Startled.

“To love is so startling it leaves little time for anything else.”

- Emily Dickinson

When I was younger and could not think of things to journal I would simply write what I had been learning lately. Here's what I have been learning...

1. I have never been in love long enough to know what it is like to really hurt the person you love.

2. Muscles can be tight. Joints can be tight. All of this and more can be mended.

3. It is so incredibly important to balance the mind, the soul, and the body. This lack of balance is the cause of most of my problems.

4. I'm not THAT great at cooking, but I do love food.

5. I can be mean when I'm sleepy - therefore I should sleep a lot more.

6. It's so important to be an individual in a relationship - to not lose the wanderlust that comes with being on your own. I really think it's what's best for everyone involved.

7. Grudges, just like death and taxes, are a sure thing in life. The practice of letting things go is just that, a practice.

8. Every body has a reason for being who they are, and for doing what they do. This is an old one, and simply a reminder.

9. New relationships are inevitable - what you do with the old ones is up to you.

10. I miss school sometimes - enough probably to go back sooner than I thought.

A Little Longfellow for your Tuesday Morning reminds of what it's like when you aren't around.
from "A Gleam of Sunshine"

But now, alas! the place seems changed;
Thou art no longer here:
Part of the sunshine of the scene
With thee did disappear.

Though thoughts, deep-rooted in my heart,
Like pine-trees dark and high,
Subdue the light of noon, and breathe
A low and ceaseless sigh;

This memory brightens o'er the past,
As when the sun, concealed
Behind some cloud that near us hangs
Shines on a distant field.