here is my secret

here is my secret:
love lavishly and with abandon—

anything that you can in your life….

whether your children,
the curly tendrils sticking to their sweaty necks in a fever,
their bright eyes and tiny voices finding bugs on the way to school,
their hard, acid-rocking skeleton wearing longhaired teenness,

your new black, patent-leather peep-toe heels,
your tiny denim pencil skirt,

whether it’s the way your husband’s whiskers scratch you even though he just
shaved,
whether it’s socks on the floor,
pantyhose in the shower,
the soft tender tentative fresh green tips surprising the dark, barren springtime
earth in your garden,

whether it’s cat hair, or dog smell, or fish flakes,

a golden sunny warm day complete with a gentle, caressing breeze on your cheek,
or a rainy day complete with hot cocoa and a comforter,

whether it’s the speed of a finely tuned machine,
or dancing,
or singing,
or wind,
or trees,
or deer in the snow….

love love love it

love to paint
love to write
love friends, love Jesus, love enemies,
love teachers, love Buddha, love students….

love lavishly
love with abandon

don’t hesitate

throw your love into the world fearlessly
with all the generosity you can muster

find it –
find something
find whomwherewhat calls forth your love and
let it flow from you like honey from the combs…..
this is my secret….
try it….
try love….
this is urgent….

(and don’t forget yourself….)


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©2010
by Beth Anne Boardman