Live The Vibrant Life
Sometimes when I close my eyes
faces come to mind,
of people who have touched my life
Along the paths of time.
I see a long lost smile I feel an old embrace
My chest swells in wistfulness
At the memory of a face.
I’m happier when I give people a piece of my heart rather than a piece of my mind.
Honest differences of opinion should never be permitted to destroy a friendship. ~ Chaim Potok
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Everyone has demons.
I’ve tried to make friends with mine.
Not because I’m giving up the fight
or I believe lies whispered in shadows.
YOU are always with YOU, so you may as well be friends with yourself. ~ Byron Katie
Heartache, sadness or disappointment doesn’t have to cancel out happiness and joy and optimism… It doesn’t mean we’re faking it through life. If we’re being happy in heartache.
Friendship and courage between a young white boy and an elderly black man remind us that friendship is not only available to us if we are open to it, but that we need each other to survive.
On particularly rough days when I’m sure I can’t possibly endure, I like to remind myself that my track record for getting through bad rough days so far is 100%…and that’s pretty good.
In this tale of inward struggle and personal triumph, an old fisherman reaches within the depths of himself to fight the good fight and wrestle with the fish of his dreams alone on the ocean.