Avoid making comparisons in your relationship

Avoid making comparisons in your relationship

A Poem for Graduates

Today you each embark on a journey...
each one different,
each one important.
Your eyes are set on your destination,
but do not forget the beauty that resides
in every step that you take along the way.
No dream is realized without tears
mingled with the joy.
Life's prize is meaningless
unless you appreciate
the baby steps that get you there.
As you focus on your goal,
do not lose focus of those around you...
for it is in giving to others that you will receive,
and it is in teaching that you will truly learn.
Today your mind is filled with the knowledge
that comes from hard work
and long hours of study,
but your true education is only about to begin,
for life's hallways
are filled with hidden corners
and secrets still meant to be discovered.
You are the hope of the future,
the key that will help unlock
the marvelous mysteries
still waiting to be unraveled.
Step into your life
with curious abandon.
Never lose sight of your dreams,
and when you look back on this day,
know that it was not the end of a journey,
but the beginning of the rest of your life.

Sometimes

Sometimes my soul is filled with pain

Reaching, searching...

for that healing rain.

Sometimes my heart is lonely and sad

drowning, aching

remembering what I had

Sometimes my mind is cluttered and confused

swirling, twirling

feeling so used

Sometimes my body is no longer my own

aching for a touch

that feels like home.

Sometimes I long to run so free

into the arms

that will comfort me.

Surrender's Sonnet

Moonlight glows on a clear summer evening;

Honeysuckle blossoms perfume the air;

Your hand over my heart, swiftly beating

I feel so alive, knowing that You care.

Your eyes are dark as they pierce through my soul;

Your touch inflames me…oh, what total bliss!

For the first time in my life, I feel whole

Oh, how I live for moments such as this.

I surrender, for I belong to You,

Can you feel me tremble with just Your touch?

I obey… it is what I long to do

I never realized I could feel so much.

Your whispers are like a beautiful song.

Kneeling before You is where I belong.