On Love and Changes

Be very careful of the bits of self that you modify.

Have great care for the parts of your brain that you turn on or off, and why.

Sometimes we see deeply into another's mind.

We may see things that we do not like.

What if we attach to the idea of not liking what we see?

We might be inspired to tell them that we see something in them that we do not like.

The problem is...

We may not be looking into them at all.

We may be only staring deeply into ourselves.

What then, if they were to follow our advice very carefully.

To cut out the truth they understood and integrated so well...

What a beautiful thing we have asked another to destroy...

Simply because we did not learn to truly nurture and enjoy...

The beauty that rests within our own soul.

Love yourself first and always, for you are truly beautiful.

Love yourself so that you may share that love with anyone who,

well intentioned though they may be,

needs a loving heart and ear so that they may learn to love themselves as you do.

Cameron Owen Johnson