Full Moon Muse. ᵈᵒ ᵈʳᵉᵃᵐ

No one knows who you are. Good deeds can hide a hateful heart and hurtful mistakes misunderstood as hateful intentions. Only you know for sure. Do you know for sure? Only you know the thoughts you think, the emotions that arise within you — your intentions, your judgments, ideals and desires.

The refinement of your being is your responsibility alone. You owe it to life to be and to become the most intentionally self-aware, compassionate and wise being that you can be. You deserve to experience yourself this way — life deserves us to experience life this way.

Don't run away from your reflection if it scares you, if it repulses you, excites you, disturbs you, saddens you. Don't run away. Stare at your soul. It will stare back — glare back, snarl, bite, spit, smile, scream, cry, taunt, tremble as it weeps and laughs — as the self-knowing takes place.

You can say: I adore you. Your pain is justified. I won't ignore you. Thank you. I don't judge you for that. We can work on this together. Let's keep our joy alive. Let's see the joy in others. Your darkness does not disturb me. Your depth and despair don't overwhelm me. I am enlightened by you. I am grateful for you. I won't erase your misery, let's sit with it together. Let's grieve together. I'll never leave you bereft. The best is yet to come but let's not overlook this moment. Let's breathe together — let's hum a song. Your tears are beautiful. I love you. I'm proud of us. Our bones are strong, our blood is sacred. This soil is ours, is us — is all of us and ours all. Let's love it. Our skin is a shared skin. This song must not be kept. Sing, share. Sing, share. Sing, share.

from the full moon, love, R x