Imagining World

In my dream, the angel shrugged & said, If we fail this time, it will be a failure of imagination & then she placed the world gently in the palm of my hand. Imagining World © 2014 Brian Andreas – posted with permission.

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Deep Roots

When I die, she said, I’m coming back as a tree with deep roots & I’ll wave my leaves at the children every morning on their way to school & whisper tree songs at night in their dreams. Trees with deep roots know about the things children need. Deep Roots  © 2014 Brian Andreas – posted with permission.

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Connection

there came a moment in the middle of the song when she suddenly felt every heartbeat in the room & after that she never forgot she was part of something much bigger – Connection © 2014 Brian Andreas – posted with permission.

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Quiet pride

There has never been a day when I have not been proud of you, I said to my daughter, though some days I’m louder about other stuff so it’s easy to miss that. Quiet Pride © 2014 Brian Andreas – posted with permission.

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How to Live a Life

How To Live A Life (or at least what I know so far…)
1. You already are. Now, when are you going to choose to enjoy it?
(How’s that for clearing up the clutter? – H0w to Live a Life  © 2014 Brian Andreas – posted with permission.

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Whole World

 

Mums come in all shapes & sizes, but they’re pretty easy to recognize because they’re the ones who teach you stuff all the time about how to be in the world & sometimes that sounds a lot like: chew with your mouth closed, sit still. stand up straight, be polite, Look them in the eye. & sometimes it seems like that sort of thing doesn’t add up to a whole lot. Until the day you feel the soft ache of love in your heart that makes you take care with a friend who hurts or when you look in a stranger’s tired eyes & you stop & smile. Or when you listen to the ABC song for the thousandth time & you laugh & say ‘again’ & suddenly you understand that is the real thing mums do & it adds up to the whole world. – Whole World  © 2014 Brian Andreas – posted with permission.

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Voices

Stop listening to the voices
that tell you not to trust
your own heart to be alive.
They are not on your side.
(Unlike this voice here.)

Voices © 2014 Brian Andreas – posted with permission.

From the book Something Like Magic

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