Open Arms

If you are lucky someday, you’ll stand, surrounded by people you know, or in the dark of night, quietly by yourself (it does not matter where exactly) & Life will fill your whole self & it will spill out a little with each breath you take after that & you will give your promise to hold the world safe, for as long as it takes

& then, afterwards, you’ll go about your days, wondering what has changed & you won’t see for a long time how it happens in small moments.

When you smile at someone you do not know. When you speak up, though it is easier & quicker to just keep moving. When you stop & hold the hand of a friend who can no longer go on & you speak in a low voice that only she can hear & you say these words (or something like them): I would not want to be in a world without you in it.

& if you are lucky someday, maybe after one of these moments, you’ll understand why Life filled your whole self & all you could do was open your arms to hold the world close & remember how to Love. Open Arms  © 2016 Brian Andreas – posted with permission.

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Extra Weight

It may look like extra weight but it’s really years of callous because the world has always rubbed him the wrong way. – Extra Weight  © 2018 Brian Andreas – posted with permission.You can buy books, posters, cards, ornaments and more and sign up for a daily dose of whimsy like this by email at Story People.

Place by the sea

He kept a piece of algae behind his ear to remind him of his roots. A million years ago every place was a little place by the sea, he would say & my mind would go blank & I would swim through the day without a care in the world & it all seemed so familiar that I knew I would go back someday to my own little place by the sea. Place By The Sea © 2018 Brian Andreas – posted with permission.

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Tightrope

Most people she never tells about the tightrope because she doesn’t want to listen to their helpful comments from the ground. – Tightrope  © 2018 Brian Andreas – posted with permission.

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Secret #5

Imagine something that gives you jot. Got it” Now go and be like that all day long. (Yes it is that simple . . )  Secret #5 © 2018 Brian Andreas – posted with permission.

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a to z

My mother always told me to finish what I started, but she had no idea of some of the people I’d be dealing with. – a to z – © 2018 Brian Andreas – posted with permission.

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Close to the Ground

I still fly a lot in my dreams, she told us, but I try to stay close to the ground. At my age, a fall can be pretty serious. – Close to the Ground © 2018 Brian Andreas – posted with permission.

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