This is the experience for which we must dream. For which we must fight for, and one must love. You see, today I look at life with gratitude. How my lover's smile brightens this world. How nature provides for me. How I have friends to call home. How I had mystical moments in the secrets of Earth in order to create. How I have this life to even write. You see, I think happiness is what keeps the world running. It gives life the magic to say “I got you” while you suffer. In each experience there are stars casted in your sky and you must take the light. The truth is…. love is ever burning, through the water and through the ash. I had to learn that. This year you will see my story of friends who gave me purpose. Earth who gave me magic. A lover that brought me farther than I thought possible. And myself that gave my life power."