"Night" for Illustration Friday

Oh the joy The inexpressible comfort Of feeling safe with a person Having neither to measure words Nor weigh thoughts Pouring them all out just as they are, Chaff and grain together. Certain that a loving hand Will sift through, Keeping what is worth keeping, And with a breath of kindness Blow the rest away….

Faith happens when there is no rational reason to believe. I opened an old journal today and that’s what it said. I have no idea why I wrote it, as a single line on one page. I do know that just unearthing it at a time when I most needed to hear it helps to…

“with each true friendship, we build more firmly the foundation on which the peace of the whole world rests.” ~Mahatma Gandhi I have never known a truer friend or more benevolent soul than this man. I am truly blessed to call him my friend. Our friendship goes beyond the cellular level to the soulular level….

I gazed deeply into the heart of one so beautiful breathed in its fragrance held it so gently and wept as the petals scattered in the wind

“First of all, I want to make one thing quite clear; I never explain anything.“ -Mary Poppins May we all release our need to explain ourselves and to request explanations from others. May we ALLOW life and love to flow freely.

The inspiration for my Illustration Friday submission. Art mirrors life, as they say.