#moments

♥

when time stands still

and your eyes blink in slow motion

and your breath floats by my face

and our world is totally quiet

and you can hear my heart

and that it beats for you

i will

my heart beats in me
yet beats for you
my love lives in me
yet lives for you

your choices are yours to make
your journey is yours to travel
my hands are yours to hold
my arms 
yours to pile your bags on
or fall into
because whatever you choose
even if you're wrong
i will walk beside you
i will sleep inside you
i will cover you

and when the dust floats down around us
and the shrapnel lands on our skin
sticking
burning
tumbling
carving new reminders
i will peel off the debris
and wash it from your hair and all the places you are unaware of
that are numb 
or paralyzed 
or shivering with shock 
i will kiss away the new wounds and the old ones which are now reopened 
i will carry your weight
and the weight of all the others that you have forgotten to let go of 
i will pour love into your broken open crevices that feel to you like gaping canyons 
i will remind you of your you-ness
i will drink away your fears
i will sing your favorite words
i will breathe peace
into your spirit
until you remember how
to breathe it
on your own

on this date

most of us have days in our life that we never forget;
dates on our timeline when our life changed undeniably ...
when something happened that made a difference in our life either positively or negatively.
most of us also have or have had at least one person we can name whose life changed our life in some way ... undeniably.  
sometimes both of these are connected;
maybe the date someone came into this world,
or maybe the date someone left. 
maybe the date of a union
or the date of a divide. 
i am blessed to be able to say that this date, december 9, is one of those dates on my timeline,
a date that i will never forget,
all because one person literally walked into my world
and although i didn't know it yet as it was happening,
my life would be completely changed for the better.  
i hope you will join me in celebrating
by honoring with gratitude
someone who made,
or still makes,
an undeniable difference
in your life.

love really can heal

when your light is dim
and your pieces are scattered all over the floor
when it hurts to move
and your bones cry out
and your tired fingers search for who you were
but you cannot see
and you can't put yourself back together
when your eyes ache
when your heart lies like dead weight in your chest
putting pressure on your ribs
and testing the strength of their cage

when you have lost your life

i will hold you until you come up for air
and then hold you longer
and longer still

i will kiss your lips
your forehead
your face
and i will nourish your soul

i will fill you
with faith

i will reseed your spirit
with hope

i will love you
back
to health
one breath
at a time.

the you i know

it is necessary to me that you know how i love you.

i love the you i know on the inside who doesn't put on any kind of act or wear any title.  it's just you.

sometimes vulnerable. 

sometimes uncertain. 

sometimes afraid. 

sometimes insecure.

i love YOU: all the parts of who you are and who you were born as. 

the innocence of my heart loves the innocence of yours. 

i love you most when you are brave enough to be honest with me, to be you and say whatever the truth is even when it hurts. it strengthens our bond because i honor your spirit and your true nature, your deepest self, and i am sorry that in the middle of your fear and in the midst of my tears it is probably impossible for either one of us to see that i am grateful.

i know it can be scary to be honest. i know people are often punished for being honest when they are asked to tell the truth.

it is not in my heart to punish you.

it is only in my heart to love you with all that i have. 

i believe that real love is big enough to heal what is hurting. 

and i never want you to be afraid with me ... to be afraid to be honest or to be afraid of a consequence. 

i don't love you with conditions. 

i don't love you with consequences. 

i love you

with my life.

love has a way

whether you believe in one transcendent God,
infinite manifestations of God,
a personal God,
or no God,
i celebrate your belief. 
and it is my belief that it is all the same,
with different names,
and that we are all connected through the source of love and spirit.
whether you are religious or not,
or spiritual or not,
i believe that kindness is the root of all faiths and of all people.
love is our common denominator.
love is the aim.
love is the goal. 

life has a way of teaching us things.
LOVE has a way of teaching us who we are.

life has a way of showing us what we're made of.
LOVE has a way of showing us what God made us to be.

life has a way of revealing the truth.
LOVE has a way of revealing our soul.

life has a way of taking us places.
LOVE has a way
of bringing us home.

#everyday

everyone who is born is here for a reason. and when someone's life begins we don't know what that reason is or who and how far that life will reach. but i do know that there is no motivational speech, no sermon, no image, accomplishment, or award to be won, that can affect one human soul like the true connecting with another. 

when someone changes your life just by being,
just by letting their soul out in your care and in your presence,
and not by the words they speak,
a job or skill they perform,
or the lessons they teach,
but by sharing life with you,
allowing you to see and love their spirit naked and raw before you,
there is nothing truer.
nothing so pure.
nothing more intimate,
peaceful
or loving. 

when it isn't about what they can do for you
because it's about who they are. 
when it isn't about what you want from them
but what you want for them. 
when there's no agenda,
when you know you are safe,
you know
you are home. 

it is where faith lives.

join me today in honoring someone you love, and celebrating the very gift of their birth,
their journey,
their life.

because once a year is not enough to celebrate someone's birth.
once a year is not enough to tell people what they are worth.

#gratefulforyourlife #everysingleday