Love makes you want to be a better man. But maybe love real love also gives you permission to just be the man you are.

That which God said to the rose and caused it to laugh in full-blown beauty He said to my heart and made it a hundred times more beautiful.

He knew one of the women well and had shared his universe with her. They had seen the same mountains and the same trees although each of them had seem them differently. She knew his weaknesses his moments of hatred of despair. Yet she was there at his side. They shared the same universe.

He was not my boyfriend. On the other hand he wasnt just a friend either. Instead our relationship was elastic stretching between those two extremes depending on who else was around how much either of us had to drink and other varying factors. This was exactly what I wanted as commitments had never really been my thing. And it wasnt like it was hard either. The only trick was never giving more than you were willing to lose.

Last night I wept. I wept because the process by which I have become woman was painful. I wept because I was no longer a child with a childs blind faith. I wept because my eyes were opened to reality....I wept because I could not believe anymore and I love to believe. I can still love passionately without believing. That means I love humanly. I wept because I have lost my pain and I am not yet accustomed to its absence.

It starts so young and Im angry about that. The garbage were taught. About love about whats romantic. Look at so many of the so-called romantic figures in books and movies. Do we ever stop and think how many of them would cause serious and drastic unhappiness after The End Why are sick and dangerous personality types so often shown a passionate and tragic and something to be longed for when those are the very ones you should run for your life from Think about it. Heathcliff. Romeo. Don Juan. Jay Gatsby. Rochester. Mr. Darcy. From the rigid control freak in The Sound of Music to all the bad boys some woman goes running to the airport to catch in the last minute of every romantic comedy. She should let him leave. Your time is so valuable and look at these guys--depressive and moody and violent and immature and self-centered. And what about the big daddy of them all Prince Charming What was his secret life We dont know anything about him other then he looks good and comes to the rescue.

Live your truth. Express your love. Share your enthusiasm. Take action towards your dreams. Walk your talk. Dance and sing to your music. Embrace your blessings. Make today worth remembering.

Then love knew it was called love. And when I lifted my eyes to your name suddenly your heart showed me my way

Down on the lake rosy reflections of celestial vapor appeared and I said God I love you and looked to the sky and really meant it. I have fallen in love with you God. Take care of us all one way or the other. To the children and the innocent its all the same.

Six hundred and forty fish later the only thing I know is everything you love will die. The first time you meet someone special you can count on them one day being dead and in the ground.