Loose Grips Sink...Hearts

Sumx I feel the scorpion urge to test connectedness and promises of always and forever. 

I'm tempted to loosen my grip to see if the hand I've clung to will tighten it's grip.  Truth, I think that hand will, without hesitation, let go.  Release every thing that was any thing between us.  So then, why do I hold so tightly to what would let me go so easily?

Maybe because it is still so real to me.

Live Like You Were Dying

Sumx even nature tries to cheat death. This tree taunts death with its green. Makes me wonder what it is hoping for. One last breeze. Another cool rain to dampen its leaves. Hopes to last the summer to embrace Fall so I can appreciate its marvelous change in color. I've never seen a more glorious not yet. I'd imagine this tree lived the way it's dying...on its on terms.

Musings staring at this tree in my backyard...