Real Beauty

JUST FOR TODAY:  Pause to notice the beauty around you, and the beauty you bring to everything you do.

Sunset

The sun sets and marks the end of another day

I am captivated with the beauty and wish it would stay

Today I have felt so complete and so whole

There is a life force emanating from my soul

I suppose that is why I don't want this day to end

I wonder if I'll feel the way I do today again

And yet as the sun moves behind the trees

I'm aware of a calmness inside of me

The beauty does not end because the day is done

It's always a part of me, as there will always be sun

Behind the clouds sometimes the sun will be hidden

So too the answers I seek will hide but can be found within

I can face life tomorrow with my arms open wide

I can embrace it, be with it, invite it inside

Going within myself I know I am whole, complete and true

I can bring my own beautiful sunset to everything I do

©2010 by "Dr. Dorie" McCubbrey, M.S.Ed., Ph.D. – Eating Disorder & Obesity Treatment Specialist – Denver, Colorado.  Poem is reproduced from unpublished works by Dr. Dorie.