I danced with love (poem and painting by Carol Woodliff)
I danced with love, and it whispered to me, “Love isn’t an outcome it is a process.” I danced with love. It said I will both hurt you and make you strong. Love doesn’t make everything okay, but I will give you the courage to keep trying. Give you the wisdom to know when you tried hard enough. It is okay to need a timeout but not okay to check out completely. I danced with love, and it said sometimes hiding gives your heart time to recover. Other times it is just a cop out. I danced with love, and she said, “Will you please look at the ways cut yourself with your words and expectations over and over again?” I danced with love and she said, “perfection isn’t required, compassion is.” I danced with love, and she took me to gentleness. She walked me among the trees, showed me […]