by Emily Dickinson Page 1033
The poem "I'm Nobody! Who Are You", is so real to me. Has there been a time in your life you have felt that you are of little importance? I have experienced this feeling. As I read over the titles I knew I would relate. In everyone life there will or has been a time of depression. A time when you could not value your existence. I experienced this while married to an alcoholic husband for twelve very long years. By the grace if my God, I now know that I always had value. This value was just very hard to see through my experience. Finding ones' value is a tremendous relief. No matter how lost you may feel you are not alone in this world. Find your value!
I can relate with you for sure on this one. I grew in a similar situation where I had an alcoholic for a stepfather. He always beat us down and made us feel like we were nobodys. I appreciate one thing from my stepfather and that is my strong will. I will not let anyone run over me or tell me I'm not worth it. I stand my ground and give my opinion and sorry if I step on your toes because that is just the way I am. My husband sometimes wishes I wasn't so pig-headed:)
ReplyDeleteI've spent half my life feeling as if I were nobody, so I totally understand this poem. It isn't nice to deal with and it can be very hard to recover from. I still have issues dealing with insecurities about who I am and what I am worth. I've been searching for myself a long time and still have yet to recover exactly what I am worth. Some days are better than others, of course...
ReplyDeleteI was in an abusive relationship myself. But for me, more than loosing my value, I lost sight of who I was and what I wanted. I got lost in the process of protecting myself. This poem did give me some comfort because it alludes to being able to relate to others that feel the same way.
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