A New Year, A New Day
First day of the New Year. It’s time to shine for a new day. Forget your past, Your sorrow, your pain. New ideas are waiting ahead. It’s time to recall all your memories, Beautiful dreams that remain uncovered, Painful parts of life when your heart gets crushed. But don’t be afraid. The future is in … Continue reading
Give Me My Space
Give me a minute To read the stars Lamenting in their stories Their laboured twinkling far and sparse Give me this moment To stumble and swoon My branches reaching for The faraway moon Give me a while To be one with the universe Hear the colliding planets As they spill their mournful verse Give me … Continue reading
Let Your Own Light Shine
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frighten us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, Who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your … Continue reading
Autumn Dreams
Grinning pumpkins, falling leaves, Dancing scarecrows, twirling breeze, Color, color everywhere, Autumn dreams are in the air! Autumn is a woman growing old, Ready to let what is dead go, Her youthful radiance has faded, and that’s sad, But underneath she discovers a spread of colors she didn’t know she had. Little children screech and … Continue reading
Letter of Advice on Love
“Think not you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course. Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself. But if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires: To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to … Continue reading
Love Is Sufficient Unto Love
“When love beckons to you, follow him, Though his ways are hard and steep. And when his wings enfold you yield to him, Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you. And when he speaks to you believe in him, Though his voice may shatter your dreams as the north wind lays waste … Continue reading
Princess Theodora von Auersperg 