My husband used to call me this: “precious flower.”
Why? Because I am delicate like a flower, emotionally and beautiful at the same time. I am sensitive and that has really been difficult for him to handle in our relationship. It is difficult for me to handle within myself! I’m sure you must know people like me or perhaps you are a person like me: someone who feels things deeply, cries for others’ pain, takes on others’ trials at times, is very compassionate and caring. It’s like a double-edged sword to be like this–one side is so beautiful and helpful and you connect to people deeply, and the other side can be emotionally painful and tricky. In the spiritual community they refer to people like this as ‘Empaths.’ High in empathy–good thing! Low in emotional boundaries–bad thing! That is my work, always, good boundaries. Going to college for 6 years for Psychology helped me to develop those, as did getting a degree in Life Coaching. I yearn to be close to people, and then I deeply feel the discomfort of their sorrow, grief, loneliness, neediness, etc. It is a tricky way to be in this world. But the closeness and the connectedness I get to experience is worth the aches, I believe. It’s like a gift to be able to help people and be there for them when others cannot.
This was a very personal post today. I’m curious: What do people call you? Are you able to accept all of who you are? This is also an expression of Unconditional Self-Love.
Do you love all of who you are… because I hope you do!
