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I’ve been told I wouldn’t make it




I was told I would never see that place



I was told that sometime I fake it



I was told “You weren’t always that way”







I was told that if I didn’t shut up, I wouldn’t make it a day over 21



I was told after years of devotion, that actually I wasn’t the “one”



I was told that I wasn’t good enough



Told that I just made that story up







I’ve been told that no one would want me, with all my extra curves



I was told that the reason that I was crying, is because I was getting what I deserved



I’ve been accused of saying and doing things which never came to mind



I was told that I was cheating, but to this date, I never have…and really? Why?



I was told that my friendship with she and she and he and he, was all a sham



I was pointed at, laughed and accused of being a limelight stealing ham







I’ve been picked on, spoken to completely out my name



Beaten so badly, scorn so roughly, it caused me enormous shame



I’ve been laughed it, pointed at, and lied to in my face



I’ve been tormented, robbed, even kicked out my own place







But in spite the assumptions, accusations, lies, pain, torture, broken promises and misunderstanding; there has always been light. Light and promise have always kept me through.



I cannot pretend that I didn’t have help, encouragement, whimsy and people who loved me too.



Those who did what they said they would, those who confronted me when I did something to cause them hurt, those who gave me prayers, clothes, money, popsicles and vehicles. Those who were secure enough to trust me to be me, without shrinking in the shadows. Those who when they said “I love you” the feeling enveloped me creating a sheer place of peace.







My point is, I don’t care what people say to you, think of you, accuse you of, over analyze what they think you mean; over time a person’s true character comes out----and when you can line up a room full of people who’ve known you for 20 years, who will do nothing but sing your praises----when you can have an event and people go to great lengths to get there because your company is enjoyed, and you sowed that seed-------when you have to call out your friends, and soon your hands don’t have enough fingers--------when you can look at a list of reference letters from employers which proclaim your smarts and most importantly----- when you are true to yourself, know who you are and know where you are going, nothing, no one, no obstacle can keep you from greatness!! No one can tell you that you are nothing less than great; and I won’t hear of anything less.







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