Monday, May 25, 2015

Morissette

"I'll give you countless amounts of outright acceptance, if you want it.
I will give you encouragement to choose the path that you want, if you need it.
You can speak of anger and doubts your fears and freak outs, and I'll hold it.
You can share your so-called shame filled accounts of times in your life, and I won't judge it.
And, there are no strings attached to it.

You can ask for space for yourself and only yourself, and I'll grant it.
You can ask for freedom as well or time to travel, and you'll have it.
You can ask to live by yourself or love someone else, and I'll support it.
You can ask for anything you want anything at all, and I'll understand it.
And, there are no strings attached to it

I bet you're wondering when the next payback shoe will eventually drop.
I bet you're wondering when my conditional police will force you to cough up.
I bet you wonder how far you have now danced you way back into debt.
This is the only kind of love, as I understand it, that there really is.

You can express your deepest of truths even if it means I'll lose you, and I'll hear it.
You can fall into the abyss on your way to your bliss, I'll empathize with.
You can say that you have to skip town to chase your passion, and I'll hear it,
You can even hit rock bottom have a mid-life crisis, and I'll hold it.
And, there are no strings attached

You owe me nothing for giving the love that I give
You owe me nothing for caring the way that I have
I give you thanks for receiving, it's my privilege
And you owe me nothing in return."

Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Smith

"Throughout life people will make you mad, disrespect you and treat you bad. Let God deal with the things they do, cause hate in your heart will consume you too."

Hate

"Hatred, which could destroy so much, never failed to destroy the man who hated, and this was an immutable law." ~James Baldwin~

James Baldwin

"I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain."

Wednesday, May 06, 2015

Socrates

"The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new."

Ram Dass

"The quieter you become, the more you can hear."

Rumi

"Whoever is calm and sensible is insane!"

Jung

"The basis of all neurosis is the avoidance of legitimate suffering."