Those Hard Conversations

Oh they are hard.
You know, the conversations that last forever.
squirming in your seat.
hoping it will be over soon.
But through many years of hard conversations
I have learned that they make for easy days, easy nights
a clear understanding.
and like anything
hard work pays off.
Us humans...we don't like to be uncomfortable for very long.
But sometimes,
when we allow ourselves to go there,
we find relief.
If we can get really get real
and talk about all that stuff.
the stuff that sneaks up on us...
burrows it's way in,
settles and infests us

If we ignore it,
it grows,
turns green and brown and gross and big.
But if we let it come out at once
as uncomfortable as it is...
we become free
clear
and good stuff happens.
afterwards.
like the sunshine breaking through after a nasty storm.
You don't appreciate the dryness and warm light as much if you've been hiding away inside the whole time.
So go outside
when thoses dark clouds roll in.
Sit in the nasty storm for a while.
Let it pound you like hell.
Then sit back and bask in the magic of the sun light.
Let it's warmth dry your nappy,
wet,
wind blown hair.
It's one of the gifts of being human.
And then you can say you've been there.
You've lived.
You've weathered the storm
and you've got rockin' hair to boot.