Long ago, the story of Salome and John the Baptist was recorded in the Bible. Legend tells that she performed the Dance of the Seven Veils for her stepfather, King Herod, on his birthday. This pleased him, and he gave an oath that she could ask him for whatever she wished. She consulted ...
Jeremy stood up. He reached out to hug Beth as if no time had passed, no feelings hurt. She was stiff and kept her arms straight. “The fire never idles when you’re near,” Jeremy sang in her ear.
So here is the warning: Soon we will be running through the street, tearing off our clothes and ripping our own skin to shreds with our fingernails, howling to the moon and screaming, "Gaia, Gaia, why have you forsaken us?"
You are the seed of inspiration. I cannot tell you what your mission in life is, or the tests you will face. All I can say is, you have the potential to write the story of the universe.
Finding your way back to yourself can be tricky, but if you allow yourself to feel, to work through the blockades you have created as coping mechanisms, you will get there.
And she never stopped loving, the woman who was afraid of everything except that most perilous of nature’s inventions. She grew old, and still she loved.
I wrote my list: A wide and ready smile, a great sense of humor and a lot of patience, a loving father, a kind person, a generous lover, a hardworking man with a steady income, not too flashy but handsome, good with pets, not obsessed with sports, warm hands, likes dancing and camping, laughs ...