Dignity

“Dignity will only happen when you realize 

that having someone in your life doesn’t validate your worth.”

~ Shannon L. Alder

Love One Another

“love one another, 

but make not a bond of love:

let it rather be a moving sea 

between the shores of your souls.

fill each other's cup 

but drink not from one cup.

give one another of your bread 

but eat not from the same loaf

sing and dance together and be joyous 

but let each one of you be alone,

even as the strings of a lute are alone 

though they quiver with the same music.”

~ Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet

The Real Thing That Keeps Men And Women Apart

“The real thing that keeps men and women apart, is fear. 

Women blame men and men blame women, 

but the culprit is fear, women are afraid of one thing, 

men are afraid of a different thing; 

the fears of women have to do with losing 

while the fears of men have to do with not being good enough for something. 

One is loss, the other is insecurity. 

Men are innately more insecure than women 

and women are innately more needful of companionship than men. 

It's good for both men and women to be able to recognize 

and identify these fears not only within themselves, 

but within each other, and then men and women will see 

that they really do need to help each other. 

It's not a game, it's not a competition, 

the two sexes need one another.”

~C. JoyBell C.

He Who Wants A Rose

“He who wants a rose must respect her thorn.”

~ André Gide

I Remember One Desolate Sunday Night

“I remember one desolate Sunday night, wondering: 

Is this how I´m going to spend the rest of my life? 

Married to someone who is perpetually distracted 

and somewhat wistful, as though a marvelous party 

is going on in the next room, 

which but for me he could be attending?”

~Suzanne Finnamore