Tattoos

I have a few tattoos. But they are not the tattoos I am talking about here.

These tattoos are the "hearts" "hatred" "vulnerability" "passion" etc, that I wear on my sleeve.

I think that I am a very easy person to figure out. I am not always the most approachable, or even the most friendly sometimes, but I am easy to peg down. The reason is that I wear my heart on my sleeve. With reckless abandon.

I am a fiery person. I am born under the sign of Tiger, in the Chinese horoscope, with a Dragon rising sign. So, the rest is pretty easy to figure out. I am fierce. Fierce in my love for some, in my disdain for others, or in my convictions. It is hard to change my mind once I have decided how I feel.

I have had many wonderful experiences in my life, and I choose not to live my life with regret. Perhaps in the moment, from time to time, I will regret a decision or an action, but after awhile I realize that in that moment I did exactly what needed to happen in order to shape who I am.

I have loved deeply, and been hurt. I have also been loved deeply and been the "hurter". Yet, I feel so full of passion about all of my relationships; intimate, sexual, platonic, family, that any of the hurt that I have experienced heightens the journey for me. And, so does the returned love and passion.

I have weighed the risks of displaying my "tattoos" and this is what I have come up with;

To risk looking the fool for any type of love is to risk being fully exposed to the person whom you are shedding your love upon. You risk them not feeling the same. You risk them not reciprocating to your expectations. You risk being hurt. You risk being judged....

You also risk them seeing you, and loving you anyway.

I see the biggest risk as not taking the risk. By not being open, vulnerable and true, you run the risk of not knowing, not loving, not receiving.

And that is a risk I am not prepared to take.

Risk on.

Wear a short sleeved T-shirt from time to time.

Show those "tattoos"