December 21, 2021
Loving Your Self
By Amba Gale
Your reluctance
to make peace with yourself,
to love yourself,
your younger self, that is,
can now be seen, and named.
The demons that usually block
the entrance to the temple door
now beckon you to come in.
You have to do one thing only:
Put
your arm around your younger self
(the one that hurt the most)
give up the reluctance,
and speak.
It does not matter how old you were.
Put your arm around yourself.
Speak
your compassion.
Speak
your connection.
Speak
your understanding.
And, finally, and most importantly,
speak
your love.
And, then, keep on walking
through the temple door,
past the demons,
knowing your are loved.
Then, and only then,
the love of another can enter in.
