Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Promise yourself that you will be
 honest 
about how you 
feel - 
that you will let yourself fall hard and take a risk.  
Promise you will let yourself feel so strongly about something,
 you will choose to 
be 
vulnerable 
over-and-over-again 
to 
risk 
being told 
no 
 just because the hope of getting a 
yes 
is 
too
 strong
 to ignore.
  Promise yourself that you will care enough to be hurt 
to hurt
 in a way that 
will 
not 
go away quick or maybe even ever 
but
 is a constant reminder that what you had 
was 
true.  
Promise yourself that you will be strong
but not cynical -
 hopeful,
 not helpless
 and kind,
 not cutting.
Promise yourself 
these 
things 
now
because someday when all is spinning and nothing makes sense, 
these are the things you will cling to,
 these are the things you will know to be true. 



1 comment:

Kati said...

strong words. loved every single one of them.
:)