I was listening to the radio on the way to work this morning and the song "The Reason" came on.  The lyrics have always captivated me.  I spent so many years in my late teens and all through my twenties, just MISERABLE with life and desperate for death.  I thought the idea of being a perfect person was such a foreign concept...it is only as of late that I realize that we are all PERFECT just as we are...flawed and human. 

Throughout my life I have searched for someone to love me...just as I am and now I am discovering that in order for that to happen, I TRULY need to love myself just as I am.  When that happens, the Universe opens up in such a beautiful way and presents to you those people who will love you unconditionally because we get back what we put out there. 

I believe that when we love someone in the truest of form, it is a pure love, a love with no conditions.  Love out of purity can develop over time or be instantaneous in some situations.  When we love or care for someone unconditionally, it is because we want to, not because we feel we HAVE to.  It is to love someone not because you want something that they have but because you have a special place reserved in your heart and spirit specifically for them.  This type of love is unshakeable because it is based on truth NOT on convenience.  It is not based on power, nor control, but on love's purest intentions.  When we love someone unconditionally, we love them as they ARE...as they WERE...and as they intent TO BE.  We embrace their past, their present, and their future as a fine intricate detail of who they are.  When they speak, we listen to them...when they are still, we stand by their sides...when they need to be left alone, we leave them be, but we continue to love them even when separated.  Unconditional love goes beyond just the emotions of love, it develops in the core of our being.

It makes me sad to know that so many people walk through life criticizing who they are and beating themselves up.  What a waste of precious energy?  Love yourself.  I am becoming increasingly used to self love

I realize too that I am a continual work in progress.  I still have my demons, as we all do, but instead of treating them as demons I am learning to accept them and give them the love they need to become angels.  For me who is always searching for the grey area, this seems so black and white.

So the lyrics to "The Reason" could be about one particular person ...and a part of my heart knows that it is to me personally...but if I sing the song to myself about myself, it makes it so powerful and helpful.  Music is such a therapeutic form of entertainment. 

I'm not a perfect person
There's many things I wish I didn't do
But I continue learning
I never meant to do those things to you
And so I have to say before I go
That I just want you to know

I've found a reason for me
To change who I used to be
A reason to start over new
and the reason is you

I'm sorry that I hurt you
It's something I must live with everyday
And all the pain I put you through
I wish that I could take it all away
And be the one who catches all your tears
Thats why I need you to hear

I've found a reason for me
To change who I used to be
A reason to start over new
and the reason is You [x4]

I'm not a perfect person
I never meant to do those things to you
And so I have to say before I go
That I just want you to know

I've found a reason for me
To change who I used to be
A reason to start over new
and the reason is you

I've found a reason to show
A side of me you didn't know
A reason for all that I do
And the reason is you