♥️
people are walking around with smiles they’ve put on while wound full and scarred, taking care of life while nervous and unsure.
fragile.
scared.
hurt.
sometimes selfish.
and often armed with a multitude of strategies to protect themselves from pain or the perception of it.
people of all cultures, all faiths, all ages, all races. even those who have it or keep it together and are doing well ...it’s part of our humanness and part of our journey regardless of our outlook and skill set, regardless of our belief systems and spiritual life, regardless of our mental health and our energy. we all have stories that have built us and at times broken us, and we all have the desire to connect, to belong, and to be cared about.
i know people look at each other and miss who they’re looking at because they aren’t seeing who they’re looking at, they are seeing the outside and all the externals of who they’re looking at.
i also know that Love looks at people and sees their insides. Love sees past the curtains, barricades, and facades. Love sees inside and recognizes all the ways a heart beats and says “you are worthy.”
i know Love is healing, certain, constant, and strong.
i know Love is assurance.
pure.
selfless.
graceful.
faithful.
strength through seasons that threaten our joy.
unshakable through storms that hurl us into unwelcomed chaos.
i know Love protects us without consequence through shame, fear, or attack.
and celebrates not as much all that we do, but all that we are.
Love seeks to love, not to be loved,
to console, not to be consoled,
to understand, not to be understood.
Love is not a seeker of attention or gain.
Love loves
without an agenda.
Love knows
no bounds.
