That moment you can choose not to
But you do
The easier way would be to back out
But you don’t
You put yourself out there
Probably scared
But practice not contingent on the outcome
It builds
Little by little
By taking chances
Feeling the fear
And doing it anyway
By wanting something different
And risking loss
At all costs
Potentially facing
Abandonment
Heartbreak
Rejection
Punishment
Judgment
It’s that little voice inside
That yearns for something more
Than previous behavior allowed
It’s swallowing the pride
And disarming the ego
Simply because
It’s the right thing to do
It’s a shaky faith
In the midst of chaos
While knowing that
Practice
Is the only way
To strengthen
It’s that place that scares the hell out of you
While processing
And that place that you don’t yet trust
But you trust in the theory of trust
So you decide to give it a try
It’s all the things
That fear is not
And to the extent of risk
Is the capacity of
Joy
And
Sadness
All the while knowing
That if the full heart
Isn’t invested
Then what’s the point?
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