You bring out my joy
🥰 You bring out my joy. You create a space and a mood and a frequency of mischief, curiosity, play, turn on, and acceptance. Even if you see my faults and flaws (because you are smart and have seen the world and do not live under a rock), I still feel held and cherished. So yea, I know I can’t lose your love, and that feels so freeing! You make no demands of me, only invitations. In the absence of demand, I give more, from my heart’s deepest joy. This is the kind of friendship I cherish.
The need is great. Last week, I did one of my public talks/experiences for @rosebudwoman on #intimacy. There were a lot of young women in their early 30s in attendance, and in response to their self-judging and fear of being judged (the biggest blocks to intimacy!), I just wanted to take them all up in my arms and squeeze them and say, “Look at you! You’re so magnificent! Stop talking to yourself like that! Love yourself like you would an infant, fresh from divine creation, you’re no less a wonder now than on the day of your incarnation! Turn down the low hum of self depreciation🤍” or something like that. Just squeeze them all like the ultimate good mother, like Durga or GaIa.
Honeys, angels, beloveds… if I could confer a gift on you from this midlife vantage point: life is too short to spend it with people who don’t help you feel like this… sparkling and in your essence, strong and competent, and actually happy. Keep shining out as the lover you are, calling in a community of badass sisters and brothers who give each other maximum heart, who cook up schemes, who sit in presence, who can attune, who can love through the mess and not turn away from the necessary cleanup.
If finding community is slower in to arrive than you would like, you can invest in your own radiance in the meantime- serving loving living fully, being well in your mind body spirit, being well as part of nature, creating.
I am a space for others to feel this way too: uplifted, amplified, seen, felt, loved, authentic, discerning, as well as mutual, accountable. And this is the kind of community we are building together, one candlelit living room or sunrise meditation at a time. #loversandbuilders