Goosebumps.

I whispered, 'I am too young'
And then, 'I am old enough';
Wherefore I threw a penny
To find out if I might love.
'Go and love, go and love, young man,
If the lady be young and fair.'
Ah, penny, brown penny, brown penny,
I am looped in the loops of her hair.

O love is the crooked thing,
There is nobody wise enough
To find out all that is in it,
For he would be thinking of love
Till the stars had run away
And the shadows eaten the moon.
Ah, penny, brown penny, brown penny,
One cannot begin it too soon.

-William Butler Yeats

I love poetry, and I never get tired of this one. (=

While we're talking about love - I am so happy and lucky to experience the different kinds of love I receive from the people around me.

I've decided that it's never okay to let anyone make you feel guilty about having a big heart. There's never enough love in this place.

xo. Bee.

"Take a good look at my face."

So I'm feeling a lot of emotions lately. The good news is, I'm not afraid of them. Alot of people (myself included), tend to feel guilty about some of the feelings they have. Here's my advice: Don't. Emotions are probably the most raw aspects of our personalities . . . you won't find many people able to be so true to themselves than when they are passionate about how something, or someone, makes them feel. I want to share some of the things my heart feels now. So here goes.

How come I end up where I started? How come I end up where I went wrong?

Not knowing whether or not you're good enough or talented enough to achieve your dreams is flat out scary. Is drive really ever enough?

I constantly grapple with the fact that my boyfriend has a disease that, even though he did nothing to bring it upon himself, prevents him from ever loving himself nearly as much as I love him.

I wish you knew how awesome it makes me feel that you are always genuinely happy to see me! I wish you knew how rare that kind of congeniality is in people.

How did we get here? I used to know you so well.

I hate that I am always constantly questioning whether you legitimately care about anything we talk about, or any time we spend together. Hate it.

He is too young. I'm affected more than a lot of people know.

"I have loved you with an everlasting love, therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you." God in action.

I have found a home in Cincinnati that I never expected to encounter. The people and experiences I've had here mean the world to me. I won't be ready to leave in a month, but . . .lucky me! I get to come back! :D

I'm terrified of you. But, at the same time, I always want to be around you.

Okay. Here's what I want to do. I want to challenge you (as in the person reading this =p) to love wholeheartedly, genuinely care about someone else over the insignificant distractions in your own life, and, when someone makes you strongly feel something, tell them. This is an important step that I only just realized. Because, it's easy for someone to argue that someone else only feels something because they "don't care" about you. But sometimes . . most of the time . . it's because we care too much. Share it.

I wrote this for you.



"It's easy. You love me with all your heart and soul until the end of time."

<3