i am stronger than a sepik crocodile, more cunning than gideon's three hundred, more powerful than david's five stones, brighter than the thunderbolts of zeus. i can change lives, resolve injustice, reverse poverty, inspire hearts and minds, connect kindred souls. i can make laughter and inspire singing, persuade lovers to find each other, strangers to make friends, and enemies to make peace. i can move mountains.
---Patricia Raybon, My First White Friend---
7.05.2005
i’m so completely here… and i love it. my life is here in tennessee right now, my thoughts are here, my heart is here, and i am so glad to be here with these people i love. thank You, God that You know what You’re doing, even when i have no idea. You know what fits me, who i am. thank You for knowing me.
what a beautifull world u have
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My candle burns at both ends;
It will not last the night;
But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends –
It gives a lovely light!
Edna St. Vincent Millay, A Few Figs form Thistles, 1920.