1468CCCC IF ... THEN

If
"Life is either a great adventure or else it is nothing"
If
Love is either a great adventure or else it is confusing
If
Confusion, left unresolved, grows frustrating
If
Frustration grows emotionally combustive
If
Fear of emotional combustion had reason to develop during childhood
And if
Change is the only constant in life
Then
When faced with confusion that remains unresolved
My desire to give and receive love, freely, has need to absorb
Such a gracious stance of positively focused flexibility as to
Withstand the emotional turbulence that's bound to
Emerge whenever so much as a hInt of my fear of
Rejection seeps through a crack in my wall of
Emotional denial, signaling my survival instinct
(Fight/flee/freeze) to arise, so in order to ensure that
My fear-based reaction to any possibility of rejection does
Not hot-wire a latent sense of anxiety to spike so high as to
Shut down my brain's natural connection to logical processing
I muster the patience to make no decisions until
My intuitive voice (sensing my need to think out of the box)
Can coach my conscious awareness to keep soothing
My survival instinct until inner tension feels so relaxed as to
Release my smarts to conceive of a proactive plan such as
This one proves to be:
If
Change is the only constant in life and
If
Human nature has contrasting sides (fear and courage)
Then
Common sense (being a by product of logic) inspires
My sense of wholeness to restructure the courageous
Side of my nature to calm my defensive side, thus
Ensuring that my wit doth not hotwire a loved one's
Human vulnerability to jumpstart yesteryear's unresolved
Pain, and with this proactive plan in mind I can remain so
Well-grounded as to consciously call forth generosity of
Spirit to flood my think tank with thoughts of love so that
If
You offered me reason to sense that I may have
Said or done something to have stimulated
Your defense system to withdraw from connection
Then
I'll rely upon my intuitive sensitivity to nip a game of
Tug of war in the bud for this reason:
Once two defense systems take turns playing tag
Both hearts experience meaningful reconnection growing
Ever more hesitant for this reason:
Fear of rejection on both sides erects two walls of
Denial that prove as doubly divisive as is true of
Invisible walls, which separate(d)
North Vietnam from South Vietnam
North Korea from South Korea
Western ideology from Eastern ideology
North from South
Republicans from Democratics
Man from woman
Parent from child
So, speaking 'soully' for my whole existential self ...
Please take note of my conscientious state of logic
Placing my defense system (along with
Any residual hint of inner conflict) in time out
Thus liberating my think tank to feel free of
Inner tension so as to function (not as
A passive aggressive divider but rather)
As an enthusiastic yet relaxed conductor of
Deeply meaningful humanistic reconnection  ...
And that, my friends, proves to be
A realistic, heartfelt goal, based in a loving sense of
Mutual respect, worth realizing by one and all