I SIT ON THE EDGE OF MY BED WATCHING AS THE SUN COMES UP LIGHT RAYS REACH THROUGH MY WINDOW TOUCHING MY ROOM, TOUCHING ME. THE LIGHT BECKONS TO ME CARESSES ME, WARMS ME, WANTS ME I AM TO ONLY OPEN THE WINDOW. I LONG TO OPEN THE WINDOW TO BE PART OF THE LIGHT. I DESIRE TO CARESS THE LIGHT AS IT DOES ME. ALL I NEED TO DO IS OPEN THE WINDOW. ALL I NEED TO DO IS REACH OUT AND OPEN THE WINDOW. YET, MY MIND IS FROZEN PREVENTING ME FROM REACHING OUT. KEEPING ME FROM THE LIGHT. BEING FROZEN IS EASIER THAN REACHING OUT. I MUST FIRST THAW BEFORE I CAN BE PART OF THE LIGHT. THEN I CAN REACH OUT THEN I CAN BE PART OF THE LIGHT. THEN I WILL BE WARM. THEN I CAN BE COMPLETE, NOT JUST SAFE.
Reason for writing:
SO MANY OF US TAKE THE EASIER PATH INSTEAD OF REACHING OUT TO DO WHAT WE SHOULD. YES, THERE IS ALWAYS AN EASIER WAY OF DOING THINGS. BUT SHOULD WE ALWAYS DO THEM?
Birth sign: Scorpio
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