You Complete Me :)

I've decided I'm gonna make this blog post about y'all. Why? Because y'all deserve it. We all have our individual paths in life, but thank God, literally, that our paths are not meant to be isolated from one another. They intersect in beautiful and surprising ways, for the benefit of us all. Why some people don't make use of those intersections is beyond me.

Of course, it's not all happy giddiness. There are times when having a close connection with someone is vital. It's crucial in warding off sadness, anger, depression, loneliness, etc. And, I confess that this blog (in its two incarnations...Xanga and Blogspot) is often the place I go to find that connection. And because of that, I say thank you for reaching out to me. My hope is that I can reach back in an equally powerful way.

So, as a small way of expressing my appreciation, I want to share a quote that perfectly describes that magical moment when a regular ol' acquaintance becomes a treasured friend. (At least one of you already knows it, since I swiped it--in a friendly manner, of course--from your blog.)


"We cannot tell the precise moment when a friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; so in a series of kindness there is at last one which makes the heart run over." - James Boswell

Self-Expression...Mine and Theirs

"Void"

I didn't hear what I didn't hear,
And I felt detached.

I didn't see what I didn't see,
And I felt isolated.

I didn't feel what I didn't feel,
And I felt alone.

I didn't know what I didn't know,
And I felt free.

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"Man has responsibility, not power." - Tuscarora proverb

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A priest asked, "What is Fate, Master?"

And he answered, "It is that which gives a beast of burden its reason for existence. It is that which men in former times had to beat upon their backs. It is that which has caused nations to build byways from City to City upon which carts and coaches pass, and alongside which inns have come to be built to stave off Hunger, Thirst and Weariness."

"And that is Fate?" said the preist.

"Fate...I though you said Freight," responded the Master.

"That's all right," said the preist. "I wanted to know what Freight was too."

- Kehlog Albran, "The Profit"