Who were you before you put yourself last.

What is our family? We touch our full hearts and see ourselves reflected whole in each other's eyes.

Play as often as you can.

When we have a circle of friends, we have more fun. We get more done, we feel and are stronger, and we really do celebrate the power of our 'us.'

I confessed recently to an old friend, "I realized I was looking at you, in your visit, through old glasses. Speaking old words. Telling old stories. I realize that in my life I've made so many physical changes and I need to give my spirit time to catch up." Time for my spirit to look at my friend through the new glasses of current life experiences. Old friends are precious. They become even more treasured when they are wrapped in the currentness of life experiences and not relegated to the past in which they once lived.

An "always been" does not mean I must choose "what must be."

Capture a shadow, dance with the wind, stand in a rainbow, begin at the end.