I found me

Yes! finally...after all these years!
But it's worth it!

I found:
time for myself,
time with myself,
comfort being with myself,
the opportunity to ask myself what i'd love to do/ where i'd like to go/ what i'd like to eat,
peace,
happiness that grows from within,
love for myself,
a place in my heart for myself,
ME!

This was a notion my once narrow mind could not wrap itself around - when I was busy living other people's life. The supposedly simple sounding question of "what do I want?" had truly taken me a long time to figure. Now it seems magically simple. I guess I have to agree with the expression that 'there is a time for everything'. It is now my time for me-time and I still can't believe I'm loving it - every cloud, every tree, every leaf that lies on the ground, the colors of the blue sky (in the morning), orange sky (at dusk) & plants along the road puts a smile on my face. This is happiness for real - one that I can recreate anytime, one that I can protect. No more short term happiness only when I find time out of a busy schedule to spend nose-dipping in my novels (which rarely happened)

How great is that?! Seriously!
I've found ME!