Expand Yourself Through Love

Expand Yourself Through Love

By Andrea Wilburn

We see ourselves as parts at the expense of our whole

And then we keep thinking that way as we fail to see others

We look at ourselves from a place of fear

Rarely, if ever, pausing to love this good thing

And we get used to perceiving through fear

We perceive our circumstances

We perceive our relationships

We perceive our daily life

Through the same disheartening fear

Until we forget how much we are loved

And forget to be grateful for all that is ours to love

Life is not fair

But it is not fair in your favor

Grace is ours to embrace

Forget whether you deserve it or not

It is yours as authentically as your pain

But how can we receive something we are not grateful for?

How can we receive something we think is for everybody else?

Each is inclined to think we are special

Unique and continually undervalued

It is a phase of maturity

While few ever want to confess such authenticity

Our actions express it continually

In how we treat others

In how we compete

In how we dominate

In how we feel perceived as small

And make up for it by extending our shadow

And we each are special

We each are unique and continually undervalued

But not being valued enough is a matter of choice

Of choosing to accept yourself

Of choosing to love yourself

Of choosing your form over your shadow

And empowering others to do the same

Create! Create your own value!

Change your beliefs

Change your perceptions

Create a heart that has room for yourself

Create a heart where what others never gave you

Has room to receive what you are able to give yourself

You are not here to overcome your fears

You are here to expand yourself through love

What you do not know you can learn

What is a mystery now can be known soon

You don’t have to stay where you have been

You must not stay where you have been

It is time to grow

It is time to trust

Everything good can certainly come to you too.

You’ve got this!

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