when it pains, it roars.

“Perhaps we’ll meet again when we’re better for each other.”

“Did I offer peace today? Did I bring a smile to someone’s face? Did I say words of healing? Did I let go of my anger and resentment? Did I forgive? Did I love? These are the real questions. I must trust that the little bit of love that I sow now will bear many fruits, here in this world and the life to come.”

“I’m proud of you and I’m with you and you’re really here with me.”

“I sit before flowers 
hoping they will train me in the art 
of opening up.”

“Do you love me enough that I may be weak with you? Everyone loves strength, but do you love me for my weakness? That is the real test.”

“I have done nothing all summer but wait for myself to be myself again —”

“I end up persuading myself that one cannot talk about people one loves too much.”

“Listen, soul. I am afraid. I feel doubt insinuating its way into me.”

“I’m choosing happiness over suffering. I know I am. I’m making a space for the unknown future to fill up my life with yet-to-come surprises.”

“Don’t be the reason someone feels insecure. Be the reason someone feels seen, heard and supported.”

“I exist in two places. here, and where you are.”