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Can we talk?
Can we sit and have a cup of coffee, ignore the world for a while, and get down and dirty in conversation?
I don't want to chat. I don't want to talk about work emails and feeding schedules, late nights and laundry.
Can we, just you and me, grab intimacy by the horns and throw out all those ugly truths that we cover up with our secondary emotions and busy lives?
Can you tell me if you're carrying around regret? I am. What would it be like if we admitted all the things we wish we could have done differently?
If you woke up tomorrow to find that you had lost everything you find important, what would you have lost?
Do you feel safe enough with me to share your most private and embarrassing moments? I once glued my butt cheeks together and then to the bottom of a scalding bathtub for 45 minutes, in a terrible at-home waxing attempt. How about now?
Late at night, when the world is quiet and dark, when the conversations are over and the TV is off, what emotions lie next to you and cradle you to sleep?
Have you mastered the art of forgiveness? What does forgiveness really mean to you? Whom have you not forgiven?
When someone hurts you, how do you treat them afterwards? Do you recognize when you've done wrong? How do you apologize?
What was the last thing that made you laugh aloud and with whom were you sharing that moment? Was it the person you wanted?
What drives you, motivates you, inspires you? What scares the hell out of you?
Do you ever wonder if the fault you place on others belongs closer to home? Do you intend to change that?
What dreams do you have that you're too scared to chase? What dreams feel too impossible to even consider?
How much of an attempt do you put towards questioning yourself - your own thoughts and feelings and actions? Do you take the time to see whether they are rational, healthy, self-destructive, hurtful to those around you? Do you put the effort into really knowing yourself and the type of person you want to be?
What type of person do you want to be?
Are you happy?
Are you brave? Brave enough to take risks? Brave enough to throw everything on the line when you're completely unsure? Brave enough to test your own limits? Brave enough to break the mold and abandon everything that feels comfortable and safe to you? Are you brave enough to choose against failure, even when failure seems like the only option? Are you brave enough to give of yourself past the point at which you think you have anything to give? Are you brave enough to readily, assuredly, honestly, passionately be yourself?
I don't want another twenty-question survey about your favorite movie or whether chocolate or vanilla is your preference. Can we just talk?
Can we sit and have a cup of coffee, ignore the world for a while, and get down and dirty in conversation?
I don't want to chat. I don't want to talk about work emails and feeding schedules, late nights and laundry.
Can we, just you and me, grab intimacy by the horns and throw out all those ugly truths that we cover up with our secondary emotions and busy lives?
Can you tell me if you're carrying around regret? I am. What would it be like if we admitted all the things we wish we could have done differently?
If you woke up tomorrow to find that you had lost everything you find important, what would you have lost?
Do you feel safe enough with me to share your most private and embarrassing moments? I once glued my butt cheeks together and then to the bottom of a scalding bathtub for 45 minutes, in a terrible at-home waxing attempt. How about now?
Late at night, when the world is quiet and dark, when the conversations are over and the TV is off, what emotions lie next to you and cradle you to sleep?
Have you mastered the art of forgiveness? What does forgiveness really mean to you? Whom have you not forgiven?
When someone hurts you, how do you treat them afterwards? Do you recognize when you've done wrong? How do you apologize?
What was the last thing that made you laugh aloud and with whom were you sharing that moment? Was it the person you wanted?
What drives you, motivates you, inspires you? What scares the hell out of you?
Do you ever wonder if the fault you place on others belongs closer to home? Do you intend to change that?
What dreams do you have that you're too scared to chase? What dreams feel too impossible to even consider?
How much of an attempt do you put towards questioning yourself - your own thoughts and feelings and actions? Do you take the time to see whether they are rational, healthy, self-destructive, hurtful to those around you? Do you put the effort into really knowing yourself and the type of person you want to be?
What type of person do you want to be?
Are you happy?
Are you brave? Brave enough to take risks? Brave enough to throw everything on the line when you're completely unsure? Brave enough to test your own limits? Brave enough to break the mold and abandon everything that feels comfortable and safe to you? Are you brave enough to choose against failure, even when failure seems like the only option? Are you brave enough to give of yourself past the point at which you think you have anything to give? Are you brave enough to readily, assuredly, honestly, passionately be yourself?
I don't want another twenty-question survey about your favorite movie or whether chocolate or vanilla is your preference. Can we just talk?
