Don’t You Dare Doubt Yourself
You are a valuable member of society
Human nature can be loving or spiteful
Kind or nasty and all points in between,
Remember everyone’s reality is unique
We have feelings, we’re not a machine.
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We stroll through life in our own little world
A hop, skip and jump throughout the day,
A word of praise casually given or received
Or constructive criticism coming our way.
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All a normal part of living and learning
Daily becoming a better version of you,
Stepping out of our usual comfort zones
Unravel our beliefs systems for a review.
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It would not be abnormal to receive daily
Multiple loving compliments and praises,
From family, friends, offspring and employers
Until a bitchy, offensive comment betrays us.
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Wham, we are painfully cut off at the knees
An unexpected unwarranted condemnation,
Leaving us floored and questioning ourself
Was that really a well deserved evaluation?
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We can hear loving compliments all day
But that one bad judgement hits us hard,
Well I’m hear to tell you as often as needed
Don’t take it on board, please disregard.
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Don’t you dare go back to doubting yourself
Incapacitated by feelings of guilt and anxiety,
Instead remind yourself of the love and praises
And know you’re a valuable member of society.
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Colleen Millsteed
My first love is poetry — it’s like a desperate need to write, to free up space in my mind, to escape the constant noise in my head. Most of the time the poems write themselves — I’m just the conduit holding the metaphorical pen.
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That's so true! Just one negative comment amongst a thousand positive comments can break us so badly