Author’s Note:
This collection comes from my lived experience—from my relationship to my own heart, and from what keeps me connected: the wisdom born from the wound. These words were lived before they were written.

I.
What hurts the most—
Is losing connection with my heart.
Not feeling Her or acknowledging Her—
Not hearing Her—
Is the most painful way of things
I could keep myself in—
And I don’t have to live
Cut off from my emotional sense.
I can choose to exist.

II.
When my heart shuts down—
Shuts out—
I can think of someone I love—
And take action.
Doing something for them without expectation—
Brings me into myself again.

III.
Holding gratitude—
Changes my thoughts, feelings, and actions—
Into Love.

IV.
Self-love is holding gratitude—
For myself.

V.
Don’t let anyone knock you out of love, Kid.
Your gift is to be in love.
It is vital to all you dream of—
And keeps you in service to others.

VI.
Be in Love.
Dare to BE.

VII.
When pain is on the Heart—
There is no easy way—
Through.
Grace can be given—
Once acknowledging this truth.

VIII.
Do not fear Being in Love.
You can survive it—
You’ll like it.
Do something different—
And let yourself fall madly and completely—
In love with everything for once.

IX.
You can see it.
You can choose to see the Love—
In everything—
And you can ask to be able to.
The Universe doesn’t mess around on sincere Hearts.
She listens and gives.

X.
But I loved him!
That’s right.
You Loved—
And Love is the single most important experience of our lives.
She teaches us everything worth knowing.

XI.
It is impossible to regret having Loved.
You’ll see.
Once your heart heals—
You will.

XII.
Love makes us do things we wouldn’t normally do—
And that’s Fun and Exciting—
Enlivening.

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