Absolute Joy, when we laugh,
Unreserved, afraid of looking silly,
those tears, like sunny days, clear.

Sentimentality is not a weakness,
vulnerability is an open door,
to the strong center of your soul.

Seeing eye to eye,
holding one another,
finding a path together,
Forward.

Spinning one-eighty,
looking back upon the road,
where we swerved into the ditch,
where we saved each other from ourselves.

What I see,
what I saw,
all these ups and downs,
became who I am today.

Welcoming you in,
sharing my life,
holding one another,
through all the darkest nights.

Fear driven decisions,
incomplete information,
uncertain risk,
conflict avoidance,
afraid of being alive,
complete withdrawal,
not trying.

We take a risk not to see,
the greatest failure and danger,
in life is to never take a risk.
Those who do not risk never achieve,
those who do not dream never believe.

If we don’t sink,
we cannot learn to swim.
If we do not hurt,
we cannot learn to feel.
If we do not fall,
we cannot learn to fly.
If we are always the same,
We cannot learn how to change.
If we are afraid to die,
We cannot learn how to live.
If we are afraid to see,
We cannot learn how to believe.
If we are afraid to hope,
We cannot learn how to have faith.

Take a risk and dare to dream.
Take a risk and dare to love.
Take a risk and dare to believe.
Take a risk and dare to succeed.