~LOVE IS~

  LOVE IS BEING HAPPY
FOR THE OTHER PERSON WHEN THEY ARE HAPPY...

BEING SAD FOR THE OTHER PERSON WHEN THEY ARE SAD...

BEING TOGETHER IN GOOD TIMES...
AND BEING TOGETHER IN BAD TIMES...
LOVE IS THE SOURCE OF STRENGTH...
LOVE IS BEING HONEST WITH YOURSELF AT ALL TIMES..
TELLING, LISTENING, RESPECTING THE TRUTH
AND NEVER PRETENDING...
LOVE IS THE SOURCE OF REALITY...
LOVE IS AN UNDERSTANDING THAT IS
SO COMPLETE THAT YOU FEEL
AS IF YOU ARE A PART OF THE OTHER PERSON.
ACCEPTING THE OTHER PERSON JUST THE WAY
THEY ARE AND NOT TRYING TO CHANGE THEM
TO BE SOMETHING ELSE...

LOVE IS THE SOURCE OF UNITY...
LOVE IS THE FREEDOM TO PURSUE
YOUR OWN DESIRES WHILE SHARING YOUR EXPERIENCE
WITH THE OTHER PERSON
THE GROWTH OF ONE INDIVIDUAL
ALONG SIDE OF AND TOGETHER
WITH THE GROWTH OF ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL...

LOVE IS THE SOURCE OF SUCCESS...
LOVE IS THE EXCITEMENT OF PLANNING THINGS TOGETHER...
THE EXCITEMENT OF DOING THINGS TOGETHER...
LOVE IS THE FURY OF STORM...
THE CALM OF THE RAINBOW...
LOVE IS SOURCE OF PASSION...
LOVE IS GIVING AND TAKING
IN A DAILY SITUATION
BEING PATIENT WITH EACH OTHER'S NEEDS
AND DESIRES...

LOVE IS THE SOURCE OF SHARING...
LOVE IS KNOWING THAT THE OTHER PERSON
WILL ALWAYS BE WITH YOU REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS,
MISSING THE OTHER PERSON WHEN THEY ARE AWAY,
BUT REMAINING NEAR IN HEART AT ALL TIMES...
LOVE IS THE SOURCE OF SECURITY...
LOVE IS THE SOURCE OF LIFE...

...SUSAN POLIS SCHULTZ...

~ DREAM CATCHER ~

IN MY DREAMS I AWAKE
AND TRY TO CLIMB THE WALL BACK TO REALITY.
BUT WHEN I REACH FOR THE WALL IT DISAPPEARS INTO THE FOG
AND I STUMBLE BACK INTO MY DREAM.
LIKE LIFE, MY DREAM REVEALS MY DESIRES TO BE
SOMEWHERE WHERE I AM NOT.
AND LIKE LIFE, THE FOG HINDERS MY DREAMS
OF WHAT I LONG TO BE WHEN I AM AWAKE.
SO I SHALL DREAM WHILE I LAY AWAKE
AND BLOW AWAY THE FOG WITH CONFIDENCE AND PRIDE
FOR NOW I CAN SLEEP AND DREAM OF THINGS DONE
AND NOT OF THINGS DREAMS ARE MADE OF..
 

~KISS THE WIND~

PERCEPTION IS A WONDERFUL THING...
SO UNFORTUNATE ARE WE TO BE CAUGHT IN A WEB OF LONELINESS.
STRUGGLING IN THIS UNCARING SNARE,
WE YEARN FOR A LOVING HEART TO CALL OUR OWN.
SPEAK INTO THE WIND FOR IT WILL CARRY
OUR CRIES TO THE RIGHT EARS.

IS THERE AN ESCAPE?
PERHAPS, YES...IF ONLY IN THE RECESSES OF OUR MINDS.

...WAIT AND LISTEN...
HEAR THE ONE SEARCHING FOR YOU.
REACH OUT WITH YOUR SOUL AND TOUCH ANOTHER
TO EMBRACE IT EVER SO CLOSE.

RESTLESS, EMPTY HEARTS...STAND STILL!
LISTEN TO THE SOUNDS OF SILENCE
AS THE WIND SOFTLY KISSES YOUR SKIN.

REACH OUT, EYES CLOSED...TO TOUCH ANOTHER JUST LIKE YOU.
THEY TOO NEED ONE TO TRUST...
TO SHARE THEMSELVES...
NOT WANTING TO BE ALONE.

LOVE IS LIKE THE WIND WITH MANY WAYS
TO GO AND SO MANY STORIES YET TO TELL.

...SPEAK...
...THEN LISTEN...
...SOMEONE IS WAITING TO HEAR AND ANSWER YOUR PLEAS.
OPEN YOUR ARMS TO WELCOME THE ONE CALLING FOR YOU.
LIKE A KISS IN THE WIND,
THEY'RE FEELINGS ARE THERE...
CARRIED BY AND THROUGH THE WIND.

ANSWER THE HEART THAT IS YOUR HEART...
THEY TOO ARE ALONE AND HAVE NEED OF SOMEONE
THEY CAN TRUST WITH THEIR LOVE.

...REACH OUT...
HEAR AND FEEL THEM SPEAKING TO YOU!
SOFTLY, YET SO LOUDLY...
HEAR THE VOICE SAY,

...JUST KISS THE WIND...
...FOR I AM HERE...

BY
T.W. MARTINDALE
SAGWU USDI
1998

~IT IS MY WISH THAT EACH OF YOU FIND YOUR SOULMATE IN LIFE
FOR THERE IS A "CONSTANT"AND A "REASON" FOR EVERYONE~

~MY CONSTANT, MY REASON, MY SOULMATE~

Ron

MY LOVE FOR YOU COULD NEVER DIE..
SO HERE'S TO YOU..
THE IMMORTAL BUTTERFLY

OUR DAUGHTER C.S.I. MELANIE

-Photo Courtesy Ft. Worth Star Telegram-