Don't Feel Bad

Don’t feel bad for feeling bad

or lost or fearful or angry or alone

this is a school of high demand

with complex tests and painful tasks

often beyond our current abilities.

We struggle to rise up

and many times we fall and fall again.

There is a fragility at the heart

of being human

a vulnerability in this soft

fleshy form that only increases with age

and God forbid you should love

something or someone

for you will most certainly lose them

and yourself one day as well.

So given the mightiness of the challenges

and the delicacy of the fleshy form

and its most tender interior

the recommendation as I see it

is to stand as one’s own staunchest supporter

giving oneself love and grace and forgiveness

in an often loveless, unforgiving world

and to know without a shadow of a doubt

that whatever brought you forth

into existence along with all the other

miracles we see all around us

has only your best interests and

higher evolution in mind and heart

for you are its precious and revered

and beloved creation.