Sensitivity

“How do you ever explain the feelings of anxiety and paralyzing fear? I can’t answer those questions. It’s just a feeling of ‘Am I crazy? Am I too sensitive to be in this world?’ A feeling that the world is just too complicated for me right now, and I don’t feel like I belong here. But it passes, and fortunately today I feel blessed for all the good things in my life.” Winona Ryder

 

Sensitivity

Can someone as sensitive as I am

Be relationship-friendly?

Be my true self in friendships?

They must rock.

They do rock

Until anything that doesn’t serve

Drops away,

Dead and gone.

My sensitivity is my anchor,

My guide,

My Self.

A knowing that navigates

A life free of unnecessary fear and confusion.

Sit with what feels uncomfortable –

It’s not just patience you need.

You need courage – heart!

To feel, to see, to truly hear

What the other is experiencing.

A heart of empathy

And compassion.

A heart that knows its place,

Its boundaries.

I know I can dive deep.

Rabbit holes are a feast,

Learning and discovering more about my Self.

In the presence of another,

I get to know my other Self.

What was missing

Is being discovered,

Uncovered,

Like a precious gift

In a sudden rain shower.

Sensitivity is not—

And I say NOT for the faint of heart.

It takes courage and bravery

To embrace fear and confusion

When all you want is to run

For the hills.

Fear can stop you in your tracks,

Prevent you from being your true Self.

That’s why you need to know

Your own heart.

What makes You come alive—

And here is where love resides.

DD