thank you, Annette 💖
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