The Danger of Doubt

Doubt is like a thief in the night who sneaks through the back door of your mind. He steals the dreams and ideas that dance across your imagination before you even dare bring them into reality. Doubt wears the mask of logic, telling you it has all been done before, so it is best not to allow your heart to be crushed under the weight of failure. You can write that book next year. You can make that movie or paint that painting when you have the money to buy back your time. Doubt has forgotten that creativity is not a career, it is nourishment that is essential to our being. When he sneaks into your mind, catch him in the act with your awareness before he reduces the magic to the mundane.

A False Promise in Your Eyes

You grabbed my chin

With your callused hands

And ran your thumb across my bottom lip

As you kissed me slowly,

I was amazed at how someone so strong

Could be so heartbreakingly gentle all at once

The look in your eyes held the promise

Of a thousand more moments like this

Sometimes I imagine a world

Where our love did not slip through your fingertips

Why Worry?

Worry is like trying to extinguish a fire with gasoline

It ignites the never-ending spiral of anxiety

Making a false promise that we can think our way out of the pain

When the future is a question that can never be answered

Instead of worrying, have you tried taking a deep breath, my love?

Speak Your Truth

I opened my mouth to cry

And the sound of a thousand silenced ancestors

Ripped through my vocal cords

(Your voice is a gift)

Conscious Love

You worshipped me with your tongue

And a thousand flowers bloomed between my legs

There is a world inside of me

You whispered softly in my ear

A promise of love

I heard the surrender in your tone

As you let go of the pressures of being a hard man

And simply melted into me like nectar

Give a woman your undivided presence

And watch her unfold

Love Simply to Love

Love simply to love. People may cause pain or act unconsciously at times, but that is coming from a wound that existed long before you crossed their path. Love simply to love. Everyone has their messy, human ways of being. Judging any of it is a waste of your one and only precious life, and trying to change people is about as useful as trying to contain the seven seas in a teacup. You’ll drown in the attempt. So love simply to love. You deserve to feel free, and I mean truly free. Free of expectations, free of taking anything personally, free of worry, free of judgment. Love and freedom is your nature, and when you start to embody that, something amazing happens. The world will open its heart as you open yours. Colors will become brighter. Food will taste better. Everything will become a meaningful experience when you love simply to love.