Honor
Honoring myself
Honoring my strengths and my weaknesses to live a life in joy!
I’ve spent my life honoring myself with a polio-leg. It was just there and I had to make peace with it — to find my strengths (living outside my box, setting goals, perseverance) and my weaknesses (polio residual of a fuzed ankle polio-leg).
Maybe I never would have hiked to the top of Arapahoe Glacier on Rockies’ Continental Divide if I had not honored my body by making the all-day attempt. Perhaps if I had noticed the difficulty I have in “springing up” on my fused ankle I wouldn’t have made it to the top; navigating steep inclines of ice and snow. Honor is sacred. It took me to the top of a glacier where I witnessed the magic of snowmelt dripping down the western slope, eventually to merge with the Pacific and water droplets rolling down the eastern slope to the Atlantic.
My need to “get myself into beautiful places” was honoring my soul . Now with this newest image, I can express that feeling of being in the essence of joy while honoring myself in so many ways.
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This Conceptual Self Portraiture As Medicine photo, Honor, was spontaneously shot with my iPhone 13’s Hipstamatic app for double exposure ( John S + Love81 + Standard).
The sun is usually so bright that I can’t see the photo screen. I just shoot. I was happily surprised to see my hand’s elongated, graceful shadow super-imposed against a granite forest service picnic table sparkling in the vibrant spring sun . It radiated all the joy I now find in honoring myself.
By honoring myself, I am able to show up more fully in all aspects of my life, nurturing my relationships, and embracing new opportunities with a renewed sense of purpose and confidence.
IreneSofia