In my collection box

“Change happens for you the moment you want something

more than you fear it.” 

― Eric Micha'el Leventhal

"In a forest of a hundred thousand trees, no two leaves are alike. And no two journeys along the same path are alike."

Paulo Coelho

"It takes a lot of time being a genius. You have to sit around so much doing nothing. Really doing nothing." Gertrude Stein

“You can ask the universe for all the signs you want, but ultimately, we see what we want to see when we’re ready to see it.”

upon death's door (the Light)

she rose up from body limp

to the light that warmed the universe

there she realized no fear of human death

for the beauty of the afterlife laid out before her soul's eyes

sent back down not quite ready yet

she no longer entertained uncertainty for the loss of life

instead she oft dreamed of returning on over to that other side

it makes living this human life experience

much more charged with excitement and adventure

she does not think it is necessary to survive

but rather to find the joy in all things including the struggles

as each passes too quickly compared to eternity

Ready but living 

Sometimes wishing for that peaceful bliss of forever unafraid 

It's a reminder of living courageously today