Monday, September 9, 2019

Desiderata



I am not here on this planet just to pass the time until I die. I am here to love and be loved, not to like and be liked. No one needs to be liked but we all need the giving and receiving of love.
I am not hear to listen to the bullshit that passes for conversation. I am hear to listen to your thoughts and dreams and learn your history. I want to know what makes you happy, angry, sad, filled with desire. I want to know your thoughts on god and aliens and what demons keep you up at night.
I am not here to be pretty or entertaining, a plaything that succumbs to flattery or deception. I am here to be real...gut wrenchingly real. I won't flatter you with untruths. I will be honest because I am and I care. I expect the same in return.
I am not here to waste my time. I am here to think and feel and to act and most of all to love, not least of all myself. I make hard choices and sacrifices when my heart, head, and gut lead me to what I want or need. And hopefully in the process I might influence someone else to be just as real because we desperately need to get down to what matters.
(c)s.cooper
2019