Inspiration: Author Unknown

[NWMtnHawk]

After awhile you learn the difference between holding a hand and chaining a soul.
And you learn that love doesn't mean leaning, and company doesn't mean security.
And you begin to understand that kisses aren't contracts and presents aren't promises, and you begin to accept your defeats with your head held high, and your eyes wide open; with the grace of an adult not the grief of a child.
You learn to build your roads on today, for tomorrows ground is too uncertain for plans, and futures have a way of falling down in mid flight. After awhile you learn that even sunshine burns if you get too much.
So you plant your own garden, and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone else to bring you flowers.
And you learn that you really can endure, you really are strong, and you really do have worth.
And you learn and learn, . . and you learn~ with every goodbye you learn.
~Comes the Dawn~ "Author Unknown"

[wanderingrichard]

oh man, perfect train of thots for those of us looking for help from within ourselves.

thanx , 'Hawk

[Azrael]

Exactly what I needed to read :( It's hard to keep things in perspective when all one can see is their own selfish pain. Not being sarcastic btw, just having a rather shitty day.

[mistymockingbird]

Love it. Speaks to me on many levels and is very appropriate for my life right now. Thanks for sharing.

[Herbwoman39]

(((((((((((((((((((Az))))))))))))))))))))))))

Remember sweetie, there's no such thing as a permanant problem.

[NWMtnHawk]

Thank you Richard, Azrael, misty, . . . I stumbled accross this quote in a profile on AOL years and years ago, . . it has always stuck with me. It moved me on more than just one level at the time I first read it, and it has always continued to move me whenever I read it. What a profound person must have wrote it.

[12voltman59]

A very nice piece you shared with us--it brings to my mind the title of a book I read many years ago by a couple who were relationship therapists--the title sort of became my way of operating:

"Love is not finding the right person, Love is being the right person.."

That idea allowed me to leave behind some of the more destructive and harmful things I did to sabotage my early relationships--namely being needy, possessive and the like---

I had fallen into the trap of believing that if I somehow "found the right person" then all would be great in my life...

That idea changed my way of thinking on so many levels--and I did strive to make me be "the right person..." and allowed me to not feel compelled to be with someone--"just to be with someone"

[NWMtnHawk]

Right on 12Volt, . . sounds like maybe it should be "required reading" for some people I know, . . . lol.

[Nara_lovely]

...perfect timing for me to read that!

*thankyou* (have passed it onto a few friends)

Sometimes, a simple thing as a post like this, can make such a difference for another person.

[DiamondDog]

Thanks for posting this. :-)

[happyjoe68]

"Anon" and "Author unknown"

Aren't they the world's most prolific authors?