Land & Sea

5 Important Choices

We cultivate love when we allow our most vulnerable and powerful selves to be deeply seen and known, and when we honor the spiritual connection that grows from that offering with trust, respect, kindness and affection. Love is not something we give or get; it is something that we nurture and grow, a connection that can only be cultivated between two people when it exists within each one of them – we can only love others as much as we love ourselves. Shame, blame, disrespect, betrayal, and the withholding of affection damage the roots from which love grows. Love can only survive these injuries if they are acknowledged, healed and rare.

Talk to yourself like you would to someone you love.

Being alone has a power that very few people can handle.

If you hesitate between me and another person, don’t choose me.

“And if you’re going to walk out of my life and leave, I ask one thing of you. Once you’re gone and you see that I’m doing fine, don’t you dare come back.”

I hadn’t thought much of fate until I met you. Until I met a boy in an ocean of silent dancers which doubled as the birth place of lifelong friendships. Until I met a boy on my first day in a foreign country, who had rivers for veins. Until I saw the boy that broke my heart, in the emergency room at 9am on a Saturday. I believe that every person has a lesson to teach - I am still trying to figure out yours.

And he thinks he knows you because he’s touched your skin and kissed you in places no one else has, but baby, he can’t even tell someone what your favorite color is.

if the ocean can calm itself, so can you. we are both salt water mixed with air.

I fall in love so easily. Maybe that’s why I built the walls massive and secure  and the trenches so deep, maybe that is why I was hesitant to let you in. Because; The first time I met the ocean, he waved to me, then pulled me in- ankles first and heart second. The first time I met the moon- I mean the first time I really saw it  glistening in the sky  and kissing the stars- I fell for him too. The first time I met the mountain-tops  with their vast glorious peaks, they captivated me like nothing else, and I felt myself entertaining a new passion  for their immense beauty. I thought all that was enough- I didn’t think I needed more But then, I met you. and the first time I met you your deep ocean eyes wrapped me up like a high tide, your glistening smile created this instant demand for your lips, and when you did kiss me- they brought me to heights mountains couldn’t touch. The first time I met you; I saw myself falling again for the last time.