I do push against the change, because there's a fear in me that's been dug deep. I have no problem falling in love and loving intensely, but giving every little piece of myself to the hope that he'll come through for me, when he always seems so unsure...it, as was once put, makes my heart cry.
I have shortcomings as well. I realize that my own conflicting wants are an enemy that I have to overcome, a challenge that I have to surmount.
As Todd would say, don't say you're trying. It's simple. You choose to do something and just do it.
It makes it sound so effortless. Is it effortless? Am I like Matt, creating most of my own inner turmoil? Once you hold a fear close in your heart, your soul clenches around it and it's so hard to let go of.
I'm pushing against myself. I can see my reactions hurting Kelsey and endangering my relationship with Matt, and I'm barely making progress. I can't fathom why it's so slow.
I used to love fearlessly, stubbornly, like she does. But the wrong few first loves kind of beat that out of me, and I don't know where it went. I don't know how to call it back, to tell that part of me that it's loved and wanted and welcome.
I don't know how to trust right. But I'm trying to re-learn it.