Forever Connected

Every moment we spent together

Has touched our lives, our souls forever

The things that we shared and learned

Is permanent growth that we've earned

The person that I have grown into today

Didn't get there by chance, no way

I am who I am partly because of you

And you ARE you because of me, too

The changes I see

and what I've learned about me

are a response to how we affected our lives

and what we discover in each others eyes.

It's uncertain if we have to part or one day live together

Either way, we have touched our lives forever!

No matter what the future will show

No matter what we are told.

We are connected on such a deep levels

That no one can remove that, not even the devil.

Our feelings might be different a year from now

But you are part of me forever somehow.

A part of me will always be you

And a part of you will always be me.

No matter what happens, that much is certain

Our souls are one until life closes the curtain.

I will love you forever

For worse or for better

You are tattooed in my heart

And nothing can tear our souls apart.

I will never forget you

For my love is honest and true.

Portrait of A Friend

I can't give solutions to all of life's problems, doubts, or fears.
But I can listen to you, and together we will search for answers.

I can't change your past with all it's heartache and pain, nor the future with its untold stories.
But I can be there now when you need me to care.

I can't keep your feet from stumbling.

I can only offer my hand that you may grasp it and not fall.

Your joys, triumphs, successes, and happiness are not mine;

Yet I can share in your laughter.

Your decisions in life are not mine to make, nor to judge;

I can only support you, encourage you, and help you when you ask.

I can't prevent you from falling away from friendship, from your values, from me.

I can only pray for you, talk to you and wait for you.

I can't give you boundaries which I have determined for you,

But I can give you the room to change, room to grow, room to be yourself.

I can't keep your heart from breaking and hurting,

But I can cry with you and help you pick up the pieces

and put them back in place.

I can't tell you who you are.

I can only love you and be your friend.

FABULOUS

On being FABULOUS...

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate

Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure

It's our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us,

We ask ourselves,

"Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?"

Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God

Your playing small doesn't serve the world

There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that

other people won't feel insecure around you

We are all meant to shine, as children do

We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us

It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone

And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give

other people permission to do the same

As we're liberated from our own fear,

our presence automatically liberates others.

-Marianne Williamson-