The Self Edit

By Alexis B Mendez

"The Self Edit" goes through what plenty of us may experience: the need for change but also the struggle that comes with it. Change is never easy. Going through the process of letting go of things within yourself that no longer benefit you (or may have never benefited you), is a painful process. Throughout "The Self Edit", there will be themes o

• Language: English
• Publisher: Alexis B. Mendez
• Release date: May 22, 2021
• ISBN: 9781087964348

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ISBN: 978-1-0879-6434-8

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This is for me just as much as it is for you

This isn’t just for me, but for anyone who will listen. Because for too long I haven’t been listening to myself. I’ve been too quiet with myself. I rarely voiced what I needed to hear. I stood silent through troubles, didn't let myself know how I was done with the pain. Maybe I was too scared to say anything because I knew it would result in change.

I knew it would cause a new path

and I wasn't sure if I was ready or prepared.

But I had to learn that those two worries didn't matter. It was enough to notice the discomfort, the unwillingness to stay in the same place. I only needed to be willing to get rid of what had only brought me down rather than up. All I ever needed was myself

to really hear myself and really listen to the unsaid words that desperately needed to be written.

So I hope these words don’t just reach me,

but anyone who needs them too.



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I am woeful some days

and willful on others.

There’s a shift that comes

and goes,

a swing of emotions

from one end

to another.

At times I don’t recognize

how I change,

from one moment

to the next.

Perhaps it was my mind,

perhaps something went right

or I thought differently.

Maybe I felt more,

understood that this isn't permanent.

It never is.

Some days I am slow to grow,

slow to come to terms with myself.

But when I remember myself

and what I need,

I am fast to get to where I need to be.

It’s a challenge I am willing to take.

No matter how many woes come,

they will be met by my wills.

Even when down bad you can be good

at learning,

at compromising,

at self-realization,

because you have to.

It’s the only way to live on

and make a better day

or to be able to cope