As Robert Frost said “There’s nothing I’m afraid of like scared people”
You can only love so much. Sometimes you just have to let those who fear be, so you are not swallowed by their fear.
This is so hard, but when someone cannot accept your love, you can only love yourself and hope they find their inner strength. Let go.
Love is the ability to connect. Love is a two way action … the ability to give and receive. Love is not a feeling. If you believe love is a feeling you will be sadly disappointed and have an undying hunger.
Love is hard. To love, you must be open to face the unknown, to look within yourself and to trust yourself. The hardest part is looking within. We all must accept change. With deep roots, you know who you are and change cannot rock you.
We all have days of self doubt and change is hardest on those days. But if you believe in yourself and trust that you are not alone (there is someone out there who has felt the same way you do at this very moment in time), your internal compass will guide you.
Even in the midst of pain and loss, self-love is the best comfort. The more you look within, the more you trust your strength and believe in yourself.
I write this as I grieve the loss of my mother. I will always love her, but I could not save her.
She has found her wings. Perhaps as Tom Petty says she is finally ‘learning to fly’
I dedicate this post to my aunt.
