Life's Cycles

One chapter closes, another one opens. Life is a cycle –ups, downs, in betweens, valleys, peaks. We experience them all. The extent to which we experience them is up to us, each one.
What we do with the knowledge we have is also up to us. We can use it for good, evil, we can embrace it, ignore it, or any point in-between.
The love we feel for others is meant to be shared, never hidden. It is in our hearts, souls, our very being. To deny it is against all we know, feel, are. We must act it out.
Allowing yourselves to be, to do, to love ultimately and completely. To do otherwise is nothing short of a crime.
The answers we all seek are there for us, waiting for the questions to be asked.
Love knows no bounds –it is endless; unmistakably, undeniably, endless.
We must seek it, turning on what we know and embrace the truth.
LOVE IS THE ULTIMATE TRUTH, THE ONLY TRUTH!!!!

In the End We Find the Beginning

Everything I do, I will do out of love for myself and those around me. I will make my choices based in that love and the understanding from that love. I will move forward with grace and dignity and see what adventures await me each and every day, not ever again missing an opportunity that is before me.

When one door closes, another one opens and I must step through the threshold (without seeing ahead of time) with trust and faith that that is the right door for me. I know and believe that and even though sometimes it is hard to walk through when you don't know what awaits behind the door, courage must win over my fears and I must walk into the room.

Though my heart may be heavy, though the tears may flow, a new journey must begin. A new beginning must be started. A new world awaits us with open arms and open hearts.

Yes, it would be easier if we could see ahead of time what each day would bring, but then what fun would that be if we always knew? Surprises in life are good for the soul and keep us searching, questioning, and learning. How boring life would be if we were not this way.

Know that I will go on living my life as I have set out to do and anytime my thoughts turn to you, I will think of you and smile. Any time the Angels hit me upside the head with a frying pan, know that I will call, im, text, or email for they are my guides and I trust in them.

Know that you go on your journey with all my love and support. Although I know I will experience pain from time to time. Although I will experience a longing, so strong, a desire so deep, I know in my heart that our love will never end.

I wish you great love in your journey. I wish you great happiness in your pursuits. I wish you great joy in your endeavors. I wish you great emotions to feel and enjoy all that life has to offer you. I wish you an over abundance of love to share with everyone around you. I wish you greatness...

Introduction

Introduction

It had been a long road for Rosa; many years had passed since she began her journey of discovery. Rosa was only a child when she knelt down to pray for a life that only seemed possible in her dreams. She couldn’t have realized then, what she had set in motion.

Those prayers, thoughts, and wishes sent out as a whisper, but no matter how quiet, the universe heard… Setting into motion a chain of events that would take years to fulfill, the universe ultimately answers the child’s prayers.

“Be patient young one, for your heart’s desires will be filled,” the universe whispered in the wind. And so it was, the universe began to conspire for Rosa.

Rosa has endured many trials and tribulations, most from her own creations, choices and burdens. The days that have passed, have often passed slowly for Rosa as she lay in wait.

But what was she waiting for?

Rosa had asked that question many times…

I was just leaving a job I dearly loved when I met Rosa. What a beautiful young woman she was; so full of life and charm! Rosa was kind, compassionate, caring. She had such a gift for love; one she so freely shared with everyone she came into contact with.

Never a hint of the pain she had endured the heartache she had suffered; only the love she felt in her heart. I came to know and love Rosa as if she were my own creation. Many people have asked how such a person could even exist.

My answer is: only through love; pure love, could that person ever come into being. When you share yourself, your soul with another, without fear, without expectations, or without guilt the results are freeing, amazing and loving.

This is where I met Rosa…. And decided to tell her story.