It can happen subtly slowly, under the guise of friendship or care
But I am learning, I am learning there is a price..always a price
A price for what you give up without protest!
A price for what you receive without request!
A price for where you want to go
A price for who you want to BE!
It may require losing a few so called friends
It may require speaking the truth without compromise
It may require breaking a heart that believes they have you covered!
One thing for sure the question arises
Will you pay?
In relationships no one speaks of paying for anything
No one openly agrees that to share the essence of who you are on any level with anyone requires RISK!
Requires an investment, investment hardly noted but expected
Sometimes even your silence is a cost, a type of payment to agree not to rock the boat
as it takes effort to GROW! Sacrifice, however small to LIVE..really LIVE from the inside out
One can grown weary with the status quo as the world seems so tumultuous, why bother to ask for what YOU really need
It's ok, I'll wait another day to say what's really on my mind…but then that too is a price,
Sigh! Why? because some people can't handle it! Can't handle a true thought!
Can't handle the true nature at the core
What I know for sure?
It gets old and weary and eats away at your very essence
The part of you striving to live
So pay now or pay later
What's important is to maintain the true essence of YOU at all costs….whatever and whomever the cost!
So pay yourself the courtesy and BE who you are…REGARDLESS of the COST!!
NOW! TODAY! PAY!
Dr.CBJ
2014