like it or leave it

sometimes we think that we really don't like where we are or what we are doing.... .... then we make choices and 'change' things.... .... only to realize that we miss what we thought we didn't like.

a drop of water...

an analogy... as I sit here in thought staring at the water in my pictures... lost in thought...
a drop of water, on your hand is wet and will get your attention... on a counter, doesn't always get seen.. but is there until it dries "fades away'... in a stream, river, lake, ocean... goes unseen~blending with all the others just like it~ and it would
take "what?" to recognize which drop was the one that evaporated today... ... and which one joined the others to create a larger mass... ...
alone~we run the risk of drying out or "fading away"... yet in the masses we go un-noticed... ... so which is better?? ... ~

Priceless Gifts

Can't you see?...
This is the world according to me...
These are what matter most,
What I want you to be able to remember...

Don't you care?...
These were the best moments for me...
If I could live them each again, 
These are the ones I'd be sure to relive...

Won't you hear?...
The stories I tell, each word I say...
Talking of journeys traveled,
Lifes lessons and thoughts I've had along my way...

Reaching out to you...
as you turn away in your youth...
As I did in mine, because the heart can't see the time...
The time that passes and leaves with it...

Priceless gifts that can only be given....
When we See,
When we Care,
When we Hear...

Writing...

 'A Gift' ... ? ... or simply, hmm... an unlearned talent.. ? ..
The unexplained ability, and even the frustrating fact... that what is within the greatest/farthest reaches of ones mind can control them, and yet remain so un-controled.. . . .
What am I thinking? I am wondering how, when words flow from within, at times they can become something that I would read time and time again... and yet other times when words bounce around inside, struggeling to make sense--struggeling to come to life... they are just words. Like a breeze that blows in the wind, felt for the moment and yet never thought of again.
If this is a talent then why can't these breezes become forceful like a hurricane force wind... that leaves lasting impressions and a with a resounding force are wispered time and time again?...
And... if this is a Gift, then why can't it be opened and used? Why must it be kept in a package, and stored preciously upon a shelf to only be peered upon now and then?..
... ...

Strength

Strength is not something that can be measured with the eye... you can not see the strength of a hand when you look upon it... you can not tell the strength of someones heart when you look at their face... the determination and endurance that builds the strength of a soul... ... is something that can never be seen from the outside. . . .

From Youth to Age...

"talking tonight.. you helped me to see-- that every path we take, every choice made, every moment that passes in life is like grains of sand passing through an hourglass... each single grain, by itself helps to fill the hourglass.... ... One day, when time runs out on life... we will reflect on each grain that helped to fill it and realize that without each moment by itself... life would never be full. ♥ .

"I'm alive"   tyler

As they Grow

When a child is born,

they capture your heart

become your whole world...

 ... then the years pass by

little by little

they fill your life with the cycle of love and hurt...

 that will prepare you for the time...

... when they will break your heart,

and leave you to face life alone again.

Oh, but with the occasional flutter,

 promise,

 and hope of a closeness that long passed.

They keep you just close enough,

to give you something to hope for, live for, love for...

 ... yet at the end of each day,

the sun will set on an empty place.

The decisions made.. will no longer be yours,

the path that the child will follow

         will be their own..."

@s.ray

One day to a soul... September 15, 2012

"What does one day bring to a soul?? opportunities? trials? blessings? ... ... ... in one day, sometimes it can feel like we lived enough to fill a week... we laughed, enough, sweat enough, paused long enough to capture the moments... and when the day is end and we sit back for a moment and reflect.... it can amaze us how much has filled the space of 24 hours... .... .... ending a long but accomplished day... even when a 2year old danced around the shopping cart singing "Happy" at the top of her lungs... still :) ♥ ..."

"Out of the Darkness"

"Thoughts to ponder... as we walk through this world, what impact are we having on those around us?... as we bottle up our thoughts and make them our own, who are we hurting? who are we helping? ...
As we follow the crowd, do we ever stop to realize that the crowd wouldn't be if we weren't the individuals willing to take the step to be in the crowd, as each one turns and goes their own way, the crowd slowing becomes one and one and one... ...... and that just might be how one can feel so alone amongst so many....
.... ...."Out of The Darkness".... ...."

Equals Life.. November 4th

"what's on my mind? --Life--, lessons... experiences... choices... chances... captured moments, missed moments... past, present, future... independance... trapped... giggles, laughter, fears, and tears... whatever it is, whatever it was... the one universal word to desribe every experience--- --- Life --- ---"