A soulmate is someone who has locks that fit our keys, and keys to fit our locks. When we feel safe enough to open the locks, our truest selves step out and we can be completely and honestly who we are; we can be loved for who we are and not for who we’re pretending to be. Each unveils the best part of the other. No matter what else goes wrong around us, with that one person we’re safe in our own paradise. Our soulmate is someone who shares our deepest longings, our sense of direction. When we’re two balloons, and together our direction is up, chances are we’ve found the right person. Our soulmate is the one who makes life come to life.

Richard Bach

A little boy about 10 years old was standing before a shoe store on the roadway, barefooted, peering through the window, and shivering with cold. A lady approached the boy and said, “My little fellow, why are you looking so earnestly in that window?” “I was asking God to give me a pair of shoes,” was the boy’s reply. The lady took him by the hand and went into the store and asked the clerk to get half a dozen pairs of socks for the boy. She then asked if he could give her a basin of water and a towel. He quickly brought them to her. She took the little fellow to the back part of the store and, removing her gloves, knelt down, washed his little feet, and dried them with a towel. By this time the clerk had returned with the socks. Placing a pair upon the boy’s feet, she purchased him a pair of shoes. She tied up the remaining pairs of socks and gave them to him. She patted him on the head and said, “No doubt, my little fellow, you feel more comfortable now?”As she turned to go, the astonished lad caught her by the hand, and looking up in her face, with tears his eyes, answered the question with these words: “Are you God’s Wife?”

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Every human being has the right to choose how they feel; you can choose happiness or sadness.

You may be depressed or heartbroken, over something that may have happened to you or something you did a long time ago, maybe even years ago, to yourself or to others. But you need not stay in that depressed state any longer.

There is no need to carry that pain any longer inside of your heart, day after day, year after year. You must not let it grow continuously because soon enough, that one issue you are sad or depressed about will turn into your normal way of thinking. Negative thinking has a domino effect!

When one door closes in life, another one will open, but if you do not let go of the pains of yesterday, the joys of today and tomorrow will never, ever be discovered. They will be overshadowed by your misery. You must let go of the past to be happy. There is no ifs, ands, or buts!!!!!!!

Quit living negatively in the past, and focus on what you can do about today and in the future. You see, what happened in the past, you have no control of, today. You cannot do a thing about it, so why live there?

Start living and loving the things you can control such as this beautiful day or maybe call a friend that you had a relationship with that turned bad and re-kindle it. Go out and create joyous experiences and turn happiness into a constant way of thinking.

Enough is enough… Do you not agree??

Do not let the torments and regrets of yesterday live in you deep enough, to cover your progression and happiness for today.

— Copyright © 2010 Rich Barnes

“Life can be tough, but if you surround yourself with people who can make you laugh, you’ll be fine. I hope you don’t forget to thank those people in your life who make you laugh. You owe them big time.”

“If it’s true love, you’ll be able to STAY TOGETHER.”

I love athletic guys. There’s just something so ruggedly handsome about them. Just picture them in their athletic attire, body-fitting shirts, cool tennis shoes and men’s running shorts that show off their toned thighs. With all those accessories like gym bags, arm bands, towels, they’re just so appealing to me. Whenever I see men in athletic mode, I can’t help but admire them. I’ve never been athletic myself. I just go to gym every now and then, but never the athletic-focused type. I don’t even play a sport. I only do biking every now and then. That’s probably why I’m drawn to athletic men. But you guys gotta agree that they’re cool, right?

I was able to talk to this old woman recently… she’s a friend of my grandma’s. We got to talking and I actually enjoyed our conversation. I love talking to old people because they have so much wisdom in them, they’ve got decades of experience and it’s actually interesting to hear all about them. This particular grandma told me she didn’t want to spend her olden days in the nursing home. Yes she has disability insurance, pension, and all these other stuff they give to senior citizens, but at the end of the day, she just wants to be with her family at home. I can’t help but admire her for her convictions and the way she views the world. We can do good by listening to the little nuggets of wisdom our elders have to give. Go talk to your grandma or grandpa, let them tell you about their experiences. They love going back memory lane, and you could learn a thing or two about life.

If you’ve ever had this thought, do not entertain it guys! Remember, you are GOOD ENOUGH.