Listen, are you breathing just a little, and calling it a life?
Mary Oliver
Listen: it's time to face this thing you are fearing. Hiding can't protect you in the end, but keep you from breathing in the midst of this Just stop here for a minute A life of being loved will be better Little by little you will let yourself relax and lean into others' strength Calling yourself a coward is unkind It is better to call yourself, your true self a lover. This is what you need, a life, a love, full to overflowing
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