A Reminder To Those With Tender And Sensitive Hearts

Your tenderness and sensitivity are precious.

They are a gift, as are you. You are precious, as you are.

Life can be deeply challenging and we are not always reminded as often as we’d like (or might be good for us) just how sacred and profound our unique tenderness really is.

Sometimes the messages we receive are actually quite contrary to this.

Often, if someone you know has not learned to honor their own sensitivity, they will seek to shut it down in you (or anyone living with an open and tender heart). When you show up with your open and vulnerable heart around these individuals, it challenges and triggers their own unhonored sensitivity and it is easier to attempt to shut those aspects down in you in that moment, than to accept the challenge to open their own hearts.

This is typically not perpetrated out of a conscious malice but rather a lack of awareness and tools on their part.

Perhaps they never learned or have not had the opportunity to practice the sacred warrior art of opening their heart, becoming vulnerable, and risking the tenderness of love in that way. Perhaps they have made the effort before and been hurt, wounded, or taken advantage of. Or maybe they just can’t muster the strength in that particular moment (we’ve all been there).

Even if we must be cautious in our expression towards these individuals, it does not preclude our holding them with loving compassion and understanding in our hearts. (There but by the grace…)

Being vulnerable, caring, and sensitive can be terrifying. And it takes remarkable courage.

So I write this short reminder to let you know that I see you.

I care about you.

I care about your tender heart and the sacred journey it must take to fully blossom.

To know love in all of its fathomless layers.

Sometimes sweet and caring. Sometimes cold and cruel.

Sometimes everything at once and sometimes seemingly absent entirely.

But know that it is always there, your kind heart. It never goes dating. It stays at home for you, patiently waiting. Always ready for its next level of love, growth, and healing.

I applaud your sensitivity and your courage to stay true to your tender heart.

I’m here for you.

I’m certainly on my own journey of tenderness and love and so profoundly grateful for those brave warriors that are also on the path towards loving more fully.

I wish you the best of luck. Let me know if I can help.

Love,

Mark

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