11/29/2025
Stop hiding your love! ❤️
Has anyone ever said to you, “I love you”... and you FELT it?
Like literally felt it in your body?
Yes, No? - Well I have, ONE time…
…and it wasn’t from my parents, my daughter or even on my wedding day
-although I now they ALL love me in their way
It was from a total stranger in a workshop I did almost 20 years ago…
…he ended his workshop with “I love you” and it was the first and ONLY time in my life that I felt it in my body… in my heart!
Was that just me, I thought… I didn’t know
BUT…I knew that I wanted to LOVE like that…
And so the journey began…
For most of my early life, I thought I was chasing love…
Then into adulthood, I thought I was pushing it away…
But what I realized, I was really just hiding it away
…little by little, day by day, year by year, brick by brick
…I built a wall
Why?... “Why would I do that”…Well, I asked myself this VERY question…
FEAR of being judged - I needed my friends approval to like a certain girl
FEAR of being rejected - What if I like her and she doesn’t like me
FEAR of being hurt - I was afraid that if I fully put myself out there, she’d break my heart
These are just some of the thoughts that raced in my LITTLE brain as my EGO’s way of protecting me…
But as I explored DEEPER, it wasn’t just a love of “women” …
It was a LOVE of EVERYTHING…
-You can’t love life - that’s shallow, your being overemotional, your obsessive…
…what I learned…People will be JUDGE you and you WON’T BE LIKED
-You can’t express love to another man - “you’re called a homo”, “that’s gay”, gross
…what I learned…People will be JUDGE you and you WON’T BE LIKED
-You can’t love something - you don’t deserve it, you’re not worthy, we can’t afford it
…what I learned… You can’t HAVE what you WANT
And I noticed if I really, really wanted something … something would happen and it would get taken from me and I’d never have it.
Lastly, and the MOST embarrassing…
…how I allowed the JUDGMENTS of others, RUN MY LIFE…
…most if not ALL my decision were based on what others might think of me
I still remember those nights…crying myself to sleep, wishing I didn’t wake up or worse…they didn’t
I thought that if I was good enough, if I met everyone’s needs and never rocked the boat, I’d be loved…
The RESULT of all this pain?
Well, I still LOVED but I learned it was safer to love THROUGH A WALL…
I shielded myself with a wall to protect myself from the hurt and pain
It felt like living on two sides of the wall; at once…
On the outside, you’re showing up:
you text back, you go on dates, you hug, you laugh, you have fun
you do all the “right” things.
But inside… There's a quiet tug-of-war happening.
Whether it’s with a partner, a friend, a child, or even with myself…
…it felt like my WALL is up and I couldn’t FULLY be myself or give myself fully
I would unknowingly brush off things: a friend checking in, a kid hugging me, someone smiling at me in a way that should feel safe, but didn’t.
I’d question yourself, I’d question others… their words, thoughts, even actions
Slowly and bit by bit…
…literally to FEEL SAFE I built that WALL between MYSELF, the people I LOVE and the WORLD…
However, as I worked and continue to work through this…
I’ve noticed that…
When I stopped trying to earn love, I became capable of receiving it…
And just like that, the wall I once believed protected me has slowly become unnecessary…
And with the work I’m doing, I’m tearing that fu**er down!
Love is beginning to feel less like a risk and more like a place I can rest.
And for the first time in a long while, REAL, GENUINE connections feels possible
…without the WALL in between.
If you read this far (or you didn’t)
Thank you:) and…
I LOVE YOU!