Lainesblog Thinking Out Loud

Is there a part of you that is the essence of who you are?

A part that is not corrupted by the culture that you grew up in

or the family that tortured you one way or the other?

I call it your core.

It is pure, whole, and located just below your heart, deep inside you.

It is incorruptible.

It's who you really are.

Getting there is a journey of acceptance,

a journey of non-resistance to loving yourself,

warts, craziness and all.

This core is there all along.

It might take your whole life to uncover it,

but it's there guiding and protecting and loving you,

just as you are.

From the Archives, Laine's Blog, January 16th, 2012