If you wish to live In the radical natural freedom Of being human
Turn your heart towards What you secretly run from In yourself
Welcome your weaknesses And discover the surprising strength Born of ending self-avoidance And undefendedly entering your life
Open to your fears Finding room for the vulnerability That kindles courage Infused with tenderness
Invite your irritations & frustrations Into the warm home of your heart Enjoying the high drama Of the tall tales They tell you
Sweep the dust from your inner shrine And prepare the seat of honor For the rejection & refusal That comes bearing the sacred gifts Of self-acceptance & allowance
Eagerly inhabit your inhibitions & limitations Revealing the unrestricted freedom That you are When you finally yield To being all of you
If you wish to rest In natural great love
Do not condemn What you desire to change In yourself, in another, or in the world
Do not evade Contact with it Do not avoid Being truly touched by it
Inhabit it with the broken-open heart That knows the secret names Of living & dying
Draw near to what you wish to change Such that in the end It changes you
