I suppose I am~

I suspect the truth is that we are waiting, all of us, against insurmountable odds, for something extraordinary to happen to us. 

Khaled Hosseini

Before Khaled Hosseini (born March 4, 1965) became a novelist, he was a doctor. Even after his first book, The Kite Runner, was published, he continued to practice for another year and a half before deciding to write full time.

Divine Love~

In a Tree House

Light

Will someday split you open

Even if your life is now a cage,

For a divine seed, the crown of destiny,

Is hidden and sown on an ancient, fertile plain

You hold the title to.

Love will surely bust you wide open

Into an unfettered, blooming new galaxy

Even if your mind is now

A spoiled mule.

A life-giving radiance will come,

The Friend's gratuity will come -

O look again within yourself,

For I know you were once the elegant host

To all the marvels in creation.

From a sacred crevice in your body

A bow rises each night

And shoots your soul into God.

Behold the Beautiful Drunk Singing One

From the lunar vantage point of love.

He is conducting the affairs

of the whole universe

While throwing wild parties

In a tree house - on a limb

In your heart.

~ Hafiz

from The Subject Tonight Is Love:

60 Wild and Sweet Poems of Hafiz

truth~

Is it fair to have given us the memory of what was and the desire of what could be when we must suffer what is? 

Neil Jordan

To be truly happy~

They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for. 

Tom Bodett

No longer a bud~

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. 

Anaïs Nin

Best known for her candid diary, writer Anaïs Nin (born February 21, 1903) also appeared in the work of experimental filmmakers Kenneth Anger and Maya Deren.

My Daddy~ One year later

~ One year ago today my precious dad departed "out beyond the stars"~ I'd love to tell him that I've fared well, but his presence is deeply missed. I know he would hold my hand and say, "oh gosh Pooh, I'm sorry...it'll be okay..." He's right, it will..it has to be. I love you Daddy ~

Hold Fast to Dreams~

Hold fast to dreams, 

For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird, That cannot fly. 

Langston Hughes