• Forest Dance

The Fool In Me

I must learn to love the fool in me.

The one who feels too much,
talks too much,
takes too many chances,
wins sometimes and loses often,
lacks self-control,
loves and hates,
hurts and gets hurt,
promises and breaks promises,
laughs and cries.

It alone protects me
against that utterly self-controlled,
masterful tyrant
whom I also harbor
and who would rob me
of my human aliveness,
humility and dignity
but for my Fool.

by Theodore I. Rubin

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