I am not superman

I make no apologies for how I chose to repair what you broke.

…Her wings are cut and then she is blamed for not knowing how to fly.

No one heals himself by wounding another.

And there I was, laying on your chest listening to your heart beating when just a year ago I didn’t want one of my own. You saved me in more ways than one.

Empathy isn’t just listening, it’s asking the questions whose answers need to be listened to. Empathy requires inquiry as much as imagination. Empathy requires knowing you know nothing. Empathy means acknowledging a horizon of context that extends perpetually beyond what you can see.

“Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It’s a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity.” ― Pema Chödrön

Forgive the past. It is over. Learn from it and let go. People are constantly changing and growing. Do not cling to a limited, disconnected, negative image of a person in the past. See that person now. Your relationship is always alive and changing.

Finding your passion isn’t just about careers and money. It’s about finding your authentic self. The one you’ve buried beneath other people’s needs.

The greatest thing you have ever done for me was make the once dead butterflies flutter back from their graves deep within my stomach when it thought I would never have the pleasure to feel them again.