Reflections on Healing - 14 Days of Self Appreciation Challenge: Day 4

February 4^th.  

Today I proclaim that I reclaim my life.  

My gift of love on this 4^th day of self appreciation was to find a song that expressed this sentiment.   To say boldly; "I am who I am." 

The song that I selected is Barbra Streisand singing – Don't Rain On My Parade

Don't tell me not to live,

Just sit and putter,

Life's candy and the sun's

A ball of butter.

Don't bring around a cloud

To rain on my parade.

Don't tell me not to fly,

I've simply got to.

If someone takes a spill,

It's me and not you.

Who told you you're allowed

To rain on my parade!

I'll march my band out,

I'll beat my drum,

And if I'm fanned out,

Your turn at bat, sir.

At least I didn't fake it.

Hat, sir, I guess I didn't make it!

But whether I'm the rose

Of sheer perfection,

Or freckle on the nose

Of life's complexion,

The cinder or the shiny apple of its eye,

I gotta fly once,

I gotta try once,

Only can die once, right, sir?

Ooh, life is juicy,

Juicy, and you see

I gotta have my bite, sir!

Get ready for me, love,

Cause I'm a "comer,"

I simply gotta march,

My heart's a drummer.

Don't bring around a cloud

To rain on my parade!

I'm gonna live and live now,

Get what I want, I know how,

One roll for the whole shebang,

One throw, that bell will go clang,

Eye on the target, and wham,

One shot, one gun shot, and bam,

Hey, Mister Arnstein, here I am!

I'll march my band out,

I'm beating my drum,

And if I'm fanned out,

Your turn at bat, sir,

At least I didn't fake it.

Hat, sir, I guess I didn't make it.

Get ready for me, love,

Cause I'm a "comer,"

I simply gotta march,

My heart's a drummer.

Nobody, no, nobody

Is gonna rain on my parade!

Songwriters: MERRILL, BOB/STYNE, JULE

Don't Rain On My Parade lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.

You tube link  to the song 

Today I remind myself:

Today of will do a ritual to affirm confidence:

• Take a brown candle  (represents earth magic, stability, protection,  grounding)
• Rub the candle with apple oil and sprinkle with cinnamon
• Light the candle and contemplate the flame visualize confidence growing in the light.
• Inhale the aroma of apple and cinnamon, earthy scents that ground me and connect me with "mother nature". Feel her nurturing love 
• Meditate upon these thoughts:

I summon courage from within.

I call upon my inner strength.

I face my fears courageously.

I am confident that I will succeed.

There is no one that can take from me

That which I summon from inside.

My strengths reside forever within.

My gift of love to me today is this,

I empower myself to appreciate me.

I give myself this gift of love and self-appreciation today.

Are you ready to embark on your own journey? 

Renate Dundys Marrello

2014 – 02 – 04 

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