Photo-heart connection, number IV

Some photo-heart connections aren't so easy. In fact

this one was quite hard as I had several photos that really spoke to me

this month. I guess partly because they all spoke the same thing.

I've been struggling in a situation where I have felt completely unaccepted, and have

for a very long time. I have often felt like just a flickering light in an expansive room,

wanting so badly to be seen and heard . . . recognized for who I am.

Wondering . .  what is it that they see in my reflection.

Do they look straight through me, do they see me at all?

Because I'm not an empty space . . . and like everyone I have many layers.

I too have a light . . .

  I am who I am, I feel the way I feel, I don't apologize for that.

But I feel like instead of accepting what was offered

I have been rejected because I don't meet expectations.

I've let this sit for a few days wondering if I should even post this.

But it's my truth, and my reality,

and I suppose I just needed to get it out there, to let it go.

And then today I went to the beach,

 and out of the blue during a conversation with a stranger she told me I was interesting.

I felt somehow validated, I felt some peace.

Love, Kim

XO