All of my secrets and scars and wishes and dreams can live together in this one body without shame without blame and without fear. I am all loved all accepted and all in service to God. In his eyes regardless of what I did or didnt do today I am loved. I am His so I am enough.

Secure your dreams for they are the wings of your soul and when vulnerable flight is inconceivable.

Let your light shine.

Since the beginning of time there was always stories like this he replies. As children we reveled in the dream that there was a place out there that was different from the one we lived in.

I had a dream about you. Two empty benches sat on a man and I jogged by but did not stop because I knew if I did Id fall asleep and that damn tortoise would beat me again.

I had a dream about you. It was raining and you were anorexic and shaped like an umbrella. We fell in love like a desert has a dry sense of humor. I laughed so hard I got dehydrated and sunburned.

You miss 100 of the shots that you dont take. Still wondering whether it is worth giving a shot at your dreams

He thought he was walking along a dusty road that showed white in the gathering darkness of a summer night. Whence and whither it led and why he traveled it he did not know though all seemed simple and natural as is the way in dreams for in the Land Beyond the Bed surprises cease from troubling and the judgment is at rest.

I had a dream about you. I ran a marathon like a mannequin stands still and you stood still like Roger Bannister runs errands.

As he lay there he was sure that he could still feel the memory of that strange hand cupping the back of his neck and he couldnt believe how empty his mouth felt now that it only had his own tongue in it.