THE JOURNEY:How do you know that you have found love. Was it lost? Did it pass you on the street and you didn't see it? And for those of us that have lost love, how do you know when the time is right to allow yourself to find it again. How many people have told you that it is required that you wait a year, two years, or even five years. I think sometimes that being placed in a monastery is the solution for some giving advice. My question....Why is this? Do you become less human after you have lost someone? Does the capacity to give of yourself get any less real? Is the loneliness that we feel so unimportant that we can't possibly be rational in our thinking? This is for all of you reading this that although you think you are giving wise an sage advice and it is coming from your heart, STOP IT. Step back, think about what you are telling us and think about why you're saying it. I think you will realize that although you have good intentions, mine and all of us who have lost a loved one deserves to be happy and loved. Let us be in control of finding, losing and deciding the timing. Feeling guilty for loving someone new would be the last thing that I would ever place on anyone else's shoulders. Yes, I know this is Valentines Day. What better day to remind everyone that love exists for everyone. Happy Valentines Day everyone.

THE VEIL

THE VEIL LIFTED THIS MORNING
EVERYTHING BECAME BRIGHT AND CLEAR
NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS GOING FORWARD
CHOICE CONTROLS THE OUTCOME

DESTINY LINGERS ON THE HORIZON
AND UP TO NOW IT COULDN'T BE GRASPED
BUT CLEARING THE LENS OF UNCERTAINTY
BRINGS THE LIFE BACK INTO FOCUS

WE ARE ALL ON OUR OWN TIME SCHEDULES
FACING THE DARKNESS
ACHIEVING THE VICTORIES
BUT WHEN THE VEIL IS LIFTED
SMILING WITH PURPOSE TAKES ON A WHOLE NEW MEANING