Being true to yourself is asking for help of your sisters and friends when you need help.

Making good on the commitments and promises made to better one's learning.

And this girl feels she is always always learning.

Being true to yourself is have trust and confidence in yourself and your feelings. And this is where sahira feels she need to grow.

Having the honesty to say that you don't feel all that great about yourself and working through whatever it is that keeps one from being all she can be.

For sahira.. being true to yourself is putting the two by four down and acknowledging the things she is proud of instead of focusing only on mistakes made..

When one dances she is true to herself.. when she serves she is being true to herself.. When one can admit that she does not know something or need help working thru something, that is being true to herself for she has learned hard and well, to deny nature and live in fear is painful.. self inflicted pain.... the worst kind of pain...

And as scary as the truth is.. it is essential to know it.. ackowledge it and live it.. dig deeper and see the fears for what they are.. fears.. projecting something into the future that in reality, one has no control over.. And projecting fear sabatoges.. herself.. her relationships..keeps her from living her life with all that she is..

It is too painful to live a lie..it is freedom to simply be who one is.. warts and all....

Being true to yourself is to open your arms to your innermost truth.. the truth that lives in the soul and be able to say sahira is a slavegirl, a beautiful slavegirl and she is committed to herself and committed to every part of this journey .. a never ending one.. sahira makes mistakes and is willing to open her eyes to the lesson instead of beating herself up for not being perfect..
admitting her weakness and using the strengths she has to overcome them.. learn from them...

Being true to herself is to love herself.. Take the opportunities to better herself and explore more deeply, her heart and belly..

And sharing her experiences with her sisters.... her greatest resource.. ..

and listening when they offer help.. using the suggestions and keeping an open heart and mind to the future..

sahira{Damian}SG
December 1, 2001