The ones who sit with

and listen to, the fallen.

The ones who cheer on and

cheer for, the people succeeding.

The ones who show up

with a smile and mean it.

The ones who look for the lost,

remember the forgotten, and

love with their whole soul.

These are the lighthouses

Shining all over the planet

In the shape of human beings.

~Stacie Martin

for all the things I can trust…

inquiry for today~ where is the peace you long for?

hallowed ground…

All I know is that I’ve wasted all these years looking for something,

a sort of trophy I’d get only if I really, really did enough to deserve it.

But I don’t want it anymore, I want something else now, something warm and sheltering,

something I can turn to, regardless of what I do, regardless of who I become.

Something that will just be there, always, like tomorrow’s sky.

~Kazuo Ishiguro