“The rain reminds me of what I couldn’t forget, of what we couldn’t mend, of the things I’ll forever regret.”

He smiled, and just like that, I fell in love – hard and fast.

A step, no matter how little, is still progress.

You don’t have to know everything or figure out everything. Be comfortable in not knowing all the answers.

Without rhymes and metaphors I am, at my core, just a lover left alone.

You can risk or forever regret about chances you missed.

For what its worth, I thought we would make it. I wished – I really did.

In the end, what matters is how you lived your life. Were you happy? Did you love enough? Did you reach for the stars?

They bleed not in the mouth but through their ink – indelible and dark.

May the sun shine brighter on days when you feel like your battle’s getting harder.

The right hands will erase your aches for love builds more than it breaks.

She is love in its purest form; her arms, the safest place I’ve known. She is the scent of home; the warrior who carried me in her womb.

Your memory is my opium – sustaining me daily, killing me softly.

We made promises, and then life happened.

But despite it all, I’m glad we happened.

Nothing in life is worth pursuing if it means prolonging your suffering.

Am I little mad for writing someone I’ll never have?

It’s easy to get next to music theory, especially between your peers and music classes and so forth. You just pay attention. I had a good ear, so I realized that printed music was just about reminding you what to play.

I was reminded of the Four Immutable Laws of the Spirit: Whoever is present are the right people. Whenever it begins is the right time. Whatever happens is the only thing that could have happened. And when it’s over, it’s over.

I am tired of knowing nothing and being reminded of it all the time.

In case no one has told you this today, you are loved, you are valued, you are seen. This is the seen.

When I wake up,” he said, “remind me that I’m going to marry her.

My love for rock kept me alive. It lit a fire in my soul reminding me of my strength to set the world on fire.

I really have paid my dues! When I get to stay in fancy hotel suites these days I remind myself of that.

In our world, where hundreds of things distract us from God, we have to intentionally and consistently remind ourselves of Him.