{Dark Side} will you love me?

I was in my weight lifting class last night and this song by Kelly Clarkson was playing.  I was listening to the lyrics and was thinking of what I may hide from others.  How many of us are afraid to show our "dark side" -- those things we define as "bad" or "wrong" -- so we are loved?  Or so we don't loose the love we have?  

No one is perfect, so why are we so afraid to show we are not either.  Maybe if we were willing to show more of our flaws it would allow the other person to open up and share theirs as well.  Everyone has their past...their story -- as long as we've learned from it we should not be ashamed of it.  Life happens!  We should not let the define us.  It is the past...and it has made us who we are today.  We must remind ourselves...we are pretty awesome!  

As the quote below points out -- beautiful people do not just happen...

 “The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.”

~Elizabeth Kubler-Ross 

There's a place that I know

It's not pretty there and few have ever gone

If I show it to you now

Will it make you run away

Or will you stay

Even if it hurts

Even if I try to push you out

Will you return?

And remind me who I really am

Please remind me who I really am

Everybody's got a dark side

Do you love me?

Can you love mine?

Nobody's a picture perfect

But we're worth it

You know that we're worth it

Will you love me?

Even with my dark side?