Remember:
Be who
you are.

Nurture
gifts bestowed
to you.

Do so
with joy,
commitment.

Tame that
annoying
inner critic.

And please
remember
to breathe.

 

Janet Cormier is a painter, writes prose and poetry, and performs comedy. Janet prefers different and original over pretty. She loves collecting stuff, but cleaning not so much. Janet also talks to strangers. A lot. Her column appears weekly on Oddball Magazine.