Keep It Sybil

There are so many aspects of me that have been formed only because of my past experiences.  I used to be afraid of acknowledging this in myself. Not anymore! I am proud of who I am now.  Yet, some of the times, my soul looks back and wonders how I got over. From an early age, I can remember being picked on.  Even at an early age I felt those things I was being picked on for must be very bad things inside of me.  I mean shoot, who picks on people for positive attributes?  Who indeed! Wow, what big eyes you have.  This was something I heard frequently.  As a result I begun to look down and not make much eye contact.  I now know that I have nice eyes and there are people who try and learn every trick they can to make their eyes appear larger.  The jokes on those people who pored fun of me.  Now, I have excellent eye contact and I owe it to the years of feeling horribly about my eyes.  The next object of continuing ridicule, my voice....

As the time gets closer for my impending marriage, I have several thoughts about the vows associated with the ceremony. The ones that stand out the most for me are love, honor and respect. These words are the cornerstone, to me, of a working successful marriage. I will stay with my thoughts on love.  Love is an inconvenient necessity.  There is nothing easy about having and showing love.  The greatest thing in the world is love.  I mean if you have love for a person and someone comes along and dies something to hurt that person, you could be prepared to do a myriad of things including killing that person. Yes, I believe love can give you the feeling of invincibility.  Through love you can accomplish the once thought inconceivable. Love is showing tenderness and affection towards the object of your desire.  A marriage without love is unsuccessful. R-E-S-P-E-C-T, I found out what it meant to me.  This one is so major.  Holding a person in high est...