Monday 8th February

That was a memorable day to me, for it made great changes in me. But, it is the same with any life. Imagine one selected day struck out of it, and think how different its course would have been. Pause you who read this, and think for a moment of the long chain of iron or gold, of thorns or flowers, that would never have bound you, but for the formation of the first link on one memorable day.

Charles Dickens, Great Expectations

These Chains

These chains would break,
If only love would surge.
So let this depression shake,
Let a new man emerge.
You hold in you the power,
And you can let it flood.
In the same way that a flower,
Was once held tight in a bud.
Yes these chains would shatter,
With your gentlest touch.
That's why nothing else matters.
That's why I love you so much.

By Gareth Luce

Dreams

"Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead."

-Louisa May Alcott