"Come, let us have some tea and continue to talk about happy things." ~ Chaim Potok

 “It was always the favorite time of the year, for me at least. The world blossomed with new flowers, and new flowers blossomed with new hope. The world was like an art, a rejuvenating art drawn by an enthusiastic nature. The air was becoming warmer, and warmth had all to do with positives. It was the best time of the year, a time of warmth, a time of hope and a time of positives.”

― Tshetrim Tharchen, A Play of the Cosmos: Script of the Stars

If people were meant to pop out of bed, we'd all sleep in toasters. ~ Jim Davis

 We sit in silence

sipping tea
The autumn leaves
are falling fast
We do not speak of
what we feel
The memories that
haunt our past

We know the
seasons change
and go
They cannot bring
back what we lost
We only have this
moment so
We cherish it at any
cost

For we are bound by
fate and time
The gentle and
mysterious flow
That made us share
so much sublime
And taught us how
to love and grow

We smile and nod
remembering still
That we have joy
and grace and skill
And in our eyes the
truth is clear
We are the lucky
ones my dear

Chester

“When the heart gets hurt, It always rains.” ― Neymat Khan

 “I helped myself to coffee and brought it to the little kitchen table. I'd eaten baby food at that table, and I'd done my homework at it too. The refrigerator and the stove got changed out, but the table remained. It was the heart of the kitchen, and the kitchen was the heart of the house. Even after the attempted kidnapping, the kitchen still felt safe. Even with my mother nipping at the whiskey and my grandmother reading the obits for entertainment, the kitchen felt sane. Going with Grandma's theory, I was pretty confident that all our souls were intact, and that the kitchen was partly responsible for keeping them that way.”

― Janet Evanovich, Twisted Twenty-Six

"It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education." ~ Albert Einstein

 Dear Brave One,

You are not too emotional.

You are not too sensitive. Your heart is constantly at war with all of your emotions; each one fighting to be dominant.
You feel the energies of others.
You feel when they're happy, sad, angry, fake, and truthful.
You know when they're using you and when they're being genuine. You are not weak.
You are gifted with the ability of heightened intuition.
Your anxiety is nothing to be ashamed of; it's a reminder that you have the gift of empathy.
Not many possess this rare trait because it takes a special kind of individual to be as genuinely
compassionate as you are.
Your kindness is your strength, not your weakness.
Own who you are.
You have a beautiful, brave soul.