“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements; lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket- safe, dark, motionless, airless--it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable.”

 C.S. Lewis quotes (British Scholar and Novelist. 1898-1963)

I love traveling in the middle of the night! It is like magic to see the sun rise in a different location than it set.

A Little Piece of a Miracle

Colored bubbles!
How grand!
They were amazing before...
Like a little piece of a miracle.
Now they're like a bigger piece of one!
:)

Quote

“To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance”

 Oscar Wilde quotes (Irish Poet, Novelist, Dramatist and Critic, 1854-1900)

Happy Birthday to My Friend Holly

I don’t know what I would do

If my life didn’t have you

All the time you make me laugh

People look and stare and think we are daff

I know you may not think that is a word

But I looked it up and it has been heard

Daff means silly or playing the fool

We both know that laughing is very cool

I love you sister or maybe step mother

Because in this world you are like no other

The four agreements - don Miguel Ruiz's code for life --Worth repeating over and over again

agreement 1

Be impeccable with your word - Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love.

agreement 2

Don’t take anything personally - Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won’t be the victim of needless suffering.

agreement 3

Don’t make assumptions - Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness and drama. With just this one agreement, you can completely transform your life.

agreement 4

Always do your best - Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse and regret.

Create your own sunshine with a smile! ~Jeanne Best

“Miracles are especially possible when there is passion involved!" ~Jeanne Best #quote #believe #followback

10/08 Therapy

It has been a year
Difficult to get through
Challenges have been many
And satisfaction is anew

Life has changed dramatically
A little piece at a time
Almost everything is different now
May even be called divine


The future appears to be promising
Things to look forward to every day
I cannot wait for tomorrow
Even if it cannot stay

Taking one day at a time
Using strength and perseverance
I will keep these happy thoughts
And defy all interference

5/08

Much to my dismay

You threw our love away

I was shaken to the core

Now it is no more

I trusted you with my life

Trying to be your wife

I trusted you with my soul

All the time wanting to be whole

You took away my trust

Leaving me with disgust

All my hope is gone

Now how the hell do I go on???

11/5/07

I was to be your queen
And you to be my king
But all of your sin and sickness
Went and ruined everything

What made you so rotten
What made you evil to the core
Why did you have to hurt me
Why couldn't you have loved me more

Your betrayal cut right through me
So cold and razor sharp
You became that monster in the shadows
And you simply broke my heart

I envied those around me
With loving husbands taking care 
I was left feeling humiliated
And my mind became impaired

How do I continue
To claim the life that was mine
I refuse to be completely broken
And will be okay...in time