AN ODE TO SELF.
- Jolene O'Brien

- Nov 28, 2022
- 1 min read
Updated: Jun 29

If you hurt me. I love you.
If you betrayed me. I love you.
If you abused me, scared me, drove me to despair, abandoned me…
I love you…
I see you.
There is an instantaneous forgiveness here for any and ‘all’ seemingly wrong-doing.
For you, my friend, have aided me in looking at every dark and dusty corner of mySELF.
You’ve invited me to turn IN-ward.
To face the parts of me that I was running from ~ that I was not loving.
THAT I feared.
The parts of me that I was rejecting, neglecting, abusing.
That I was lying to.
For had I not been self-abusing, I would not have been a magnet for you to do the same.
The tears that have fallen have been cleansing all that I am ‘not’.
The crippling pain arose in waves for me to feel and face.
The trail of broken promises lead to the doorway of freedom that opened in your wake.
How could I not love you.
For YOU are my reflection, my mirror.
Thank you 🙏🏻
You are me.
This IS an ode to ME.
OH how I love Me.
My God, how breathtakingly magical.
❤️
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‘The narcissist is unconsciously leading you back to Self Love.
Where else are you going to go?’
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Wow, that was heartfelt, raw, everything laid bare . . . . and underneath all of this pain is love. When everything is stripped away, we see that there is only love. 💕💗