EVEN THE HEALER NEEDS

EVEN THE HEALER NEEDS
Sometimes we are exactly what we need.
Eventually, the helper will need assistance.
The encourager will need uplifting.
The comforter needs reassurance,
and even the healer needs to be healed.
Through our emotional needs, life makes itself known,
exposes our similarities and insists on the importance
of connection within the warmth of empathetic presence.
Developing an awareness of what we need to be healthy,
to take in love and to feel safe in the world, then cultivating
clear and peaceful language to express each one vulnerably,
is a process that can open the door to harmony.
So, may you learn to listen and follow your heart’s
insistent cries of longing—back to the origin of
your earliest pains and bring forward your needs
to be heard, finally, with recognition,
understanding and acceptance.
And may you likewise know the content and deserving
blessing of feeling met and tenderly received. - Susan Frybort