My Personal Paradigm

I've always had a strong attachment to a particular grandma.  I've often wondered why this particular one.  I've always known that she was the one who taught me that I was a princess.  I was never afraid to let her see the whole me, faults, sins, ect.  No matter what, she had a way of making me feel like I was alright just like I was.  This made me feel like I just wanted to be the best me ever.  I called her and no matter what the conversation she helped me feel better about myself.  She passed to the other side sometime ago.  I miss her. 

I've been reading one of Sean Covey's books, "7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens".  In it he talks about the glasses we wear that give us our personal perception of ourselves and the world around us.  He states that most successful people will tell you that they had a person who believed in them, who nourished them, gave them advice, and would wipe your glasses clean, when you dirtied them with negativity.  I think that she was that person for me.

He attributes this thought to an unknown author, "If you could envision the type of person God intended you to be, you would rise up and never be the same again."  Sometimes I see a glimpse of the person I could be, and it always happens when I am serving someone unconditionally.  I thank him daily for the opportunity each day to be a better me.  I hope to someday make someone else find the prince or princess within.  Hopefully I can remember more on a daily basis that down inside I am still one myself.