skinny love

as i was driving home tonight, my thoughts were running around like they were being chased by a wolf. thinking about this and that, fears and failures, happy thoughts and sad thoughts... you name it, i thought about it. so as my thoughts ran past me, i managed to grab onto a couple and hold onto them for a while...

God tells us eight times in the Bible to love like we love ourselves... but have you ever thought about the way you love yourself? yeah, we're conceded, we do most of what we do for ourselves... but that stuff we do really can hurt us. we eat like there's no tomorrow, we feed our brains with porn and hate and death and violence... and all in one movie. we tell ourselves lies about our appearance every morning as we stare into the mirror, we focus on the negatives instead of the positives.... and the list goes on. so really, maybe we should be loving like God loves. maybe that's why we suck at loving others.

maybe we've forgotten how to love ourselves properly.




maybe we have just forgotten how to love.


i wish i could see peoples hearts... i watch people a lot... i try to pay attention. sometimes, i notice people just look sad, and all i want to do is sit down and ask them what's wrong, and listen. isn't that what we want sometimes? just someone to listen to our hearts... why they hurt, why they're happy, why they feel...


title = Skinny Love by Bon Iver