Saturday, September 11, 2010
Friday, September 10, 2010
Thursday, September 09, 2010
Wednesday, September 08, 2010
Saturday, August 21, 2010
we always search for answers
because we want to prove ourselves that we had the right decisions,
but the truth is we can't search for what's not there.
things happen because they are meant to happen.
that's why we forgive people, even if they hurt us,
we love people who don't love us and we smile despite every painful crash in our hearts.
at the end of the day,
the lesson you get are the answers to your decisions.
or have a very long, intimate conversation,
yet feel there are still words left unspoken,
or embrace your special someone,
yet never have the strength to say you care so much,
life tells us that happiness is never absolute.
so while it's still there, seize the moment,
cause it may never come again...
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Sunday, August 08, 2010
Wednesday, August 04, 2010
Tuesday, August 03, 2010
The Invitation
I want to know what you ache for and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing.
It doesn’t interest me how old you are.
I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love for your dream for the adventure of being alive.
It doesn’t interest me what planets are squaring your moon...
I want to know if you have touched the center of your own sorrow if you have been opened
by life’s betrayals
or have become shrivelled and closed from fear of further pain.
I want to know if you can sit with pain mine or your own
without moving to hide it or fade it or fix it.
I want to know if you can be with joy
mine or your own if you can dance with wildness
and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes
without cautioning us to be careful
to be realistic
to remember the limitations
of being human.
It doesn’t interest me if the story you are telling me is true.
I want to know if you can disappoint another to be true to yourself.
If you can bear the accusation of betrayal and not betray your own soul.
If you can be faithless and therefore trustworthy.
I want to know if you can see Beauty even when it is not pretty every day.
And if you can source your own life from its presence.
I want to know if you can live with failure
yours and mine and still stand at the edge of the lake and shout to the silver of the full moon,
“Yes.”
It doesn’t interest me to know where you live or how much money you have.
I want to know if you can get up after the night of grief and despair weary and bruised to the bone and do what needs to be done to feed the children.
It doesn’t interest me who you know or how you came to be here.
I want to know if you will stand in the centre of the fire with me and not shrink back.
It doesn’t interest me where or what or with whom you have studied.
I want to know what sustains you from the inside when all else falls away.
I want to know if you can be alone with yourself and if you truly like the company you keep in the empty moments.
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from the book The Invitation
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
I Believe...
That no matter how good friends are, they are going to hurt you every once in a while and you must forgive them for that.
That true friendship continues to grow, even over the longest distance. Same goes for true love.
That you can do something in an instant that will give you heartache for life.
That it's taking me a long time to become the person I want to be.
That you should always leave loved ones with loving words. It may be the last time you see them.
That we are responsible for what we do, no matter how we feel.
That either you control your attitude or it controls you.
That regardless of how hot and steamy a relationship is at first, the passion fades and there had better be something else to take its place.
That heroes are the people who do what has to be done when it needs to be done, regardless of the consequence.
That money is a lousy way of keeping score.
That my best friend and I can do anything or nothing and have the best time.
That sometimes the people you expect to kick you when you're down are the ones to help you get back up.
That sometimes when I am angry I have the right to be angry but that doesn't give me the right to be cruel.
That just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have,
That maturity has more to do with what kinds of experiences you've had and what you've learned from them, and less to do with how many birthdays you've celebrated.
That it isn't always enough to be forgiven by others. Sometimes you have to forgive yourself.
That no matter how bad your heart is broken, the world doesn't stop for your grief.
That our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are responsible for who we become.
That just because two people argue, it doesn't mean they don't love each other. And just because they don;t argue, it doesn't mean they do.
That you shouldn't be so eager to find out a secret. It could change your life forever.
That two people can look at the same thing and see something totally different.
That your life can be changed in a matter of hours by people who don't even know you.
That even when you think you have no more to give, when a friend cries out to you, you will find the strength to help.
That credentials on the wall do not make you a decent human being.
That the people you care about most in life are taken from you too soon.