Dedicated
with all the Love
in my Heart
to our daughter
Annie,
born on a very special and Sacred
December 29.
On that precious day
we truly felt
the Love of God.
“The love of God
is greater far
than tongue or pen
can ever tell.”
– Frederick Lehman
“Blessed is he,
who in the name of charity and good will,
Shepherds the weak
through the valley of darkness,
for he is truly his Brother’s keeper
and the finder of lost Children.”
– Ezekiel 25:17

Love is the most Beautiful thing on Earth.
An Existential dimension
is woven into the Beautiful Tapestry of Life.
Existentialism is a realm of Philosophy
concerned with
the meaning of Human existence.
It looks closely at Love,
and the meaning of Life,
and at death.
It looks at how we deal with
and value
the meaning of our own
very brief existence.

I exist for you.
As parents of a precious child,
this existential dimension leads us
to questions
later in Life:
Who was I?
What was my purpose in Life?
Where was my existence directed?
What did I achieve in Life?
What was the meaning of my Life
to others?
But, in reflection,
as the parent
of a new born child,
your Heart simply said:
I am here.
I exist.
And I exist for you.
I will let nothing harm you.
My words will always welcome
and warm you.
Let me be everything you are.
Let me dry your tears
and always be beside you,
to guard you and guide you,
and Love you
until the end
of time.

It is your Light.
Such is the Love
of a Mother and a Father
for their precious
Child.
Such is the Love
of your Father in Heaven above
for you.
“Verily, verily, I say unto thee –
ye must be born again”
– John 3:5,7
My Dear Friends,
everyday
your child is born
again.
And the answers
to Life’s existential questions
may be found
in the very first moment
you held your newborn
child:
I am here.
I exist.
And I exist for you.

Let me guard you and guide you.
You can venture into
sophisticated aspects
of Love.
But this Love,
this Existential Love,
cannot be conveyed
in mere words.
It is
your shelter from the storm,
your light,
your freedom
from ever knowing
the night.
This Love will follow you
wherever you go,
because it never left you.
It will guide you
when you never have to
think about it.
My Friends,
the manner we choose
to Live and Love
becomes Life,
a truly beautiful
Existential existence.
It blossoms
as the Truth
and is the same Love
God feels for His Child,
YOU.
Or Love and Life
can become
a Lie.

It has been searching for you.
Love
is the simplest thing on Earth,
the most powerful,
and the most beautiful.
To find it
all we need do
is surrender
our Heart.
And to whom
do we surrender
our fragile Hearts?
To everyone.
Love existential,
My Dear Friends,
will find you.
It has been searching for you.
Look around.
You will see it
in the eyes of everyone,
and every Living thing
you meet.
You felt such Love
on the day
of your Child’s birth,
and on the day
your were born.
Everyone
has a Heart,
a Human Heart,
that longs to Love
someone.
Like you.
Goodnight.

This Love will follow you.
read more
from Growing a Jeweled Rose

A truly beautiful Existential existence.
“Love is the only way to grasp another human being
in the innermost core of his personality.
No one can become fully aware
of the very essence of another human being
unless he loves him.
For the first time in my life
I saw the truth
as it is set into song by so many poets,
proclaimed as the final wisdom by so many thinkers.
The truth –
that Love is the ultimate and highest goal
to which man can aspire.
Then I grasped the meaning
of the greatest secret that human poetry
and human thought and belief have to impart:
The salvation of man
is through love
and in love.”
– Viktor E. Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning

Through love and in love.
Important Dates
(subject to change)
Jan. 5 (Thursday) Second Semester begins
Jan. 16 (Monday) Rev. Dr. Martin L. King Holiday
Jan. 20 Fort Worth Stock Show
Feb. 20 (Monday) President’s Day Holiday
Mar. 13-17 Spring Break Holidays
April 14 & 17 (Fri. & Mon.) Good Friday & Easter
April 28 Scarborough Renaissance Festival
May 22-26 Adventure Trip
May 26 Last Day of Semester

Love existential will find you.