If you want
to create more
love in your life,
start with your
relationship
with yourself.

Make friends
with the parts
of you who seem
unfriendly,
ask them what
they have to say.

Over tea
and sympathy
listen to their stories,
listen beyond words-
and hear the fears
that reside in the core.

Fears of rejection
and abandonment.
Fears of pain
and not enough.

See these fears
for what they are-
a battlefield filled
with the warring
wounds of unlove.
Offer your sincerity
and your tears
as medicinal balm.

Then gently,
with the utmost
of care,
thank your wounded
warriors for all
they have done
to get you to
today.

Know they did
the best they could,
then take their hands
and give them
words of peace,
and hot soup,
and reparations
graced with
unity and love.

If you want
to create more
love in your life,
start with your
relationship
with yourself.

Make friends
with the parts
of you who seem
unfriendly-

And learn
to love them,
for what
they have to say.