Crawl on out....

"Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place."

Zora Neal Hurston

I don't know about any of you,

but

when

someone hurts my feelings,

injures my being,

inflicts injury to my character,

I withdraw,

pull myself inward,

watch the world with

the eyes of a skeptic,

examining every motive

before i speak or engage.

I go inside,

where I believe I am safe,

I hide

what I think,

what I feel,

filter what I want to say and how i want to act

and

I just am

I am

there

inside

with

the shades pulled down

to keep out the light

the shutters are closed

so that

the world

cannot have privy to my little world and there I reside

safe with

those who i invite in....

into my little world.

I heard someone talking about love

and

how it changes

us....

and

I realized

that for a time,

I've been inside

filling

my world with only what is in my house....

and

I thought

perhaps,

just perhaps,

it might be time

to open up a crack

let in some light

and

I did it....

I pulled up the blind

and

with shaky fingers

pushed

the

blue shade

out

just a bit

and

allowed

light

and

love

and fresh air

to flow inside

and

my soul began to unfold.

As Monday begins

I find myself

thankful

for

touch

and sound and light and air,

for

Big Daddy and the off color kids

for

unexpected hugs

laughs

and

for the love

that fills my abode.

I feel myself crawling out...

opening up again...

and for that

well

for that alone

I am thankful....

thankful my soul is crawling out.

Happy Monday...

give someone a hug,

a smile

and

crawl on out.....

The Radical Rambler