Running Barefoot

by Amy Harmon

Like a shoe that has lost its mate is never worn again, I had lost my matching part and didn’t know how to run barefoot.

you can’t build walls and then be mad when no one wants to climb over them.”

“Where true love would have redeemed them, obsession condemned them forever.”

There is beauty behind me as I walk There is beauty before me as I walk There is beauty below me as I walk. There is beauty above me as I walk. In beauty I must always walk.

Sonja said women have many emotions, but only one physical response. When we’re angry we cry. When we’re happy we cry. When we’re sad we cry. When we’re scared, you guessed it, we cry.

Your individual worth comes from keeping your promises and being a man of character.

Some things can’t be explained or shared; they tend to lose their luster when passed around.

If you push people away for long enough, isolation become a terrible habit. People start to believe you prefer it. I felt suddenly ravenous for a gentle touch. Just like physical starvation, the hunger for contact was all-consuming. Human beings are not designed to be alone. Our creator gave us smooth, sensitive skin that craves the warmth of other skin. Our arms seek to hold. Our hands yearn to touch. We are drawn to companionship and affection out of an innate need.