Meditations on God

The more you open up, the more you risk getting hurt.

You cannot choose to only experience that which is pleasant.

To feel is to feel everything, both pleasant and painful.

To be open is to be open to everything that life has to offer.

Perhaps more importantly, to be open is to be open to everything your inner life has to offer.

How can you know who you are if you deny the parts of yourself that are unpleasant, frightening, or painful?

How can you truly live if you avoid life itself?

Embrace the joy and the pain, the beauty and the tragedy, the hope and the fear.

The more you open up, the more opportunities you create to live.