Lifeline

«To catch her of guard was the best way to throw her a lifeline that would pull her back to him and away from the dark places that sometimes lured her.» 

                                                 By Raquel R. in Short Story number 12

«We die to each other daily. What we know of other people is only our memory of the moments during which we knew them. And they have changed since then. To pretend that they and we are the same is a useful and convenient social convention which must sometimes be broken. We must also remember that at every meeting we are meeting a stranger.» 

                                                                                                        T.S.Eliot 

Photos by Raquel R.

Like water

«The perplexity of that moment, caught her off guard and immediately touched a chord inside her, waking her up from the emotional lethargy she had been in.» 

                                                   By Raquel R. in Short Story number 9

«There are moments in life, when the heart is so full of emotion That if by chance it be shaken, or into its depths like a pebble Drops some careless word, it overflows, and its secret, Spilt on the ground like water, can never be gathered together.»

                                                                           Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 

                                                             Photos by Raquel R.

My perfect summer day

1. Deliberately neglect time and its effects. The alarm clock is no longer the villain of the day as it was coercively downgraded to a merely figurative role. 

2. Waking up with the sun shining through the cracks in the window pane. Allow my eyes to slowly adjust to daylight and then read a book. 

3. Dare to break patterns, dressing codes and just go with the flow. 

4. Create significant memories with what the moment is offering me and share them with my loved ones. 

5. Obey no rules, except the ones destined to satisfy basic human needs or maintain law and order. 

6. Spend most of my time outdoors and experience the joys of a close contact with nature. 

7. At the end of the day, look up at the starry sky, visualize a trail amongst the stars and try to figure out where summer is taking me the next day.  

 I hope you are all enjoying your summer, wherever you are!

Photos:Raquel R.

Enchanted territory

«In the midst of the silence that reigned in the house, she could not help thinking that behind that closed door, once existed, a kind of magical territory, inside which, a new life, her son’s life, slowly bloomed.»

                                                              By Raquel R. in Short Story number 8

«Growing up is losing some illusions, in order to acquire others.» 

                                                                                               Virginia Wolf 

Photo Alain Laboile in "La Famille" (here)

What is the secret to love?

  

«Until that moment finally arrives, she would resist the temptation of following the easiest path and solemnly refuse to deny the possibility of the existence of this inexplicable bond that can be mysteriously woven between two souls and stand the test of times. »  

                                                   By Raquel R. in Short Story number 7

 «What Is Love? I have met in the streets a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, the water passed through his shoes and the stars through his soul.»

                                                                                                        Victor Hugo      

                                                                              

(Photos Lauren Fleishman's project Love Ever After via The Senses Five)