tears

The joy of life is sometimes eclipsed by the pain and yet it is our strength of hope that keeps us afloat.

Where is it that we get that hope from?

I see others in pain and in hurt, I hear of the pain and hurt and my life seems so safe compared to those of the world.

The Sandy Hook Elementary School experienced 27 deaths.
Kiss a nightclub in Santa Maria, Brazil experienced  over 230 deaths.

and those that have life....go onward
and those that mourn...mourn and go onward.

and my life seems so safe.

there are those among my travels who's lives are hurting (and I wonder, what if it was me???)

What if it was one of my children????

and yet...onward

a song I know sings - "love is all we have"

and another "love rules"  and yet another sings- "love reign o'er me"

and I wonder when I will get it.
when will I understand the power of love
the truth of love
the strength of love
when will I get  L.O.V.E.

there's a type of love called unconditional love.
I would like to think I know it and in some aspects I am sure I do.
But I still have so much to know and learn.
So much to explore and engulf into my heart.

there is little that I truly know-
love is the answer
love conquers all
i just want to be loved

and I know that above all else - - - God loves me.

hope is being certain of what we do not see.
I do not see God, yet I am certain that above all the pain//tragedy//hurt there is God.

of this I am certain.

snow angel

a good snow has taken place. it is a wonderment of life. the purity of snow is what always amazes me. it is just absolutely beautiful and pure. unblemished.  

snow causes conversation (at least in southern new jersey it does) and it erases the grey blemishes of man....at least for a time. 

isn't it time to go and make snow angels and frolic in the snow beneath the full moon?

what are you waiting for?

and should you not have snow......is the moon full?.....go and bask in its light. 

may the light always shine upon you and may you feel it's brightness. 

blessings friends, tate