December 2014 – vanessachua

Rows and flows of angel hair
And ice cream castles in the air
And feather canyons everywhere,
I’ve looked at clouds that way.

But now they only block the sun,
They rain and snow on everyone
So many things I would have done,
But clouds got in my way.

I’ve looked at clouds from both sides now
From up and down and still somehow
It’s cloud’s illusions I recall
I really don’t know clouds at all

Moons and Junes and Ferris wheels,
The dizzy dancing way that you feel
As every fairy tale comes real,
I’ve looked at love that way.

But now it’s just another show,
You leave ’em laughing when you go
And if you care, don’t let them know,
Don’t give yourself away.

I’ve looked at love from both sides now
From give and take and still somehow
It’s love’s illusions I recall
I really don’t know love at all

Tears and fears and feeling proud,
To say “I love you” right out loud
Dreams and schemes and circus crowds,
I’ve looked at life that way.

Oh but now old friends they’re acting strange,
They shake their heads, they say I’ve changed
Well something’s lost, but something’s gained
In living every day.

I’ve looked at life from both sides now
From win and lose and still somehow
It’s life’s illusions I recall
I really don’t know life at all

I’ve looked at life from both sides now
From up and down, and still somehow
It’s life’s illusions I recall
I really don’t know life at all

December 26, 2014

Closing in.

May you always feel alive, the wind in your face, the ear to ear smile and the hearty laugh. May you live life to the fullest. To feel every heartfelt joy and pain. To walk slowly, smell the breeze,to leap if you need to, to learn to let go and to always be kind and loving especially to those who are undeserving.

What a year, so many changes. Dad left, one too many promotions, more heartbreaks, so many loving friends and colleagues, so many more ice cream slots with strangers, so many tears, so much laughter, more lines around my eyes, more space for growing, to be gentle and to be graceful, to be inspiring through all the pain, to always keep running even though we are the last in the race.

December 22, 2014

Loud Whispers

If you don’t know your worth. Don’t bother trying for anything in the world. You’re wasting your time, wasting other people’s time. If you haven’t notice, diamonds appear on every dimension of your pathway. Good great things will come Vanessa. Maybe you be patient with what life has to teach you, to offer you and to help you grow to be a better person.

What we are at the end of the day, is defined by our actions- how we treat ourselves, how we treat others and what principals we stand by in life. Have steady, strong steel values to stick to. Be a good person, be honorable. Know when to stay and when to walk away. All else, all the glitters of what words offer, will fade.

Then, you will see what people are really made of. Empty bags of words.

May you gain new eyes, new perspectives.

December 21, 2014

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”

December 21, 2014