it starts and ends
with owning yourself
your feelings, your experience
no one makes you mad
no one makes you happy
your thoughts lead to your feelings
conscious, acknowledged, or not
change your thinking and
you change your feelings
let your feelings tell you
there’s something to accept
something to understand
something to respond to
rationally, effectively
don’t get in them
don’t chase the rabbits
find the attachment
and sever it, let it go
“You’re not going to master the rest of your life in one day. Just relax. Master the day. Then just keep doing that every day.”
don’t lose entire days
when you get derailed
master the moment
master picking yourself
back up, quickly, gently,
kindly, compassionately
when you stumble, struggle, or fall
“Other people’s opinion of you does not have to become your reality.”
— Unknown
accept that their opinion
is driven by their perception
which is colored by all
their past experiences
processed or not
and isn’t necessarily
about you at all
“Love didn’t hurt you. Someone who doesn’t know how to love you hurt you. Don’t confuse the two.”
— Unknown
understand
that you chose
your torturer
your attacker
you didn’t know
what you didn’t know
but their issues
aren’t everyone’s issues
let each person
show you who they are
without hanging your past on them
“Despite how open, peaceful, and loving you attempt to be, people can only meet you as deeply as they’ve met themselves.”
— Matt Kahn
accept where
people are on their own path
without judgment or expectation