No matter what commandments, scripture, sutras, philosophy, religion, or spiritual practices you follow, if you choose love, you win. We all win. It’s that simple.
Sugar and Spice
Ha! That is pretty much me! Better than the original nursery rhyme:
What are little boys made of?
What are little boys made of?
Frogs and snails,
And puppy-dogs’ tails;
That’s what little boys are made of.
What are little girls made of?
What are little girls made of?
Sugar and spice,
And all that’s nice;
That’s what little girls are made of.
A lot of nursery rhymes are pretty messed up when you stop to think about it.
Ring around the rosy
A pocketful of posies
“Ashes, Ashes”
We all fall down!
This rhyme comes from the Great Plague of London. The symptoms of bubonic plague included a rosy red ring-shaped rash, which inspired the first line. It was believed that the disease was carried by bad smells, so people frequently carried pockets full of fresh herbs, or “posies.” The “ashes, ashes” line is believed to refer to the cremation of the bodies of those who died from the plague.
Rock-a-bye, baby,
In the tree top.
When the wind blows,
The cradle will rock.
When the bough breaks,
The cradle will fall,
And down will come baby, Cradle and all
Why is a song about a baby falling out of a tree supposed to be a restful lullaby?
Sky
You can never have too much sky. You can fall asleep and wake up drunk on sky, and sky can keep you safe when you are sad. Here there is too much sadness and not enough sky. Butterflies too are few and so are flowers and most things that are beautiful. Still, we take what we can get and make the best of it.
| — | The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros |
Three Things
I tend to agree with this. Love is a verb. As the expression goes, put your money where your mouth is. Kind and lovely words are nice, but they have no meaning if there’s not an action behind them.
Let’s face it, everyone lives a busy life in today’s world. But we all make time for things we value. We choose what is important to us and how we spend our most precious asset: our time.
This quote by Maya Angelou rings so true:
“Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option.”
I tend to give people a lot of chances, some say too many chances. But I’m not afraid to cut out people who always take and never give. I’ve done it before, and while it’s difficult at first, it’s what’s best. Life is too short to be surrounded by the wrong people.
Be Your Someone
Find someone who pays attention. Who runs their fingers over your every scar; and asks where each one came from. Find someone who knows how you like your coffee; what song makes you want to roll the windows down and slam on the gas pedal. Find someone who takes in your smallest details; who notices the things you thought no one ever would.
And then…when you find him, be his someone too.
Gravity {Poetry}
The first time
I heard my name
in your mouth,
the ground felt like
a language I haven’t
spoken in years.
I forgot everything
I knew about gravity.
— Rudy Francisco
Touch
There is a primal reassurance in being touched, in knowing that someone else, someone close to you, wants to be touching you. The is a bone-deep security that goes with the touch of a human hand, a silent, reflex-level affirmation that someone is near, that someone cares.
Express
Sometimes it was hard to express how much you loved someone. You said the words, but you could never quite capture the depth of it. You could never quite hold someone tightly enough.
— Diane Chamberlain, The Midwife’s Confession
Good Things
Most things that matter take time. Most things that are good don’t happen overnight. And most of the time the things that are worth waiting for really will require you to wait, to persist.
“No matter how great the talent or efforts, some thing just take time. You can’t produce a baby in one month by getting nine women pregnant.”- Warren Buffett
❤️
Attraction is common. What is rare is having someone who wants to grow and build with you. A partner in every sense of the word, a true confidante, a soul mate. ❤️
Gratitude
Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world.
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.
The revelation that we have everything we need in life to make us happy but simply lack the conscious awareness to appreciate it can be as refreshing as lemonade on a hot afternoon. Or it can be as startling as cold water being thrown in our face. How many of us go through our days parched and empty, thirsting after happiness, when we’re really standing knee-deep in the river of abundance
