In the silence around me there is a voice that clearly speaks unto my heart and mind. I walk alone in this world, and most do not notice and very few seem to see. I rise up and I go through my days, and there is silence around me but no silence within. For there is a voice of love that calls unto me to remind me that I belong to someone…

“The old man was sleeping peacefully in the bed, and in the hospital room all was quiet except for the occasional clicking of the machine that would dispense medicine for his pain.  Asleep in the chair by his side was his wife of fifty-two years.  The man in the blue suit walked quietly to the bed…

“Like a dandelion flower that springs forth from a small crack in the pavement, some people must struggle against many obstacles.  No child determines the time of their birth, where they will be born, or unto whom they will be born, and with life some obstacles are established by life itself.  Flowers must survive where they are planted or where they spring forth, but with mankind there is the freedom to choose…

“The mountains majestically rise up above the changing landscape of the earth, and the oceans sound forth their power and might with each wave that crashes upon the shores of the land, and the heavens above with clouds of white and storms that rage are but a veil to the innumerable stars that forever shine…

“Words and actions must be in unity and harmony within our soul to bring forth the language of love that can be seen by the blind and heard by the deaf.  We live in a world where many are blind to the hurt their words and actions cause, and many are deaf to the voices that call unto them for kindness, tenderness, and love…

“There is a battle fought, a war that doth rage between heart and mind,
Why must war rage between words of the heart and words of the mind?
Does the mind follow the heart or does the heart surrender to the rule of the mind?
In my heart there is a vision of who I am, but in my mind I am not always the same…

“From the ashes I shall rise, from the depths of the deepest sorrow I shall climb, 
This day to climb out of bed is the best I can do, but from these ashes I shall rise. 
A fog surrounds me, and all I feel is pain in my heart as I seek to comprehend such loss, 
Tears were shed seeking great mercy and now tears flow from hearts that are broken…

“There are no walls more impenetrable than those erected within the human heart.  There are no secrets more vanquishing than the ones locked deep within the human heart.  There is no silence as complete as the unspoken words of the heart…

“We are told that the truth will set us free, but for many the truth makes them a prisoner to their past, for that which is hidden and locked within their minds and hearts removes the power of truth.  There is great power in truth, but some hearts are such dark dungeons that the words of truth will not penetrate and will not free them…

“Tattered and torn are the signs that declared that the circus is coming to town – signs stapled to utility poles and on the sides of an old barn, signs faded by time and worn by the rain and the sun.  All were once colorful and new, and the images and the words upon them brought joy to many a child’s heart.  Faded memories of the events of a childhood now past,..