Dreams

Saw this quote on www.oprah.com by Eleni Gabre-Madhin from Ethiopia: We spend most of our lives cutting down our ambitions because the world has told us to think small. Dreams express what your soul is telling you, so as crazy as your dream might seem—even to you—I don't care: You have to let that out.

My dream has always been to have a close knit loving family but through numerous divorces and miscommunications we are far from that; but I still hold on to that dream-perhaps sometime in the eternities when we look back at this short time we are on earth together, there will be that moment of understanding and unity. What is your dream?

One more thought from Maya Angelou, famous black woman poet: And as Angelou once said, "History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again."

Looking Ahead

Planning, dreaming, and working

are all part of the process of growth

becoming all you can be, achieving

your potential. I love productive times.

When ideas flow so easily, opening up

possibilities unlimited waiting for my

efforts, faith and diligence to pursue

the lofty, worthy, noble ideals of this life.

Another summer begins

The heat returns as perspiration drips

from my brow after a late evening walk.
How quickly I had forgotten summer heat
during the long colder winter months.

Now it comes suddenly reminding me

of the need for iced drinks and cooler
times of sitting under the fan while
the air conditioner provides its relief.

Soon we will be complaining of how

hot it is and wishing it were winter

once again. How fickle we people are,

always wanting what we don't have.