When Will You Stop Hurting Yourself?
You still don’t understand…
Happiness is a choice.
Stop and think about it…
Do you know anyone
who gets offended
or takes exception
to your actions or words
or interprets your thoughts
with the malice
you find in others?
Do you think it works
any better for them?
No wonder
you defend yourself
first
before you listen.
If you believed that you were worthy
of Love
You would find it easier
to believe
in the Love
others extend to you.
Forgive yourself first.
A generous heart
beats within you,
awaiting only
your permission
to love yourself.
You have to befriend yourself
to recognize a friend.
You cannot
reject others
to prevent
the pain of rejection.
Oblivion
does not prevent
Loneliness;
one must prime the pump
with good faith
to drink from the well
of happiness.
If you fear heartbreak
You cannot love deeply.
If you love fearlessly
and your heart
is broken,
as it opens
and you lean into the pain,
your capacity to love
increases,
as well as your appreciation
and gratitude.
A broken heart re-forged
in the heat of fearless love
grows stronger still.
A tiny heart of glass,
once broken
can only cut
and leave you bleeding,
afraid to love again.
Just because you are afraid
to open your eyes
does not mean you are blind,
but until you choose
to open them
you will never know the difference.
If you do not choose
happiness
you not only hurt yourself;
you break the connection
between yourself
and the entire Universe.
That which diminishes
the life
of any of us
injures and limits
the lives of everyone.
You can either choose
to love fearlessly
and joyously
embrace the suffering
inherent
to living
your life,
or live in fear
of being hurt,
which is to say
to hurt not only yourself
but also
all those
whom you deny.
The choice is yours.
Namasté
नमस्ते
Chazz Vincent
07/22/2017
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