Release

I awake in stillness and gratitude for the bounty that I have been blessed with.

In this, the last day of water, after a week of tears and cleansing, heartache, and tumult, I am ready to release the one thing that has been stifling my life.

And in releasing this, I give myself permission to shed the toxic thing that has been impeding me from realizing my true potential.

I release my ingrained belief that I cannot be loved.
I release the belief that I was meant to be alone,
that there is no man on this earth for me.

I accept the idea of being worthy
of a shoulder to rest on
of smiling eyes to gaze into
of a hand to hold
of laughter to share
of a voice to melt me
of arms to hold me.

I let the water carry away all doubt, into the sea where it will dissolve. And I am at peace not only within me, but with another.

I am open to receive the gift the Universe has been offering me all along. I am aware of the signs that point me in the right direction.

I am ready to be loved by the man who has been searching for me, as I have been longing for him.

I am ready to take the leap of faith, and in so doing I shed fear, I shed the excess weight that has been buffering me from male attention, I shed the past experiences that have damaged my trusting heart.

I will lift my head when I walk.
I will look at not away.
I will smile.
I will allow myself to be seen and to see.

I unleash the potential of love that I have and let it bathe him in its light.

Because today, I am free of self-loathing.
I am free of the residuals of abuse, abandonment, and loss.
I invoke beautiful water to take these things from me and wash me clean.

Blessed be.