365832's blog: "Poems by Others(This means I didn't write them!)"

You will be walking some night in the comfortable dark of your yard and suddenly a great light will shine round about you, and behind you will be a wall you never saw before... Though you have done nothing shameful, they will want you to be ashamed. They will want you to kneel and weep and say you should have been like them... Be ready. When their light has picked you out and their questions are asked, say to them: "I am not ashamed." A sure horizon will come around you. The heron will begin his evening flight from the hilltop. ~Wendell Berry, from "Do Not Be Ashamed"

So who said it was easy to keep old flames burning? Even experts could use a little divine help now and then. The easy part is to go out and be brilliant as Shakespeare. Harder--much harder--to be the light dancing in someone else's eyes. Lights such as love require more faith than fuel. Of all leaps, the most dangerous is into the mind of your lover. Regarding miracles: What is less explicable than Remaining in love through the long icy anguish of anger? All lovers long for freedom only slightly less than they fear it. In the end, love burns not desire but fear. Not one of us would be capable of keeping the fire burning Except for the knowledge that it is the sweetest, best, and most beautiful thing in our lives.

The following came from a blog of a young lady in my life that i am coming to love so much...she is surpassing my wiseness by leaps and bounds! she put theses saying in her blog and now i pass them into mine...some of the sayings really touch deeply in my heart! If I never met you, I wouldn't like you. If I didn't like you, I wouldn't love you. If I didn't love you, I wouldn't miss you. But I did, I do, and I will." "I miss you when something really good happens, because you are the one I want to share it with. I miss you when something is troubling me, because you are the one who understands me so well. I miss you when I laugh and cry because i know that you are the one that makes my laughter grow and my tears disappear. I miss you all the time, but I miss you most when i lay awake at night and think of all the wonderful times we spent with eachother; for those were some of the best times of my life." "I try to talk to you, but I don't know what to say. I am afraid you don't want me to say anything. So I don't. But inside of me there are words waiting to come out. And tell you how I feel-like how I miss you. And how I love you despite my broken heart.And how I need you in my life. And especially how much I want you. But those words may forever stay in my heart-locked inside.Sometimes I wonder if there are words locked inside you too... but I'll never know." "They say when you are missing someone that they are probably feeling the same, but I don't think it's possible for you to miss me as much as I'm missing you right now" "It's true that we don't know what we've got until we lose it, but it's also true that we don't know what we've been missing until it arrives." "When all is said and done, you are part of me. That's the way it was meant to be. People are brought together for a reason, everything happens for a reason. I believe the reason that you and me were brought together was because we complete one another. We fill in each other's missing spots with love. And if someday God decides to tear us apart, I trust that there is a reason. Cause if there is a reason for love, there is a reason for life beyond it." "Sometimes you don't know what you're missing until you reach out to touch it. Sometimes you can't see how beautiful something is until it steps back into the light. And sometimes you miss a love you almost didn't lose. But when you need beauty, dream." "When someone leaves you, apart from missing them, apart from the fact that the whole little world you've created together collapses, and that everything you see or do reminds you of them, the worst is the thought that they tried you out and, in the end, the whole sum of parts adds up to you got stamped REJECT by the one you love."

More wise words taken from Lady Victoria's blog...I love reading her blogs and encourage anyone who desires enlightenment and needs encouragement to look hers up. ALL WHO PASS THIS WAY We have so little time, as we pass this way. To enjoy the mighty in the smallest of creations. We have so little, yet have great abundance. When we see the Sacred in the Oyasin, the All the One. We have so little, and so we search. For the Food that feeds us and the drink that quenches our thirst, and we find it in great supply. We have so little, Yet we have so much. Pilamaya, Thank you, Creator, for you have given us so much and we are truly Thankful. As we pass this way on our Journey Home. Aho, Mitakuye Oyasin

Something taken from Lady Victoria's blog that I wish to remember daily. Hope you like it as well. Thank You Lady Victoria for sharing such wise words! SACRED IS A REALITY that is experienced by all, it is UNIVERSAL and has no boundaries. IT IS THE UNIVERSAL REALITY – YOU ARE ALIVE! CELEBRATE that which is sacred about life... AS IN THE RAYS OF THE SUN giving life to all, so was THE FIRST BREATH OF LIFE, and in THE BEGINNING OF TIME, as it is now BEING SHARED BY ALL... IN THE GLIMMER OF LIGHT, the twinkle in a mother and child’s eyes upon they're first meeting. AS IN THE EXPERIENCE of the GREAT in the VERY SMALL, is to know and understand that we are to SHARE IT, the endless drive TO LIVE IT. SOMETIMES LIFE CAN BE A GAME, where WHAT ISN'T has become more important than WHAT IS. BUT WHEN WE BELIEVE that WHAT IS, is more important than WHAT ISN’T, that game is over, it has completed. Then we can begin to LIVE - SACRED. SO AS THE SMALLEST GRAIN OF SAND is as the HIGHEST MOUNTAIN, is as an OCEANS VASTNESS, and in a SINGLE STAR in the HEAVENS ABOVE, would it not be easier to SEPARATE THE WATER FROM THE EARTH than it would be to SEPARATE OURSELVES from that which is a UNIVERSAL REALITY – YOU ARE SACRED. TO BE ALIVE IS TO BE SACRED. SO NOW REMEMBER - who you are. YOU WERE BORN SACRED, anything less than that is a lie. DO NOT BELIEVE LIES. DON'T HURT OTHERS OR YOURSELF, LIVE IN A GOOD WAY AND CONTINUE BEING SACRED.......

