FACE YOUR FEARS.  LIVE YOUR DREAMS.
Ryan Rowe
Summer of 1997
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Photo Source: Ganymede's Darkroom

Editor's Note: In the summer of 1997, I (Ryan) spent a weekend in Old Orchard Beach (Maine, USA) with family and friends.  I met a girl who was from the Boston (Massachusetts, USA) area.  I became so smitten with her that when I returned to Montreal I sent her the e-mail below in an effort to get to know her better.  She wasn't too impressed, maybe I came on a little strong but hey, at least I gave it a shot ... that's why I'm posting this ... to try and inspire others to just face the fear of rejection and unrequited love. if you don't try, you'll never know what might have happened ... Thanks to Jen Medeiros ;)

Tell me.  What moves you?  What stokes your innermost fire?  What makes you feel?  What makes you happy?  What makes you think?  What makes you want to run free, carefree, totallyfree, with no worries?  Close your eyes and smile.  For me.  Please.  Think about what makes you happy.  This is a person's dream.  Many people don't know what they want in their life... but it's not difficult to find your calling.  Let your imagination run wild, your heart pound a million, billion, trillion times a second, hold your breath, let the adrenaline course through your body and tell me what moves you.

   Let me write you a little poem (although it doesn't rhyme...)

Do you see the clear blue sky,
feel the cool touch of the wind
blowing the hot sand against your soft skin?
This is the dream.
Do you hear the seagulls crying,
the crashing waves
spraying the salty mist against your soft skin?
This is the dream.
Do you hear the children laughing,
the radio playing
beautiful music that soothes the nerves?
This is the dream.
Do you see the sun
through closed eyes
burning so brightly and strongly?
This is the dream.
Do you feel the power of the waves
pushing you, pulling you out to sea,
to become one with the ocean?
This is the dream.
Do you hear the breeze
through the leaves of the palm trees,
playing its beautiful tune?
This is the dream.

Do you see yourself lying on a deserted beach,
empty but for you and I?
The two of us are connected
through nature's soul and nothing else.
Feeling, wanting, hoping, for the
sun, the water, the wind and the sand to
enter into our own bodies and cleanse of our fears.

Face Your Fears.  Live Your Dreams.

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