1)Always 2) It's Okay

Just some things I came across in a drawer:

Always:

I have always known
that at last
I would take this road, but yesterday
I did not know it would
be today.

Arrivara No Narihira
9th Century Japan


It's Okay:

It's okay to be afraid
of the things we don't understand.
It's okay to feel anxious
when things aren't working our way.
It's okay to feel lonely...
even when you're with other people.
It's okay to feel unfulfilled
because you know something is missing
(even when you're not sure what it is).
It's okay to think and worry and cry.

It's okay to do
whatever you have to do, but
just remember, too...
that eventually you're going to adjust to the changes life brings your way,
and you'll realize that
it's okay to love again and laugh again,
and it's okay to get to the point where
the life you live
is full and satisfying and good to you...
and it will be that way
because you made it that way.

-Laine Parsons