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Category: Understanding Love

The Catch-22 of Likability

The more time you spend thinking about how you can get other people to like you…

The less time you’ll be able to spend thinking about how you can become someone you like.

And here’s the catch-22.

The more time you spend becoming someone YOU like… the more likely other people will like you.

And the more time you spend trying to be someone who is liked… the less other people will end up liking you.

The Cloud That Never Rained

Imagine the cloud that always held on to its rain.

Imagine the weight; the effort; the burden.

Imagine the hardened soil, dehydrated plants, and barren landscape.

Now, image the person who always held on to their pain.

Imagine the weight; the effort; the burden.

Imagine the hardened interactions, dehydrated relationships, and barren lifestyle.

Maybe holding on to the pain isn’t the most beneficial thing to do (so that others don’t experience the pain you’re holding).

Maybe releasing the pain is the most beneficial thing you can do.

Maybe it’s the vulnerable release that’s needed for your gray clouds to clear away.

Maybe it’s the feeling of a more authentic human experience that the barren landscape of our lives are craving more of each day.

And maybe the best way to do this isn’t to release above the umbrella walkers who are seemingly allergic to getting wet—but to share the experience of feeling the rain with the people who jump in puddles and know that clothes dry.


P.s. Thank you to Belinda for the coffee. This post was fueled by your generosity. :)

Blades of Grass [Poem]

A tall blade of grass
Looks down upon
A sea of green blades

Some bigger
Some thinner
Some pointed
Some flat
Some darker
Some lighter

What a shame
That in a sea of green
That’s what is seen

Keeping Score [Poem]

Their success
Isn’t your loss

Their beauty
Isn’t your flaw

Their knowledge
Isn’t your ignorance

Their profit
Isn’t your business

Stop using them
To benchmark yours

Live and let live
And stop keeping score