A good relationship ushers an intense sense of presence within me. Someone I don’t mind sitting in silence with until there are authentic words to speak. There’s no need to fill space with talk or activity - That person becomes my mirror, my calibrator, a safe haven, and yes, even the trigger for anger and intense negative emotions. All of this is an invitation to have a deeper understanding for what is going on within me. Because I can hardly think of a less productive activity than to blame someone else for how I feel. ~Karma

‎”You wander from room to room, searching for the diamond necklace that is already around your neck.” ~Rumi

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In the space between disillusion and wholeness I found us. Having lost all, including ourselves and each other, we were free to love purely. Fear existed only as a memory.  More than content we were resting in absoluteness. And if all were to change tomorrow, so be it. We had lived in the past, avoided the present and seen the future. We had each other. And that was enough to rock the world, even & especially beyond ourselves. 

(photo: allison redner)

We’ve shared our bodies and moments of space with gratuitous fervor. We agree we’ve been connected in lifetimes before.  And still, my hair has grown more than us, this past year.  

Knowing the cold reality of betrayal intimately and having no reason to trust in anything, he hides the parts of the man I love; the truly vulnerable one as well as the one who don’t give a fuck.   Somewhere learning that a man with a purpose should not allow love, dedication, or desire, to slow his ascension.  

One day, while he’s looking out for number one, he’ll turn around to find only himself in the place that love once stood. 

All mission and no love, he made a relationship look like a purchase. Take care of it, be gentle, display it properly & only when necessary. But certainly do not feel anything for your material possessions. And once they’ve been used sufficiently, discard them. 

Now did he actually think he would do that with me?

(photo: Gregory Han)

“In the space between yes and no, there’s a lifetime. It’s the difference between the path you walk and the one you leave behind; it’s the gap between who you thought you could be and who you really are; it’s the legroom for the lies you’ll tell yourself in the future.” ~Jodi Picoult

“There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are messengers of overwhelming grief…and unspeakable love.” ~Washington Irving

“I held a moment in my hand, brilliant as a star, fragile as a flower, a tiny sliver of one hour. I dripped it carelessly, Ah! I didn’t know, I held opportunity.” ~Hazel Lee

“There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning.” ~Louis L’Amour

photo (Akintunde Akinleye)