Advocate

One of the many things I've learned through these surgeries and health challenges is that I have to be my own health advocate. This applies to many aspects of life where we sometimes just let life happen to us and rely on others to tell us what to think and what to do. Self actualization starts by loving and owning you. Know that you have the ability, wisdom and power within. Let that awareness guide you in then working and sharing with others and seeking the light on a daily basis. This is a lifelong process and each individual has their own journey. I don't know if this is a song, a poem or maybe just a new mantra. But I am living it out and hope to also encourage you to be your own...
ADVOCATE
By shawna ray 10/25/12

I will be my own mirror
I will be my own light
I will be my own healer
Flowing in the Divine

I will be my own lover
I will be my own friend
I'll be the show director
With a changing script

As I live by faith, walking in the way
That I know to go. Growing every day
This is one life. Make the most of it!
I will be my own health advocate.

I will be my own preacher
I will be ministry
I will be my own mentor
Joining fellow colleagues
I will be my own doctor
I will be my own nurse
I will be my own teacher
A collaborative process

As I live by faith, walking in the way
That I know to go. Growing every day
This is one life. Make the most of it!
I will be my own health advocate.

When my gifts need an assist
I'll partner with an advocate
As CEO, research and sow
As coach I will direct and know
To motivate and dodge the hate
Negotiate and delegate
Share life with friends and family
My heart's a home but I've installed security...

While I live by faith walking in the way
That I know to go growing every day
This is one life make the most of it
I will be my own health advocate
I will chart my own health benefits
I will laugh and lift my Spirit
I will be my own life advocate
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Live, Give, Love, Laugh, Learn,
-by Shawna Ray
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Around the Bend

Once I caught the vision, dream was deep inside
Somehow lost direction on this bumpy ride
Got a bowl of popcorn to keep me occupied
Tired of pretending that I'm satisfied

What looks like the end is changing road when you get there
Around that sharp bend is the view you haven't seen yet
If you stop short of your dream, you won't get to where you can see
Around the bend, just around the bend

Dragging all these worries, my "but" gets in the way
List of frazzled questions and wounds from yesterday
Help me claim the victory, fighting to revive
But I'm tired of being alone at night

What looks like the end is changing road when you get there
Around that sharp bend is the view you haven't seen yet
If you stop short of your dream, you won't get to where you can see
Around the bend, just around the bend

Around, around, around, around
Friends who do not understand
They try to keep you down with them
One climbs out, the crab effect
Don't go there, what's up with that?
Family they might mean well
Say work for retirement
I cannot wait I want to live
They fear you're falling off a cliff...

But what looks like the end is changing road when you get there
Around that sharp bend is the view you haven't seen yet
If you stop short of your dream, you won't get to where you can see
Around the bend

Don't give up! Don't you dare give up!
Tyler Perry Just said that
Thank you man, I needed it
You inspire me to live and keep going
Around the bend, just around the bend

shawna ray, today I found a sound I wrote in 2005. It has kept me going, and I can see everything I have been through as part of the process, while I still don't feel as if I will ever arrive.
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Unstoppable

For Sophia and all of my Goodwill and IPSC friends...

What is handicapped?
You are not defined by what you lack
Focus on your strengths
You are capable of so many things
For you see beyond your vision
You move beyond your legs
You learn with a new wisdom
Knowing you are perfectly made
To be unstoppable
You are unstoppable
What is a disease?
You are not the injury
What is poverty?
Merely a starting place
For you rise above the challenge
You reach beyond your means
You teach the world to balance
Knowing you are perfectly made
To be unstoppable
You are unstoppable
Your smile is energizing
Your courage is inspiring
Your love is pure refreshing
I melt when you hug me
I can see beyond my vision
I can move beyond my legs
I learn with a new wisdom
Knowing we are perfectly made
To be unstoppable
You are unstoppable
You are beautiful
You are powerful
You are capable of so many things
Unstoppable!
shawna ray, today
www.shawnaray.com