Don’t Shame Yourself 💕

Don’t ever

shame yourself

for showing up,

admitting or sharing,

only to be shutdown

or even ghosted.

To want to reach out

and describe your struggle

and be understood

is better than holding

it all painfully inside

and to never be seen.

It’s all humanly real.

The risk to be

honest and open.

The exposure from

connecting outside

vulnerability.

The enormous courage

it takes to let your

truth be revealed.

And know in turn,

not everyone can respond

in the way you expect

and believe —

or perhaps at all,

sometimes.

But, don’t ever

shame yourself.

Don’t diminish

your light

for expressing

or become conditioned

to not ask for help

in your time

of great need.

~ 'Don't Shame Yourself' by Susan Frybort from the book 'Look to the Clearing' Poems to Encourage, Susan Frybort

~ Art by Jeanie Tomanek