Rise Together

It's a beautiful time to be alive.

And the long walk home is peopled -

We, are everywhere.

Yet the struggle to surrender is where we walk alone.

So the next time you fall

look

to either side where you lie

and take the hand

of your dear Sister or Brother

whose own face is muddied.

We can rise together,

even if we fall alone -

for it's a beautiful time to be alive

even

on this long walk home.

~ Em Claire 2007

What Do You See?

One star differs from another in glory, yet all shine; so one organization comprehends more of the Divine than another; yet all truths are of God. The agitation of thought develops mind. A rap on the head set Newton to thinking. So prone is the human mind to the narrowness of educational prejudices that it often requires severe raps to break the old shell of conservatism and let in the new light of progressive truths.

~ Marcia M. Bullard

[Short Story] White Rose

Why do we say "No"? In order to say "Yes" to what really matters. ~ Miriam Adeney

Be happy

We can have no relationship of depth or authenticity if we insist there is nothing wrong with us, or that it is always the other person’s fault… To refuse to take responsibility and admit our flaws makes the intimacy and love we seek in relationships an impossibility.

~ Hope Has Its Reasons by Rebecca Manley Pippert

A Blind Love

Even if happiness forgets you a little bit, never completely forget about it. ~ Jacques Prévert