True love.

What is it?

It sure isn’t what they’ve taught us. True love doesn’t restrict/control/keep score.

It allows you to be you- all of you- the tricky parts that you would like to ignore.

For me its the people in my life that sit with me in the salty - sweet - sad - silence of the dark night of your soul and watch the alchemisation of the pain in my heart. ⁠⁠

You know your people- the ones that see you in the avatar kind of way. The friends that honour the divine in you, even when you are unable to remember your own divinity. They see through all the layers to the incredible beauty that you are.

Friend-love doesn’t wait for you to be on the pedestal with the whole world singing your praises.  They are part of the pillar that holds you up in each and every moment.

Tu amiga,

Shelly X