Golden's Empire

I’m in my season of furthering my journey on becoming “love” I am in my season of allowing myself to maneuver continuously from a place of compassion, understanding, and respect. It’s easy stepping outside yourself to understand the perspectives of others. It’s easy to be compassionate and provide a safe place for others.  The hard part comes in being vulnerable. And when I speak about vulnerability I mean outside of the level of openness that relatability requires.  I’m speaking on being vulnerable to the extent where what you get back is completely out of your control.  What comes with vulnerability is the possibility of rejection. It’s the rejection in knowing that the response to my vulnerability could/could not line up with my intent or desire. However I also know that being love means accepting, gracefully, when it is not reciprocated. There are two types of people, those who naturally give and those who are fixated on receiving. The intent it is to give without the...

 Last night I reflected on a friendship I once had.  It was a friendship of genuine love, forgiveness and spirituality. I held a space for someone I knew needed my best self. We grew without judgement, we loved with boundaries, and made unspoken promises that were always kept. He entered my life during a very vital transition. I completely changed myself and our friendship fit perfectly into the life I was creating. When we hung out it was always refreshing and something worth of substance even in silence. We prayed together, we pushed our bodies to new extremes, and we challenged each other. He was the image of health, happiness and care for me and I admired that. We never had a dull moment, we laughed, we cried, we had the perfect friendship.  Eventually things slowed down, which, to me in adult relationships was natural. We didn’t talk all the time anymore, we hung out less, and time, work and life just changed us…which was fine.  After a few months things took a ...