create myself

I like yoga.

So. I’ve learned a few things since I decided to create myself.

1. I am interested in poetry. I won’t say I “love” it, but I definitely do not “hate” it as I thought I did before.

2. I like sushi. Vegetarian sushi, actually. I’m going to take a class on how to make it on Thursday. I didn’t think I liked sushi at all, but as long as there isn’t fish in it I really enjoy it.

3. I still don’t like incense. shudder But, hey, I gave it a shot.

Last weekend I went to the I Can Do It! conference in Toronto. My Saturday workshop was with Sonia Choquette, who at one point asked, “What do you want to create?” My soul instantly responded, “I want to create myself.” I knew. I knew that was it. I am GOING to create myself. Those labels and years of the past are no longer relevant. I will no longer be “the strong one” or “the bitchy one” or the one who clean ups the emotional mess. It’s not what I will claim for myself.

Later in the evening, after the workshop, I thumbed through O Magazine, and found a blurb about having free poetry emailed to you—a new poem every day for the month of April.

“Oh,” I thought. “I don’t like poetry.”

But then I realized I’m creating myself. Maybe I DO like poetry. So I signed up for the daily poem and you know what? I actually enjoy getting it. Amazing what you can discover about yourself when you let go of your preconceptions.