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Valuable you elude me, like a clean kitchen floor

February 10, 2014 By Karen Main 8 Comments

I do not see my value
I edit it out

The more gives me less
It is the wrong way about

It is shame I feel now
The value all gone

The path that I chose
The career girl all gone

Valuable won’t come
From the car that I drive

Nor the life that I lead
like a bee in a hive

Valuable is not hidden
In the pay cheque I desire

Or at the job that I left
to write blogs and inspire

Valuable does not come
With certificates on the wall

Valuable is in my actions
My thoughts and all

Valuable you elude me
like a clean kitchen floor

When will this all end
I can do no more

It is eating me up
this shame that I feel

Leaving deep gashes in my soul
that won’t seem to heal

Valuable is the word
The feeling I seek

It comes from within
The way that I speak

The words that I utter
Inside my own head

To that big ugly question
I have now come to dread

What is it you do?
I expect them to say

As shame pops in again
Wanting to stay

The words I now say
As I look in the mirror

You add value, yes you
Dont’ forget it for a minute

Today I am proud
Hands high in the air

I am enough, yes enough
Time to end this despair

YOU ADD VALUE

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Filed Under: Feeling Inspired, Intuitive Feelings, Time to reflect Tagged With: courage, valuable

Comments

  1. Kelly McKenzie says

    February 11, 2014 at 4:42 am

    Yes Karen! It is a value that isn’t immediate. Not like dentistry, or engineering or medicine. There’s little that’s tangible to the eyes right away. However – it is such a valuable thing that you’re doing! Raising strong, confident littlies is the best thing you can do. Hang in there.

    Reply
    • Karen Main says

      February 12, 2014 at 10:39 pm

      Thanks Kelly.

      Reply
  2. Tamara says

    February 11, 2014 at 7:09 am

    It’s funny because my husband and I had a talk about this yesterday. I had a lot of extra money from working a lot last month, but I knew it would be used up fast, and I’d have to put myself out there again.
    Yesterday, I used nearly all of the rest of my money on a new bed. It’s something we drastically needed and will love. I got teary-eyed and my husband told me I had to stop measuring my value by how much money is in my checking account.
    He said, “Be the Tamara you are! Be the happy person you are!”

    Reply
    • Karen Main says

      February 12, 2014 at 10:40 pm

      Tamara you have a very wise and wonderful husband, sounds like mine.

      Reply
  3. Kelly says

    February 11, 2014 at 11:16 am

    I usually do the “check-in” with my husband about once a year. He works tirelessly for our family and I have the responsibility/luxury/blessing/job of staying at home and running our family life and home management. I’ve worked since I was 15 and have always shined in my workplace. Always identified as a leader. But once a year it seems I need to have the conversation that what I’m doing is still a)what we need b) not causing resent or an imbalance in our relationship c)is worth it. Throw in a little of my own inner speak of “but you actually don’t do anything that brings in the money day to day” mixed with a little “but I worked 60 hours a week for years to get where we are” and I always end up reassured that this is my time to invest in our family, my own interests and to be the biggest cheerleader for my husband. I forget all of that sometimes. I feel like a fraud when people say, “well you are always sooooo busy. What do you do for work?” I know that we (and I) am fine with me. I just go with that!

    Reply
    • Karen Main says

      February 12, 2014 at 10:41 pm

      Kelly the “check in” and the communication is so incredibly important. Thank You

      Reply
  4. Mo at Mocadeaux says

    February 12, 2014 at 12:51 pm

    It’s hard not to imagine how different your life would be if you continued in your former profession rather than changing paths to blog and inspire and spend more time with your children.But know that you are making a positive difference in the lives you touch. You DO add value! Listen to that voice that says “YES!”

    Reply
    • Karen Main says

      February 12, 2014 at 10:42 pm

      Thanks Mo, it is hard to imagine life any differently now.

      Reply

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