In October

In October, 

Become the love you always wanted but never received.

Heal your wounds lest they become a channel to hurt others. 

Forgive yourself -- for all of the versions of yourself you did not become, 

and for all of the versions of yourself you had to be in order to get here today.

Remember that intimacy is not just a fleeting thing that happens between two human beings, but rather a way of being alive. Choose it as often as you can. Be the person who connects, so that you have people to share the sparkles and glimmers you gather along the way.

Welcome change -- give the world an opportunity to surprise you with its timing.

Release -- let go of which does not ask to be held. 

Move -- flow in the direction of the things that make you want to wake up in the morning, pay attention to the things that bring you back home to yourself, and reintroduce you to your tenderness and awe. 

Slow down -- live softly, and love softly.

And above all else, 

never forget that while beautiful things may come and go, they still come. 

They still come.