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What You Take

What we take without asking first, thanking second, what is rightfully our property, our valuables, our commodities and loves displayed across borrowed time and limited grace space. Yet I also take what I am too ashamed to ask for, then thank for receiving selfless hand to open hand, or hate for selfish lack of yes, or resent negotiating maybes or strings attached further growing far more than rightful share of shame and blame. Shame, engaging high risk acquisition choices rather than trusting Earth's grace, cooperative evolution of relationships between those who have emotional wealth and those who want to live healthier, without self blame and guilt for seductive needs, win/win attractions, aversions from Others' win/lose blame guilt offerings, zero-sum ridiculously immature competition games Final intimate NO in face of your hungry appetite for self-regenerative identity, less shame, absence of guilt for having become who you are, for not having become as you more lovingly intended yet. When did you first ask if I want to make our bed together? Right after I took your breath away with I would rather do it myself. Right before I froze your love because you don't do us right. When we take love away without first asking to play our passions forward together, fertile thanks rebounding back, we grow shame for guilty win/lose needs squeezing out what healthy win/win love could otherwise breathe in. What YangMind takes without asking YinBody dispassion string attaches Yang v Yin re-memory Left v Right irreligious irritation BlameMind v ShameBody bipolar contentiousness, leaving behind accessible opportunity for more Yang/Yin dipolar cooperative nest.

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