What's in a Phrase?

 

So many times I've heard.....
"If it was easy, we wouldn't need you."
Many times it sounded like a placebo
The false pat on the back
To get more out of you with little cost
It said so much and yet so little
When what I was doing was hard
It sounded gratifying and encouraging
When the task was easy
It sounded hollow and mocking
Now I find myself rarely doing
That which is challenging
Or that which is fulfilling
And find myself missing those words
Now I've learned to say those
words to myself
I often forget to praise myself
But more then ever before
I look to my son Derek and myself
And I tell myself that is a job "well done"!

    Lynda Leigh (c)

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