Risks

To laugh is to risk appearing the fool
To weep is to risk appearing sentimental
To reach for another is to risk involvement
To expose your feelings is to risk exposing your true self
To place your ideas, your dreams before a crowd is to risk their loss
To love is to risk not being loved in return
To live is to risk dying
To believe is to risk despair
To try is to risk failure

But risks must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing
The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing
They may avoid suffering and sorrow, but they cannot learn, feel, change, grow, love, live
Chained by their attitudes, they are slaves; they have forfeited their freedom
Only a person who risks is free...

Reaching Out

All you need to do is reach out.

Talk to me, and I will listen to what you have to say

Look to me, and I will see you for who you are

Reach out to me, and I will hold on to you

Because,

I am right here.

K.

Personas

To reach a more authentic way of being (for ourselves),
we need to shed ourselves of our persona(s).

To allow ourselves to be seen for who we are,
we must need to see ourselves as we are.

This is not a call for attention, it not even a demonstration.
This is simply a request to be comfortable - in our own skin.

Innie or Outie

So, I don't know what troubles me more...

That I know about this, or that I thought it was common enough info that everyone knew about it.

http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/2009/08/05/innie-or-outie-a-vagina-debate-nsfw/

Prabhujee

Oh Master,show some compassion on me,
Please come and dwell in my heart.
Because without you, it is painfully lonely,
Fill this empty pot with the nectar of love.

I do not know any Tantra, Mantra or ritualistic
worship
I know and believe only in you.
I have been searching for you all over all the world,
please come and hold my hand now.

If a woman is not happy with herself, she will bring pain to everyone around her -- Ice T, "Good Hair"

Be happy with yourself - and people will not feel "pain" being around you.

I learned this lesson the hard way.

Now, I see how not being happy with myself can be "painful" for everyone around me.

Yes, now that I am beginning to accept myself and be happy for who I am - my thoughts, emotions, appearance, quirks...

I see. I see how differently people behave around me.

They don't have to watch what they say to me out of fear of my feelings.
They don't have to hold back their own emotions and concerns.
They don't have to be someone they are not.

By accepting myself, and being happy, I open them to the possibility of they accepting themselves as they are to me - thus, less painful for them.

Hold You In My Arms

Truly, all we want to know is that we will be comforted.

Ray LaMontange ... again.

When you came to me with your bad dreams and your fears
It was easy to see you'd been crying
Seems like everywhere you turn catastrophe it reigns
But who really profits from the dying
I could hold you in my arms
I could hold you forever
I could hold you in my arms
I could hold you forever

When you kissed my lips with my mouth so full of questions
My worried mind that you quiet
Place your hands on my face
Close my eyes and say
That love is a poor man's food
Don't prophesize
I could hold you in my arms
I could hold you forever
And I could hold you in my arms
I could hold you forever

So now we see how it is
This fist begets the spear
Weapons of war
Symptoms of madness
Don't let your eyes refuse to see
Don't let your ears refuse to hear
Or you ain't never going to shake this sense of sadness
I could hold you in my arms
I could hold on forever
And I could hold you in my arms
I could hold on forever