The Time To Myself
I worked hard all my years
and I worked so hard
that I didn’t know
how to enjoy my time to myself
You get used to the bad stuff
when it happens as much as it does
and you look for good news
and you get tired of trying
to make your own good news
and so you work all day
and you get nowhere at it
and you don’t know how to relax
that’s always been one of my problems
I know, I know, I’m no good
at telling people how to relax
and I’m no good at doing things
for myself to make me happy
I’ve never been very good at that
And even when the bad stuff happens
you’ve got to stop and say
to yourself, you’ve got to say
it’s time for me
it’s so easy to do things to help others
and it’s easy to try to make sure
that everyone else is happy
and no one is doing for you that same service
and you’re the one suffering for it
and maybe you haven’t been told this, but yes,
you are worth it
and you deserve good things every once in a while
we all do sometimes
so if you get the chance
to get a back rub
well, take it
and maybe splurge on yourself
every once in a while
it’s easy when Christmas time is coming
to want to take care of everyone else
but year after year, if you
start to look at it and
think about it
well, I know that when Christmas is coming
it’s easy to worry about everyone else
and sometimes you have to just
do something for yourself
Copyright Janet Kuypers.
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