manifesto…
to enjoy and to be, and to do…
it’s the simple things…
that heal us and take our breath away.
and then my soul said…
you can’t. not yet. so don’t…
“What does it take to inspire you?”
He asked.
“I need to fall in love,” she replied.
“Surely there must be an easier way,”
he retorted.
“Why, I have already fallen in love twice today,” she answered,
“First, when I set my eyes upon the
ever precipitous mountains that surround us,
guarding us like the skin that stretches along our bones,
and second,
with the uncertainty in your voice when you asked
if there is anything easier than falling in love.”
— n. o. —
a page turns…
And now we welcome the new year,
full of things that have never been.
— Ranier Maria Rilke —