But What Are Loyalty And Caring

“But what are loyalty and caring really worth?"

"To me? Everything.”

~ Richelle Mead, The Golden Lily

It Is Necessary To Fall In Love

“It is necessary to fall in love – 

the better to provide an alibi 

for all the despair we are going to feel anyway.”

~ Albert Camus

Become The Leader Of Your Life

“Become the leader of your life. 

Lead yourself to where you want to be. 

Breathe life back into your ambitions, 

your desires, your goals, your relationships.”

~ Steve Maraboli, 

Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

The Weather Of Love

THE WEATHER OF LOVE

Love 

Has a way of wilting

Or blossoming

At the strangest,

Most unpredictable hour.

This is how love is,

An uncontrollable beast

In the form of a flower.

The sun does not always shine on it.

Nor does the rain always pour on it

Nor should it always get beaten by a storm.

Love does not always emit the sweetest scents,

And sometimes it can sting with its thorns.

Water it.

Give it plenty of sunlight.

Nurture it,

And the flower of love will

Outlive you.

Neglect it or keep dissecting it,

And its petals will quickly curl up and die.

This is how love is,

Perfection is a delusional vision.

So love the person who loves you

Unconditionally,

And abandon the one

Who only loves you

Under favorable

Conditions.”

~ Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: 

The Writings of Suzy Kassem

I Thought He Should Have Realized

“I thought he should have realized sooner 

that important people don't show up very often, 

and you should hold on to them when they do. 

Maybe I was smarter than he was all along, 

because that was something I'd always known.”

~ Lorraine Zago Rosenthal, Other Words for Love