Incredibly visual, emotionally visceral, and vulnerable, Steve (no admonishments here!!). Finding safety in any kind of relationship is not a given, sadly... But this post certainly shows your ability to "speak of... anything that may suggest something other than the measured ways I often present to the world" and to gift your readers with something precious. Thank you.
Hmmm, for me, when stripping off the mask begins to feel like performance, it means it has lost its hold on me. And when the stories feel "old" it doesn't mean they are no longer true, it means the new person I am becoming hasn't been around long enough yet to accrue new stories and there are opportunities for brand new narratives. Onward! :-)
Well done Dude!
Very nice pictures too
Your ruminations today are so tenderly voiced, Stephen. You touch my heart.
Thank you, Rea. Right from the heart as always.
Incredibly visual, emotionally visceral, and vulnerable, Steve (no admonishments here!!). Finding safety in any kind of relationship is not a given, sadly... But this post certainly shows your ability to "speak of... anything that may suggest something other than the measured ways I often present to the world" and to gift your readers with something precious. Thank you.
Thanks so much, Claudia. It can be so difficult to drop the mask...the old stories we come to believe.
Hmmm, for me, when stripping off the mask begins to feel like performance, it means it has lost its hold on me. And when the stories feel "old" it doesn't mean they are no longer true, it means the new person I am becoming hasn't been around long enough yet to accrue new stories and there are opportunities for brand new narratives. Onward! :-)
Brilliant! Yes yes!