The Circle Trap

I was recently told, “sometimes we have to stop fighting against things to see the beauty and love in them.” At first, I wasn’t sure exactly what he meant by this. However, after a great deal of thought to the subject I began to see the beauty in those words. Life sometimes can be hard,…

My Experience with the Moon

The other morning I left for work at the usual time: 6:50am. Expecting the morning to be like every other morning. I was pleasantly surprised at how much light there was and found it to be rather beautiful as the sun was approaching the mountains and pink began to fill the eastern sky. Before I…

Learning to Face my Fears

I think all of us at some point in our lives have loved another. Whether it’s a family member, child, pet, significant other, someone in our lives has touched us and felt love to that person. Love is so simple, yet for some reason it’s also one of the most terrifying things to experience. The…

My Zap of Reality

I consider myself among the lucky few to actually say I have a very dear friend. Finding true friends are hard to come by. Most people, myself included, can get caught up in their own world and get to busy or distracted to think about my friends sometime and what they may be going through….

My Evening Surprise

I am not one of those people who can’t admit when they are wrong. So, this article is me admitting I was wrong about something. Being a literature lover, I love a Jane Austin book as much as the next. It is of my opinion that she writes with her heart and her passion, which…

Going Forward

I have always loved sunrises and sunsets. Especially the sunsets because I am usually not a morning person. But they always were beautiful. When I was growing up, I remember being surrounded by big beautiful mountains, and the sunsets would fill up the sky more beautiful in Arizona than many people can imagine. However, they…

Rivers and Woods

The woods are calm with mystery and light Yet the river come through rushing day and night The woods love the river for life and joy Yet the river thinks the woods are only their toy. The river thinks he needs no one playing under the sun While the woods depend on the river that…

Learning About Life

Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” Isn’t that a tremendous thought? However, that leaves us questioning what is it that lies within us? As we all are living our individual lives filled with different experiences and backgrounds, many…