La Mar Adentro/The Sea Inside

Construir cuidadosamente un altar a Dios es loable Tu alma y energia simbolizados en lo material Pero dejar que otros contribuyen al estetico de ello Es mas dificil Luchar por la humanidad en servicio al TodoPoderoso es loable Esfuerzos buengastados en animar y unir a la gente Pero dejar que otros contribuyen en su manera y con ideas distintas Es mas dificil Facil es, tener un sueno, Pero mas dificil aceptar tu destino

i discovered in the slowly developing rebirth of the past few weeks that it is time now to "be nice to everyone". its scary to be nice to everyone. i used to open myself to people who i came across that also seemed open. in the past two years i learned that i didn't want to open myself to everyone who came knocking at my door and that to do so was 1.not necessary 2. wouldn't make me a "bad" person. in the past two years i have learned the beauty of the sacred and the sacredness of choosing between good and bad. if it was one thing i learned in anthropology from my professor Marisol dela Cadena, it was that "good" and "bad" are not analytical terms. they dont say anything. they are too polarizing and too assumptive. growing up as a Baha'i, i was always taught to look for the good in everything and always be kind. yet in the past 2 years i have learned that there is good and there is better (if not good and bad), and there are people wh...