This makes so much sense to me... We waste so much energy trying to cover up who we are When beneath every attitude is the want to be loved And beneath every anger is a wound to be healed And beneath every sadness is the fear that there will not be enough time When we hesitate in being direct we unknowingly slip something on, some added layer of protection That keeps us from feeling the world And often that thin covering is the beginning of a loneliness Which if not put down diminishes our chances for joy It’s like wearing gloves every time we touch something And then forgetting we chose to put them on We complain that nothing feels quite real In this way our challenge each day is not to get dressed to face the world But to unglove ourselves So that the doorknob feels cold And the car handle feels wet And the kiss good-bye feels like the lips of another being Soft and unrepeatable - Mark Nepo
Posted on: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 21:46:17 +0000
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