Random thought for the day...
Don't be afraid to show your scars.
Don't worry about having to cover them up.
Who can see you without their eyes? Who do you have that can hear your voice without words or read the lines on your body like a blind person touching the invisible...who knows how your tears fall before you've felt them or how your body pumps with the mere flashing of your image in their mind...who do you let keep your secrets safe as your mind spins through the night waiting for the sunrise...
Who do you want to do that? What do you want to do that? I think many of us want this sensation so badly that we seek out the beaten trails only to find dead ends...equating real movement like to this to the easter bunny or santa claus. For others, this very depthful feeling can feel so alien that they didn't even know that it existed and live their life always searching for something real...something warm and moving and filling it with the wrong things. Imagine that...to not even know what it's supposed to feel like...what life can feel like....
Another symptom? we shutter away from anyone that might be able to deep dive into the novel of our lives, afraid that they'll read the lines that we have written. Worse than that...we sometimes let people into the weird little world that we have created and when we do...we break at the thought that the lines we've written don't speak to the person we've let read them. When this happens...people shut down...they close the book, lock it like a grade school journal with lines on the cover that say, "keep out". Thus...starting the cycle from the top of this blog...and never really being you with anyone.
In a world even more separated, push yourself to engage with others. Push yourself to be honest with who you are and aim to place your head on other peoples' shoulders. Reach out to be you and what you want for yourself. Your story will not resonate with everyone...and it shouldn't....your life is unique and weird and yours...it's not meant to entertain or bridge but simply to be shared...whether the receiver can read or not. For those that can read your story know that it's never the words that you've written, but the unwritten words and spaces between the lines of your life story that really matter....that's what the person should be listening for.
When you find that person...don't let them go...don't be afraid but instead, let your connection grow because it will transcend to a greater and richer story...
So...my hope for you? cross the boundaries...even if digitally.
me
Writing to the song, "Hold onto what you believe" by Mumford and Sons...(again)