Love in the Afternoon

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I'm a woman who has been in love with love since the moment I was born.  Born with the kind of heart that could shelter the world, it has been both a blessing and a curse to have the heart I have.  To feel so deeply, without rest, can be exhausting and not just for myself.

The moment I stopped looking for love, love walked right into a bar and into my life.  It has been eight and a half years since then and my life has changed for the better.  Without revealing too much, I can say one thing is for sure about my life-if all I do is fail and all I do right is love, then my life will have been worth more than anything.

In the moments of deepest darkness, it is the person who never leaves your side that loves you in a way no one else ever will.  And when the world becomes too shitty, too grey, too violent and depressive, looking over to see that even in silence your souls are speaking to each other, provides all the light you need.

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I am not an easy person to love, at least I haven't been as such for most of my life.  Selfishness, egotism, and insecurity have gotten me in a shit ton of shit (if you will).  I haven't always made it effortless for those who love me (and who I love with a capacity they will never know), but it is never too late to make the changes you need to make so that you can love and live the right way.

Throughout the 30 years of my life and the mistakes and failures I have had, nothing rings truer today than knowing, that just because I love people a certain way, does not entitle me to assume that they should love me the same way back.

Being open to their love and how they show it is showing them in return, just how much you love them.  I will never be an expert at anything but I no longer want to be.  All I want is to wake up each day embracing whatever the day will bring, and let it just be.

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Today is another day of life, of being able to love the people we love, and embracing this thing we all take for granted.  So that's what I plan on doing today.  I plan on loving, embracing, letting, and allowing things to just be.

In gratitude I know, just how lucky I truly am.

Peace and light, always,

Kim