the truth is

live in today, for all of the yesterdays and all of the tomorrow’s will come soon enough...

...we must let go of the need to be superior. All of us are equal in the eyes of God. Each and every one of us is a manifestation of divinity. We all have a purpose unique and of our own. No one is inferior or superior. However, it is natural for the ego to identify others on the basis of their appearance, achievements, intelligence and possessions, and desire to judge itself as superior in some way. To feel superior is a form of hostility, and attracts back only hostile actions and hostile feelings and keeps us disconnected from our source...

let go of your reputation, for it lives only in the minds of others and you have no control over their thoughts. When we are overly concerned about what others think of us, we are disconnected from our nature and we become a slave to other’s opinions. Our real truth is to listen to the voice of the heart – in doing so one is truly connected to his purpose and fully connected to the source. Your reputation has nothing to do with you – so let others debate over it...

as I sat next to a man on a plane, the first meaningful interaction in my direction was, "so what do you do". This suggests to me that what I do is who I am. I immediately turn the conversation in a different direction because I do not yet know enough about him to answer. I begin my inquisition as I prepare my identity. It became very important in life that I control what you were to think of me. For me, it had always been that what you do is the key to who I am. I must become greater, for I am not good enough as I am. My cognitive awareness of this did not openly appear for some time in sobriety. I would learn that the burden of carrying around these masks and constantly changing them would become overwhelming and would eventually crush me. To this tact, I never knew who I truly was as a person much less as a spirit. In the end, from this root of pretending, I became broken and defeated. I was left with but one choice. I had to surrender or die...

once I learned to stop defining myself based on who you were, life became easy and I became me...

still today there is much about me that hides from the world. Within me, lives measures of what the world calls good and bad. Elements that might both warm ones heart and shatter ones bones. Paired by all, I seek only to live just one day without regret before I pass...

to be a part of ones heart is a gift that is beyond priceless. To love without demand is a trait without comparison. There is no greater emotion to feed the spirit than love. Stage your being to give it and it will return many fold...

tears leave our eyes having risen from out of our soul as an expression of our inner selves, our Spirit. There is little that is more beautiful in our spirit, than the expression of our tears. If we love our GOD unconditionally, we will be blessed with an even greater love, which will give power to our tears. It is that power, that love, that allows us to bear the sadness of the world and have it washed away. It is that same love, those same tears, that same power that fills our soul with joy and waters our life like the flower grows...

as you hold the burning candle, the flame draws nearer the hand. The moment draws closer and closer where you are faced with choice. One of relief and one of pain. Honor choice...

as each moment of the day unfolds, comes a new thought. How often I see my level of patience fleeting. Lasting too brief for my liking, without permission, pass it does. I seek tolerance, yet my lack of patience seems to race above the fold and present itself like the lead story. I need never to forget that others dance with difference as do I...