Eye-locks and Other Fearsome Things A book by fellow blogger, Ellen Stockdale Wolfe Blog: stockdalewolfe.com “Eye-locks” is a Bipolar/Asperger’s memoir in narrative form that describes the triumph of love over mental illness. While not a lesson plan, it documents Ellen’s therapeutic journey to finding love against all odds. Useful for therapists, and for patients with …
Bliadhna mhath ùr The past year has gone and it is time for a fresh approach to achieve any goals that were not realised in 2022. The road ahead is not always an easy journey, and one of the things that makes the journey harder is when we lose anyone dear to us. Hope, …
Image Source Credit: Humane Society for Hamilton County (Indiana)/Facebook The poignant image is of Ritter, a dog in Indiana. The dog was separated from his family because of unfortunate circumstances. The effect on any dog that is abandoned, for whatever reason, can be devastating. Although Christmas is a common time for people to get …
Gay? So what? Today, I read on Twitter about someone who shouted “disgusting” at a gay male couple, who were walking along holding hands. I believe it was in an area in London that gay people often frequent. I read it with an equal measure of amusement and annoyance, because with the advancement of time, …
Into My Arms I don’t believe in an interventionist God But I know, darling, that you do But if I did I would kneel down and ask Him Not to intervene when it came to you Not to touch a hair on your head To leave you as you are And if He felt He …
Bliadhna mhath ùr Wishing you all good health and happiness for the new year. As you navigate through life’s storms, may you be guided by the light of goodness and love, and have the strength to aid others who need a helping hand along the way. Stay on this righteous path and you will be …
Love is like the wind, It blows into emptiness And plants the seeds That grow into happiness.
Where does hate get us? Nowhere, Hate is a prison. Where does love get us? Everywhere, Love is freedom.
From love, comes strength, hope and security.
There are a lot of people in the world with a lot of love to give. Shame about the rest of them.
“One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.” Sophocles
“A heart filled with love is like a phoenix that no cage can imprison.” Rumi
You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves. Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine. Meanwhile the world goes …
“We love life, not because we are used to living, but because we are used to loving.” Friedrich Nietzsche
And yet love exists And yet curse exists I let the world know I love, I have faith, I’m afraid. And yet wakefulness is And yet we die repeatedly And yet I believe in soul mate And yet something has changed. Demands from the world I don’t have, A bed, darkness and you. We step …
What is love ? A lifetime spent Of days that pain does fill, That thousand tears can’t content, But asks for tears still. With but a little glance coquet Your soul it knows to tie, That of its spell you can’t forget Until the day you die. Upon your threshold does it stand, In …
Fear less, hope more; Eat less, chew more; Whine less, breathe more; Talk less, say more; Love more, and all good things will be yours.
I am not yours, not lost in you, Not lost, although I long to be Lost as a candle lit at noon, Lost as a snowflake in the sea. You love me, and I find you still A spirit beautiful and bright, Yet I am I, who long to be Lost as a light is …
We, unaccustomed to courage exiles from delight live coiled in shells of loneliness until love leaves its high holy temple and comes into our sight to liberate us into life. Love arrives and in its train come ecstasies old memories of pleasure ancient histories of pain. Yet if we are bold, love strikes away the …
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