Positive Thinkers have Twelve Qualities in Common

• They have confidence in themselves
• They have a very strong sense of purpose
• They never have excuses for not doing something
• They always try their hardest for perfection
• They never consider the idea of failing
• They work extremely hard towards their goals
• They know who they are
• They understand their weaknesses as well as their strong points
• They can accept and benefit from criticism
• They know when to defend what they are doing
• They are creative
• They are not afraid to be a little different in finding
  innovative solutions that will enable them to achieve their dreams

*by Susan Polis Schutz

For Sarah, Jenna and Hannah
* hope you read this ladies . . .

obsidian glass
Opaque windows to the soul
lucidity’s dead . . .

I blame yesterday for
words unspoken;
one goodbye I’ll never ever hear;
promises of tomorrow, opaque and empty

Of time, fluid and perpetual
my life seemingly shipwrecks,
splinters of wood and unforgiving rocks bear witness
to the crashing waves surrounding me
I search a deserted harbour for a beacon of light,
of grace,
and a desperately needed peace . . .

I blame yesterday
for all the wrongs I could never fix;
the hearts, the tender lives, forgettable moments that left me broken and incalculably fragile

Of life, an arid landscape cracks open before me
partially exposing a soft white light, completely obscuring the truth
the Tides continue, fluid and perpetual and it makes me wonder
If I can still believe in this tomorrow
when it’s so damn hard believing in this today . . .

~m