i'm quiet when i'm afraid...

i learned that about myself the last few days i think...

and i heard something today just exactly when i needed to hear it ~ 'We are not made of our mistakes but rather of our possibilities' ~ i'll credit Oprah with that not sure if she said it originally but she is who said it today when i most needed to hear it

i am in fact human and have made mistakes ~ MANY mistakes even and lately i have been concerned that they define me more than i might want them to...

i do believe i have learned some very valuable lessons... and i also believe that some of what others view as mistakes i view as choices

ok just random i know ~ but golden tidbits for me and a lot of what i put here is to keep myself on track so to speak

and again just can not stop this song from running around in my head

Soul Shine ~ written by The Allman Brothers
performed brilliantly by Bleu Edmondson

'...sometimes a man can feel this emptiness,
like a woman has robbed him of his very soul.
a woman too, God knows, she can feel like this.
and when your world seems cold
you got to let your spirit take control.

let your soul shine,
it’s better than sunshine,
it’s better than moonshine,
damn sure better than rain.
Lord now people don’t mind,
we all get this way sometimes,
gotta let your soul shine,
shine till the break of day....'