Absurdity. It's effortless. You can trip over your own unabashed tongue with the slightest of giggles. Make a face, go ahead, do it. Cross your eyes or fish-face your lips or wiggle your brows. See... Easy. Being silly is not just for children, stop letting them have all the fun. They're too young to appreciate it anyway.
Honesty. Effortless, unfiltered, by the light of the moon truth. Try it....go on. Stop worrying about what he'll say or what she'll think or what they'll throw back at you. Speak. Tell him he's adorable. Tell her she's selfish. Put yourself on the line - your own line on your own terms. See.... You survived and your shoulders are lighter for it.
Mistakes. Huge errors in judgement, momentary lapses in self control, even life altering cluserf*cks can come as easy as your next breath. Around every corner is another chance to mess up. Do it...it's alright. Problems slide into your passenger seat with the ease of ice cream dripping down your cone. Clean up the mess and move on. It may take a minute, but you'll round the next corner with the same ease. Find a new map and keep walking.
Love. That's right, I said it. Falling in love is effortless. It takes no more than a sideways glance to land head first in adoration. The weight of a strong hand on your lower back guiding you through a crowd. The silent breaths held waiting for your turn to tell your story. The gentle flutter of eyelids the first time you awaken in arms not your own. The subtle change of temperature in long gazes and unspoken secrets. Yes, falling is easy. Staying - a different story, so land as many times as you can.
So much of life is made complicated. So many pieces of ourselves would fit together perfectly, if not for our need to force backwards, upside down and turned around moves into holes left empty for reasons known too well. Be easy. Save the effort for the true trials. Let it come. Whether it be joy or sorrow, love or loss, beginnings or ends - it's coming either way. So, let it. Be easy. You don't have to fight every struggle. It's ok to lose sometimes, there are so many lessons in defeat. Find them.
Embrace the effortless. Try it. Absurd, honest, mistaken love. It's easy.
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