It’s easy to give away a part of yourself.
It’s easy to show people your better side.
It’s easy to let them halfway in.
But when everyone disappears at the end of the evening, I’m the one who has to live with the whole picture.
On some nights – on the good nights – I’m just fine with that.
16 replies on “Sinful Sunday: Half”
very honest of you to share this.. fab BMN x
You have a lot of people you can call on bad nights. Don’t be so English you forget that.
This is beautiful, especially combined with your words. There’s something interesting about the juxtaposition of your perfectly bisected figure and the tilted camera angle.
The words along with this image are really beautiful.
Sharing the dark half is hard and requires a good deal of vulnerability and trust. Lovely photo.
Those are some seriously poignant thoughts your having. And ones I can relate to..
You /are/ fine. Truly.
you are snuggle worthy
Nice reflective words. Being fine with living privately with the whole is good, but what is *great* is feeling able to show people the whole or feeling happy with the whole privately, more of the time. But getting to that stage is bloody hard work because it involves making a conscious decision to change what you know isn’t great about yourself or your behaviour, reframing the ‘bad’ bits you can’t change and choosing to see the good in them and making yourself vulnerable by revealing the whole. Having worked on the first point I found it easier to think better of myself to then be able to reframe the perceived negative bits that I can’t change. The sense of wellbeing that came from making that effort was quite astonishing! Showing the whole to others isn’t something many of us do freely, but feeling happier with the whole in private is worth all the effort.
Nice to see you posting a Sinful Sunday, too – it’s been too long!
Deep words… deep thoughts…
Hugs!
Rebel xox
It’s difficult to lower those barriers and let people see our ‘other half’.
I adore the photo, and the words strike a very effective chord.
For what it’s worth, the whole of you is utterly lovely.
I think when you let someone all the way in, the right someone obviously, then you find peace with the whole picture. I am not saying we all need someone to be complete but that lowering the barriers not only allows others in but allows you ‘out’ also. It can be terrifying and liberating in equal measures
Mollyxxx
I’m not big on opening up all the way of late either! Chalk it up to shyness or cynicism…
~Kazi xxx
I am a very open person but I rarely show my all. Being ok when everyone else has gone is a good place to be. I am always surprised how good sharing more of me can be.
Cool shot! Very bold. As someone who usually leaves at least something to the imagination, I often wish I was at liberty to show even half of myself.