Live

I kind of liked this and wanted to share:

Your purpose

is not to spend your entire life

wandering around

looking for your purpose.

Your purpose is

to walk in your magic

and move in your power.

Your purpose is

to be fully alive.

That's it.

The rest will come naturally.

Stop searching and just live.

Small Things

Maybe we ought to live
for the small things,

like handwritten notes,

the soft light at day's end,

soft and gentle kisses,

rainy days curled up on couches,

unexpected chats,

fireside hand-holding,

put-you-back together hugs,

the beauty of the first snow,

or the smell of spring.

Maybe,

in the end,

it's those small things

that will mean and we'll remember

most.

For You

For You
out there, some where
that might need to read this
and reread it.

Don't take criticism from people
you would never go to for advice.

Sometimes that 'you' is me,
but I'm sure there's some other you's
that need this.

Have a beautiful day!
Remember how extraordinary you are.

Gotta Love Lord Byron

There is a pleasure
in the pathless woods,
There is a rapture
on the lonely shore,
There is society, where none intrudes,
by the deep sea and music in its roar,
I love not man the less,
but nature more.

Proof

Simplistic truth today:

Sunsets are proof
that endings
can be beautiful.

Enjoy your day.

Pay Attention

I love this quote ... and it's very "me".
People, pay attention ...

I understand now that I'm not a mess
but a deeply feeling person
in a messy world.
I explain that now,
when someone asks me why I cry so often,
I say,
"For the same reason I laugh so often -
because I'm paying attention."

Be you, bravely and boldly.

With Only

We have all read the quote:
Take only pictures. Leave only footprints.

Of course I can never leave well enough alone.
So ...
let me embellish ...

Let us leave this earth,
not with monuments of our accomplishments,
not with sculptures of our idolized,
not with ruins from our outrage,
not with neon names lit up;
but with only footprints of our explorations,
mended hearts we've helped to heal,
lessons we have grasped to teach,
lives we took a moment to improve,
smiles we have shared and induced,
and love we have freely given to others.