• the universe always leaves a light on for you. it lets you see where you're going and remember where you've been but mostly it helps you notice where you are.on the theater of the night, you might show up in someone else's dream. you're part of them... everybody's part of everything so nobody's exactly alone. even a nightmare can be a little cloud you ride, bad dreams always turn out great because they and and something else begins.
    does morning light wake up the birds? or does their singing wake up the sun? either way it's beautiful so either way it's true. what luck! the air is just for you to breath. your heart's still making music. there's a whole world right under your feet just made to hold you up and something good filling your cup. somebody once told me to keep my eye on the donut and not the hole. so i looked at the at the hole, of course, and then i looked right through it. and what did i see? hey, an even better donut.then sure enough, it rains. but sometimes you look up into those clouds and, look... the shimmer and the gleam. it's rainshine. and you just know it came straight from the silver lining. remember how a puddle might be an ocean just for you? that's still true.
    hi. i'm an umbrella. some people say you should let a smile be me, but sometimes you need the real thing. you'd think i was just a glorified stick. but, oh, when you open me i'm much more. you're more, too. every day you're a little more you. more is everyone's favorite amount.
    once there was a sad orange. it was sad because it didn't rhyme with anything. it tried to act all sunny and happy, but deep down it knew it was alone.then one day... hey, wait a minute. i'm juicy and sweet and full of vitamins and sunshine and rain and orangy flavor. it's all good. and the moral of the story is... if you're an orange, be an orange. don't be a kiwi. and speaking of lemons (as we weren't) when life hands you some, you know what to do.

    RECIPE

    -six lemons life just handed you
    -pint of water, which you wouldn't have if not for the rain
    -sugar to taste, taste as you go.

    and thank goodness there are still lemonade stands by kid & co. yay. some thing never change. and some things do. and some things haven't yet. but you know they can. just like you. you're still the good ol' brand-new you today. and when you get to the top of the hill, you can always feel your way back down. remember letting go of the handlebars? some days are that kind of ride. so always let your sense of falling or crashing into something guide you. give it up for yourself. give up despair. abandon bitterness. give up everything you don't need anymore... a need is a seed for the dreams you plant. and then just when it seems it won't grow... woah.
    look. even thorns come out of roses. listen. maybe the wind is bringing you a message from a far place or maybe it just wants to touch your face or send a ladybug over to land ever so slightly. the kite made a diamond against the sky. sudden;y the world and i were engaged. do you take this day to be your awfully beautiful moment?
    (i do)
    some people say the world is getting worse, but if you look in the right places it's like finding another world. even and evening walk can catch you off guard...

    can you even beleive in a firefly? or snow under a street light? there goes the universe again. a little aloneness at the end of the day can be a nice breather. hail to thee, o moment of doing nothing but being a very good moment for self being.
    maybe life is like climbing stairs in the dark. you think there's one more stair at the top so you take that step up. next thing you know... already there. any sorrow or trouble you've ever had, someone is waiting to share it with you and they'll love you even more then they do now. bring it on. and if there's a way to sum up your life story let it be today in one word:
    yes.