You Better Be Lightning (Button Poetry)

by Andrea Gibson

How did you come to believe that hating yourself would protect you from other people’s hate?

In any moment, on any given day, I can measure my wellness by this question: Is my attention on loving, or is my attention on who isn’t loving me?

You’re talking to someone whose imaginary friends were bullies.

When you are trapped in a nightmare, your motivation to awaken will be so much greater than that of someone caught up in a relatively pleasant dream. –Eckhart Tolle

The not enough or too much that raised you to do everything you could to ensure you’d be hurt more than you’d be loved.