Love is the only reality, the only terror, and the only hope. James Baldwin, from front page of Baldwin A Love Story Nicholas Boggs©, 2025, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 120 Broadway, New York 10271

For your consideration: As much as we may want to be loved, it is also true that we often fear it or don’t trust it. How open are you to being loved, truly loved? Can you imagine being cherished just for who you are? How accepting are you of yourself, warts and all?

“…Once you are Real you can’t become unreal again. It lasts for always.” p.8 The Velveteen Rabbit Margery Williams, Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., in 1922, now Doubleday Books for Young Readers

For your consideration: Do you feel authentic? How would you describe/characterize your authentic self? What lessons have you learned along the way? What lessons are you working on?