The Weight of the World

[cedar_grove]

From The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have.

The eyes experience less stress when they can
look upon a wider horizon.
--R.D. Chin

When things feel heavy, reach out to whomever is near and distribute the weight.

I love you, my husband,
My beloved, for you hear me when I speak
And when I cannot speak, feel me.
Know what is in my heart in my waking
And in my sleeping: dreamless and dreaming.
For it is you for whom my hand reaches
When I need contact; you upon whom
I lean when I need support,
And it is you with whom I know
I can share the weights of my world
And you love me all the same
As I love you, beloved.
For you hear me when I speak.

The poem came to me in a rush, because that's the way I feel. I wrote earlier in the week about not feeling able to speak when I should because I feel I'm going to be judged, my guy is the exception, and even so, I don't say enough, or haven't in the past. I like to think I'm getting better at speaking. I'm trying anyway.

Comments

[mirrani.livejournal.com]

And I need to be better at listening.

[cedargrove.livejournal.com]

I think you listen just fine. I need to be better at it though. I just love you.