you giver of light.you lover of love.you beautifulbeautifulhuman being you.

the opening, the breaking, the falling apartis always so quick.the hurting, the healing, the putting back togetheris always too long.

i can't hold onto love.i'm not gentle enough.i always end upcrushing the thingin between my fingertips.

we get brave.we move.we believe.we keep going.

everything i know about loveis that it hurtsand is almost always never returnedthe way you want it to.but i have hopebecause i do not know everything.

i am changingand i am loving change.

i am soft again.there is water and it surrounds me.there is feeling and i can feel it.i am awake and aliveand swollen and heavy with love.i am changingand i am loving change.

i am awake and aliveand swollen and heavywith love.

i feel everything.i do not know how to un-feeland to not feelis to stop the sun.

i took it off.i did not want to carry it with me anymore.

hold company with yourself so sacredthat even when you are alone, you are whole.

History is the hidden map of who, where and how we are today.

The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.

The road to the sacred leads through the secular.

Don't consider our interests or desires. You have no duty to anyone but yourself.

I wrapped that Monday and started on my third episode for Miss Match on Thursday of that same week and we just wrapped yesterday cause it was split over the holiday.

Those who are firm, enduring, simple and unpretentious are the nearest to virtue.

One thing I have learned is that I should trust my 'gut' instincts. Ultimately, only we know what is best for us.

If I could go into the woods and kill a bear myself, I'd wear it proudly as a trophy.

Cast yourself into the arms of God and be very sure that if he wants anything of you, He will fit you for the work and give you strength.

Today I am discovering who I am. Today I am becoming my person, worthy of developing all of me. Today I am beginning to know that I am okay the way I am.