Nothing can be so great a discouragement to learning, as to find a fellow with only simple nature to guide him, who shall have the impudence to know the same things that learned men have studied so many years to attain the knowledge of. Juries have the effect of placing the control of the law in the hands of those who would be most apt to abuse it. The laws of nature having made one man wise and another man foolish, this strong and that weak, human laws should reverse it all by making another man wise and one man foolish, that strong and this weak. Safe behind that impenetrable shield the law, the scurviest rascals upon Earth make a scurvy use of their scurvy tongues.  Take a break anytime you feel yourself slipping back into old feelings of anxiety, shame, depression, anger, or fear. The arm of the las reaches far, and though its movements are sometimes slow, they are not the less certain. Be sure that all who are enraged against you will be ashamed and disgraced; those who contend with your will become as nothing and perish. Your patient instructions are turned into wisdom, warm blood, and regulations. I thank you for your painstaking cultivation. You, like the second Sun, bring us Sunshine and wisdom. People who need to approach their painful memories through some kind of activity instead of intellectual contemplation often prefer to use the process of investigation and verification. You can do this by talking to others who share the same family history, or were part of very similar families, to investigate and verify your memories.   

I had spent too long dreading the weekends. On weekdays, I was quite content with my life and my relationship. I went to work, had occasional dinners out with friend, went to my spouse’s weekly chorus rehearsal, and worked out at the fitness club on the way home from work three times every week. I also enjoyed my nightly phone conversations with my spouse. We spend almost every weekend together. Ryan and I love going for *drives in the country, hiking, and movies. We cook together and spent hours talking about the weather, plants, life, and architecture. The World smiles when you smile. There is a will to live, and that is fueled by human concern and human companionship. My heart is waiting and waiting. I love lilac you present me most and you are white lilies in my heart. I miss you, every second, every minute in every day. I dream of you, every second, every minute at every night. I have been laughing with you, full of tender feelings; I have gained your elation which only love gives you. You are going to be alright. I do not force my presence when you prefer privacy. I just let life flow, and this creates a genuinely human relationship. With such an invitation from you, reaching out in love is what matters most. When together we experience a sense of continuation with our healthy lives.

You are a living person, one who is respected, cared for, shared with, turned to, relied upon. There is a sphere of sharing when you take my feelings into account in making decisions and carrying on activities. Encouraging behavior possess much real psychic space. Even if the choice is which shirt to wear. Concrete decisions and specific acts are what have enabled us to experience ourselves as a part of life. My love falls in your White Squall, splashing a beam of blue moonlight onto your Albatross. And in this moonlight, your love floats into my heart. I love you for your absolute sincerity. You add something of extraordinary value in my life. You have such warm hands. I hope you are going to be with me when I get colder and colder, right here and right now. Deliver us from sudden death and let me know my end. The point of these petitions is a plea that death not come prematurely and without warning. We want some time to assimilate the reality of God. We want enough time to act wisely in relation to these responsibilities that are ours. We want time to learn to die. We want to participate in and own that which is at hand. I give you my sense of humor, my ability to see life in ways others do not, my genius at putting others at ease, and my gift of lifting a bit of the burdens others bear. I bestow upon you my gift to mystify others with imagination, warmth, peace, purpose—life itself! 

There has been someone rather than no one; there has been something, rather than nothing. And the pain of having lost does not need to diminish the joy of having had. Life is lifted up and thereby becomes part of our truly human destiny. Our faith always looks beyond our little lives to the larger life in God. We are beings of the soul and there is something within us that does not die. You are like the wind in the Spring, tender and warm, blowing gently into my chest and wrinkling my heart. For thou who sleeps in stone and clay, heed this call, rise up and obey, trek on through the Mortal door assemble flesh and walk once more. The doctrine of the resurrection of the body expresses a long way of life. The union is ephemeral. May our hearts be closely together and inseparable forever and display God’s potentialities. We are part of the fabric of the Universe—all are restored to meaningful relatedness. In life there is always more than dreams. You with my hope take wisdom and knowledge and greet honesty, goodness, and resolution. Our best is worth forgiveness for those realities and is worth preserving so that which matters most does not officially go down the drain. Our love is something neither moth nor rain can consume. Life and love are the intensity that flood us in the presence of Heaven. The painful loneliness of unconnected living mirrors the fact that only human responding can heal that most human hurt. I hope someone I love will hold my hand—closeness is greater; love is greatest!