Life is but a dream...

There can be no rebirth without a dark night of the soul, a total annihilation of all that you believed in and thought that you were.

Our culture’s fascination with romantic love is really quite pervasive. If you have any doubt about this, just listen to many of the most popular songs during the past 100 years or more, and you’ll hear all kinds of lyrics about how badly someone needs someone else. For example, “Baby I need your lovin,” or “If you leave me now, you’ll take away the biggest part of me,” etc. We are literally bombarded with this type of programming in music, and in films, books and TV shows as well. As such, it’s not surprising that so many people develop the belief that they NEED a romantic partner in their life. The reality is that whenever you approach a love relationship from a position of need, you’re putting yourself into a very uneasy position. Think about it, if you come to believe that you truly need another person to be fulfilled, you can never rest easy because there’s always the possibility they may have a change of heart and leave, or worse yet, die. That’s why the age-old advice that we should first be able to live happily on our own is so very practical.

I drown the people I care about. I over nurture them. I over love them; over think them. I push away or bring them closer. I’m sorry. I love until it hurts. I don’t know any other way.

You’ll be bothered from time to time by storms, fogs, snow. When you are, think of those who went through it before you, and say to yourself, ‘What they could do, I can do.’

When the army doesn’t come for you, when no one chooses to fight for you, when no one dives in after you with fairy tales and promises, you write a different story. You write a tale of adventure and chaos, of survival and fortitude, and instead of wishing to be saved, you save yourself.