My Forever Soul Mate Your smile brings light to my darkness Your touch takes away my pain Your eyes dance with love for me And your lips only speak my name. We were meant to be together There's no other way it could be Because without you by my side I no longer could be me. You've changed my life forever You've showed me the meaning of true love You've opened my eyes to new things And brought me closer to Goddess above. You are the love of my life Not even death could do us part For you are my forever soul mate And I love you with all my heart. I will love you forever and a day... and as long as we can get away with! ~Written by Lady Victoria~ 5-27-07

When my world falls down around me, And the ground is sinking sand; When peace can't be found on this earth, I reach out for your hand. Then when your hand wraps 'round my own, A strength pours from your soul; It brings me to a quiet calm, Till once again I'm whole. A peace beyond all reason, A rest there in your touch; Something in your quiet words, My heart yearns for so much. If I but rest my worries, Upon your shoulder there; The strength that pours forth from your soul, Will wash away each care. Like a cool, sweet taste of water, For a tired and thirsty man; My heart finds peace, my soul is calm, When I reach out for your hand. ~AUTHOR UNKNOWN~

I Believe - 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. I believe - That we don't have to change friends if we understand that friends change I believe - That no matter how good a friend is, they're going to hurt you every once in a while and you must forgive them for that. I believe - That true friendship continues to grow, even over the longest distance. Same goes for true love. I believe - That you can do something in an instant that will give you heartache for life. I believe - That it's taking me a long time to become the person I want to be. I believe - That you should always leave loved ones with loving words. It may be the last time you see them. I believe - That you can keep going long after you think you can't. I believe - That we are responsible for what we do, no matter how we feel. I believe - That either you control your attitude or it controls you. I believe - That heroes are the people who do what has to be done when it needs to be done, regardless of the consequences. I believe - That money is a lousy way of keeping score. I believe- love is trust,and trust is respect I believe - That my best friend and I can do anything or nothing and have the best time. I believe - That sometimes the people you expect to kick you when you're down, will be the ones to help you get back up. I believe - That sometimes when I'm angry I have the right to be angry, but that doesn't give me the right to be cruel. I believe - That maturity has more to do with what types of experiences you've had and what you've learned from them and less to do with how many birthdays you've celebrated. I believe - That it isn't always enough to be forgiven by others. Sometimes you have to learn to forgive yourself. I believe - That no matter how bad your heart is broken the world doesn't stop for your grief. I believe - That our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are responsible for who we become. I believe - That you shouldn't be so eager to find out a secret. It could change your life forever. I believe - Two people can look at the exact same thing and see something totally different I believe - That your life can be changed in a matter of hours by people who don't even know you. I believe - 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. I believe - That credentials on the wall do not make you a decent human being. I believe - That the people you care about most in life are taken from you too soon.

I will not die an unlived life. I will not live in fear of falling or catching fire. I choose to inhabit my days, to allow my living to open me, to make me less afraid, more accessible, to loosen my heart until it becomes a wing, a torch, a promise. I choose to risk my significance, to live so that which came to me as seed goes to the next as blossom, and that which came to me as blossom, goes on as fruit. ~Dawna Markova~

Once upon a time there was a bunch of tiny frogs who arranged a running competition. The goal was to reach the top of a very high tower. A big crowd had gathered around the tower to see the race and cheer on the contestants. The race began... Honestly: No one in crowd really believed that the tiny frogs would reach the top of the tower. You heard statements such as: "Oh, WAY too difficult!!" "They will NEVER make it to the top." or: "Not a chance that they will succeed. The tower is too high!" The tiny frogs began collapsing. One by one... Except for those, who in a fresh tempo, were climbing higher and higher... The crowd continued to yell, "It is too difficult!!! No one will make it!" More tiny frogs got tired and gave up.... But ONE continued higher and higher and higher.... This one wouldn't give up! At the end everyone else had given up climbing the tower. Except for the one tiny frog who, after a big effort, was the only one who reached the top! THEN all of the other tiny frogs naturally wanted to know how this one frog managed to do it? A contestant asked the tiny frog how he had found the strength to succeed and reach the goal? It turned out.... That the winner was DEAF!!!! The wisdom of this story is: Never listen to other people's tendencies to be negative or pessimistic.... because they take your most wonderful dreams and wishes away from you -- the ones you have in your heart! Always think of the power words have. Because everything you hear and read will affect your actions! Therefore: ALWAYS be....POSITIVE! And above all: Be DEAF when people tell YOU that you cannot fulfill your dreams! Always think: I can do this!