Voluptuous (Goddess of Pleasure)

In order that the unborn might still be born, nature had inspired men with the wild delusion that the bodily companionship of the lover was desirable above all things, and so, by the false show of pleasure, the human race was chained to the eternal thirst for the non-existent.

Comes the Dawn

After a while you learn the subtle difference between holding a hand and chaining a soul.
And you learn that love doesn't require leaning and company doesn't presume security.
And you begin to learn that kisses aren't contracts and presents aren't promises.
And you begin to accept your defeats with your head held high and your eyes wide open, with the grace and strength of a man or woman, not the fragility of a child.
And you learn to build your roads on today because tomorrows ground is too uncertain, for plans and futures have a way of falling down in mid-flight.
After a while you learn that even sunshine burns if you get too much.
So you plant your own garden and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.
And you learn that you really can indure; that you really are strong and you really do have worth.

And you learn and you learn....................with every hello and good-bye.... you learn.

Author unknown

Plato's Mantra

The cure of a part should not be attempted without the treatment of a whole. No attempt should aim to cure the body without the soul. If the head and body are to be healed, then you must begin by curing the mind – that is the first thing.

Let no one persuade you to cure the head until they have first given you their soul to be cured, for this is the great error of our day in the treatment of the human body – that the physicians first separate the soul from the body.

- Plato -
(427-348 BC)

Be Careful

Be careful of your thoughts,
For your thoughts become your words.
Be careful of your words,
For your words become your actions.
Be careful of your actions,
For your actions become your habits.
Be careful of your habits,
For your habits become your character.
Be careful of your character,
For your character becomes your destiny.
And remember... If you don't have a dream, it can't come true.

Author Unknown