My Response

I couldn't resist!

If you want to change the world… LOVE a man

A response by Michael Sheely

If you want to change the world… love a man - really love him.

Find the one you can’t bear to be without, the one whose breath fills your body with life.

The one you are afraid to love so deeply.

You who he has held for millennia, lifting you with him, off the earth, into the endless possibilities of light.

When you want to run,

From fear, from grief,

Stop. Turn around. Open your eyes.

See him, see his beauty, and all he creates for you.

This man is perfect – like the sun, the moon, the stars,

The infinite sky, the endless cosmic tapestry,

Every speck of dust, every mountain, every bone, every drop of blood…

He is the echo of footsteps, the beating of the drum, the call to action, the movement of life,

For all the choices you are afraid to make, for the answers you don’t have, for the strength you can’t find,

Turn to him.

If you do not trust his being, you have not seen the light of his endless fire of love.

If you want to change the world… love a man

Not for what you can get, for what you cannot ever own

See his glory, see his power, see how much he holds,

Give up the fight to make him what you want,

Fight instead for his commitment to truth.

You will not find him in casual seductions that distract you from your pain.

Your heart will not be filled by more and more men.

Your heart will be filled by God,

If you cannot see God,

Run,

But if you are ready to let yourself believe that seeing God is a choice,

Not just sometimes, always,

Open your eyes,

And let your fear consume itself,

Let it eat your insides out,

Until all that’s left is faith.

If you want to change the world… love a man.

Love him like there is nothing else to love.

He is ancestor. He is unborn child.

Every boy must grow to become a man,

But not every father knows

How to teach the secrets of God,

Are you willing to forgive?

Are you willing live each moment new?

Are you ready to give your heart’s devotion?

Not just with words, are you ready to walk?

The journey of man is a healing path,

Stand up and take his hand.

He needs you.

If you want to change the world… love a man

You shaming him will not get you what you want

Your blame will not change your responsibility to yourself

Let go of judging

See with new eyes the precious man beside you

See the heart, soul, mind, and body

Only with this whole vision can you see the sacred gift.

Let go of stories

Trust what is

Forget your belief that you deserve more, that you are somehow better,

See through fear, stop demanding what is not given

Let go of who you think he is, and see the man in who is there.

Ask him how he feels,

Ask him what he wants,

Listen.

Your compassion can be the gift that

That lifts him back into his light.

If you want to change the world… love a man

Love him through his anger, his shame, his grief

He has suffered his own violence for generations

Be there for him

Hold your arms out and embrace him

You cannot change the world by denying what is

And if you are not prepared to look, then leave.

This is not the place for you.

If you are not ready to see man,

If you are not ready to know sacred masculine,

Turn back to where ever you came from

Start again

Because you cannot live without him.

Don’t come to him half way

Don’t come to him with conditions

Don’t come to him if you are not ready to let paranoia die

Your past pain must find its peace with the past

Victimhood must end

That time is over

Step into your power

God smiles on those who claim their lives.

What if love is the dream that has been forgotten?

What if what you hold is only half of what you want?

Are you willing to open all the way,

To let him in, are you willing to share the beauty of the Masculine?

I you want to change the world… love a man

Follow your pain to the depths of your heart

It is only there that you can know the fullness of love

When at last you settle into you own deepest truth

You ideas will fall away

You will see God

There will be great light, a magic that can only be found in the honest vulnerability of love,

A magic so profound it has no limits,

A gift so immense it never ends.

Allow yourself to surrender, to remember

The infinite realm of sacred, divine union.

What a journey this is!