WHEN YOU LOVE YOURSELF, you are not too little, too much, or too late. You are more than enough. WHEN YOU LOVE YOURSELF, you celebrate simply being in the world. You will continually experience joy. WHEN YOU LOVE YOURSELF, you have compassion for others. You will always have enough love. WHEN YOU LOVE YOURSELF, healthy … Continue reading When You Love Yourself
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Attraction is Whack
Interest does not equal commitment. Repeat to yourself until you understand this. And can act on it without falling. ~Just L (Goddess Wisdom, March 21, 2018) Author's Note: Attraction is a more dangerous drug than crack. Follow your heart, but take your brain with you.
Benefit of the Doubt
Are we really going to play this game, I stated? What game is that? He inquired. Where you lie and I lie down pretending not to notice, I said in a calm but direct tone. I am not lying to you, He began... What do you think, you have some women’s intuition? He continued confidently. … Continue reading Benefit of the Doubt
The Seven Natural Laws of Love
We cannot demand, command love anymore than we can command the moon and the stars, or the wind and rain. We can stage a seduction or mount a courtship, but the result is more likely to be infatuation, or two illusions dancing together, than love. Love is bigger than you are. You can invite love, … Continue reading The Seven Natural Laws of Love
Keep Your Love
Without honesty love is unstable. Without trust love is lost. I will not compromise my respect for your love. You can keep your love; I will keep my respect. I know my high worth. ~Just L (February 10, 2018, Goddess Wisdom)
You are not a happy person if…
NOTE: THIS IS A PLACEHOLDER TO COME BACK TO If it kills you that your ex is happier with another person than s/he ever was with you, chances are you are not a happy person. ~Just L (February 10, 2018, Goddess Wisdom reprinted from 2008) Author's Note: Start there. Learn to love yourself first. Bitter … Continue reading You are not a happy person if…
Civil War – A Battle in Progress
My body has become a battlefield The peace I have cultivated Within my sacred temple Is at war with my anxiety These long many months I’ve been assaulted Bloodied Rejuvenated Exalted Uncharacteristically low-balled Totaled Decimated Destroyed Inside this state There is no win Just moments before This campaign My sanctuary remained Sought after Logical Cultured … Continue reading Civil War – A Battle in Progress
Love Has No Ethnicity
Yesterday, at SFO, while waiting for my daughter to clear customs, a man with a luggage cart stacked with clear-tape wrapped luggage, approached me and asked if he could use my phone to make a call to his wife. He showed me the handwritten number (I recognized it as a Bay Area phone number) written … Continue reading Love Has No Ethnicity
Thoughts from a chair in France
Seeing all of the #grateful posts (on Facebook and other social media) and my own grateful posts of years’ past, I am simply grateful that I am in another season. I know my life looks extraordinary and too often extraordinarily easy. To those who know and love me, they know this isn’t necessarily so. Some … Continue reading Thoughts from a chair in France
Don’t tell me what he’s like when he’s smitten with you…
Don't tell me what he's like when he's smitten with you, tell me how he treats you when he's angry - or bored with you. How does he treat his family and friends? Does he have close relationships or are they simply work / hobby acquaintances? Do all of his best friends coincidentally live far … Continue reading Don’t tell me what he’s like when he’s smitten with you…
Just L Poetry 