It is best to do it right the first time,
Even if done slowly;
Than to do it improperly a dozen times out of haste.

When our loved ones die,
They're not really gone.
They turn into the trees,
Slide into the breeze,
And morph into the air that you breathe.
Think of these things,
When they're gone.

All my life I've been running,
From goal to goal.
Challenge to challenge.
Craving the rise,
And fearing the fall.

But now,
In your arms I feel a peace I've never felt.
A nurturing love that I always feared,
Is in the end what has given me a calm I never thought I would have.

Peace is ever-present.
Despite what happens in life, one can always choose peace.
Even in the blustering winds of a hurricane,
Peace is always at the center.

A life lived well,
Needs no attention.

One lives well,
For his own sake
And for the benefit of those around him.

Though he does it quietly,
With no need of praise.

A bad gateway keeps me from writing
What's on my heart,
On my mind,
And in my soul.
Could someone please let them know?

Feel the peace that inner strength provides.
Where once you were a small boat,
Struggling to stay afloat on choppy waters.
Now you are unflappable, steady and wise.
The last thing you'll do is capsize.

Your star shines bight from where I'm watching.

My friends were there.
My family was there.
How long will it be until yours is there too?
Caught in the crossfire of an angry man unchained.
Lying on the pavement, with life having left their body.

But we'll say prayers,
And hope it won't happen to us.
We'll send out a Tweet,
And forget it ever happened in a week.

Prayers are not enough,
We need change, and we need it fast.
Otherwise,
This mass shooting won't be the last.

I feel the energy flowing in me,
The breath returning to my lungs,
I am Alive again.

How do you face the truth,
When you've been living a lie for so long?

Look at how free you are,
Free from pain,
And from past scars.

They hold power over you no longer,
You are free.

I'm crackling with energy,
Shining with power,
It's my hour,
To be extraordinary.

Your Soul won today.
I want you to know that.

Turn away from what slows you down,
Let go of what scares you.
Move towards new life.
And embrace all that comes with it.

Do what you have to do,
So you can do what you want to do.

You are where you should be,
So you can become who you could be.

Health is not the absence of illness,
Health is the presence of joy.

A few months ago,
I wrote:
Give her love
And watch her grow.

In the time that has passed,
She smiles wider,
And her eyes crinkle when she does.
Her laugh is deeper,
And the sadness in her breath is gone.

To watch her change is a privilege only I have seen.
I feel as lucky as any man can be.
Each day brings new hope on the horizon,
As her tears wash into the sea.

Raise your head,
Release your dread,
Your best days are ahead.

The tide is turning,
My fears are burning.
Going up in smoke,
As the rest of my doubts drown.
Slipping under the surf,
And disappearing into the sky.

I know it must end,
But it's easier to pretend,
That it won't.

That my heart won't break,
That my voice won't shake,
That my legs won't quake.

It's so much simpler,
To let the strife slide away,
And push that conflict back to another day.

But when all is said and done,
I know it must end,
This must someday be gone.

It is the end of an era.
Everything has come full circle,
And now, it is time to go.

The flat lands,
The rows of corn,
The cool breeze,
I'm coming home.

It won't be long,
Until I see you again,
It won't be long,
My long lost friend.

These are the growing pains of Life,
Breathe,
Treat yourself with Kindness,
And they will subside,
Just as the storm disappears into the horizon.

Colors are brighter,
Sounds are richer,
The world is lighter,

I'm in love.

We are not constituted of bones,
Nor muscles,
Nor arteries.
We are made of stars.
And we burn on as the Divine Fire for all eternity.

That's what this place has to offer me.
I do things better here than I ever thought I could.

Something happens when I look in her eyes,
I can't help but get mesmerized,
She steps into my soul, with one that's old,
To take a quick peek.
But when I do the same, she plays hide and seek,
Always evading and pulling me on,
Until my inhibitions are long gone.
My fears melt away, one at a time
And before I know it, I feel sublime.

'Cause when I look in her eyes, I see two stars,
burning bright all day and night.
I see two pools with infinity bouncing around inside.
I see only truth, moving through the lies,
When I look into her eyes.

When you do things that remind you of lost loved ones,
They never die.

After all of these people,
After all of these friends,
I still feel that no one understands,
Who I am.

The secrets of Life,
Lie in the stillness of the mind.

Allow,
Don't concentrate,
And soon,
You'll levitate.

When we play basketball,
We are told to watch the hips,
And not the eyes.
So we see what the body does,
And we react to it.

It is much the same way with people,
Watch their actions,
Not their mouths.
For the former speaks louder than the latter.

Charge fiercely at fear.
With teeth bared
And nostrils flared.
For the fight is on,
And there's no turning back.

Who am I, but a reflection of what I see?
And is what I see really me?

Science is the art of the Divine.

You have such a narrow view of you should be,
That you lose sight of who you are.

I feel free;
To live without the burdens of the past.
To exist now in the present moment.
To move through life without worries about the future.

It rains today,
For flowers to grow tomorrow.
So do not fret when your shoes are stained with mud,
For that merely means you'll soon be out of your rut,
And in a beautiful field of flowers.

When I walk alone in a crowded place,
I often catch the wandering eye of a stranger.
Whose gaze shows a longing for a life,
That has passed them by.

The only curses are the ones we put on ourselves.

It's beautifully sad to see a friend go,
Even though you love them so.

The day when my dreams and my fears collide,
Has come sooner than I thought.

Two men will enter,
And one man will leave.

One the surface I am petrified,
But on the inside, my soul sings.

I'm afraid.
Afraid to be happy.
Afraid to be at peace.
Afraid to be calm.

But when I see you, I see a life without that fear.
I walk towards it, my whole being shaking.
Knowing that the future I've always dreamt of is here.
But it's that same future that I've always feared.

To know what I want, yet to be afraid to take it,
Is the cruelest form of suffering there is.
It is like having a hungry, empty stomach,
and a throat as wide as a tooth pick.

Yet, I march on, trepidatious as I might be.
For I see a beautiful life, just you and me.

Take one step,
And another,
And another,
And eventually,
You'll go higher than you ever thought you could.

To move through life as a fighter,
But to have a heart and mind that are quieter.

The vastness and majesty of the universe is but a reflection of the wonder that is you.

Be like wine,
Get better with age.
For the moment you stop striving,
Is the moment you start dying.

I see waves crashing and breaking on the shore.
I can feel a lightning strike shoot up my spine.
I hear thunder clap as its echo moves in rings that encircle me.
I feel the Cosmos swirling around and within me.