On June’s Diabetes Late Nite podcast, the happy healthcare host Mr. Divabetic talked to his guests about how to be a living legend with diabetes.

John Legend got his ‘legendary’ stage name from his friend, poet J. Ivy, who said, “I heard John’s music and it reminded me of music from the old school so I told John, you sound like one of the legends. As a matter of fact, that’s what I’m going to call you from now on! I’m going to call you John Legend.”

What is your legend about you? Are you holding yourself back from being your most wonderful self? Choosing to live a legendary life means giving ourselves permission to be amazing! Poet Lorraine Brooks shared her inspiring poem, BE MY LEGEND:

I don’t know what a legend is
But I hear it in your name
Tell me who you truly are
And what’s your claim to fame.

Are you the one who’ll teach me how

To recognize my strength?

I’ve heard it said, to have me

You would go to any length.

Are you the one who’ll teach me how

To recognize my strength?

I’ve heard it said, to have me

You would go to any length.

I don’t know how to give you

All the things I know you need

I don’t know whats important

And love’s never guaranteed.

I’ve never given all of me

To anyone but you
It’s taken everything I have
To see your point of view.

But we’re all legends, aren’t we?

To someone here on earth
Our words and our behavior
Have meaning, depth, and worth.

We don’t need fame and fortune
to be an influence
All we need’s compassion
To make a difference.

Listen, trust, observe, and pray

Stimulate, and articulate
Be the sort of human being
That others gladly imitate.

That’s what you are – Each one of you

Who’ve made us strive and seek
And how we all admire all your

Passion and mystique.

So be my legend, be my friend

Inspire me to live.
Ordinary people do have
Lots of things to give.

Be my legend, teach me well

Inspire me to BE…
And know that you have taught me

How to give you
A!ll of me.

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