my hearts quiet reflections

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of being and ideal grace. I love thee to the level of every day’s Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light. I love thee freely, as men strive for right; I love thee purely, as they turn from praise. I love thee with the passion put to use In my old griefs, and with my childhood’s faith. I love thee with a love I seemed to lose With my lost saints. I love thee with the breath, Smiles, tears, of all my life; and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death. a sonnet by Elizabeth Barrett Browning To the love of my life, Kamille, Where do I begin? You are the definition of "don't judge a book by it's cover" ; your no-nonsense demeanor allows many to assume you are unapproachable yet you have a very kind, generous, and loving heart. Your transparency, authenticity, and honesty may be surprising to some, but I know ...

"close your eyes, fall in love, stay there" Rumi As I sat staring at the blank screen, while searching through my liked content for a quote to embody the words I wanted to share, so many thoughts of "where do I begin?" overtook me. I then thought to "start with how this all began" , which was the end of January 2025. After spending the holiday with someone who proclaimed to be my "best friend" , I was treated poorly, for months or even years, this person claimed to love me, when I expressed that "I don't believe in best friends" and proceeded to share my reasoning, I was met with pleading to reconsider. Against my better judgement, I lowered the walls around my heart and allowed this person to experience my rendition of love. Many of us have heard the scripture depicting love as patient, kind, understanding, and such however, society has emphasized and conditioned us to also accept that love "endures all things" , as in t...

"Love, too, has to be learned" Friedrich Nietzsche On this week of love [Black Love Day, Galentine's Day, Valentine's Day, and Single's Awareness Day] , mixed with the journal prompts of the past few weeks I was compelled to search my heart and express my thoughts, feelings, and emotions. It took some time to discover the appropriate outlet, until the idea to create a new personal blog sparked into my consciousness, like a thunderbolt. It was less than an hour later when "my heart's quiet reflections" was born.  There were four journal prompts from one creator and a grounding exercise along with a few prompts from another; initially I thought not to post them however, I don't intend to share this blog publicly, so they are as follows: "what emotional blocks are you ready to release?" "how can I invite more love & clarity into my life this month?" "what does it look like for me to shine authentically and unapologetic...