The First Treasure California Began To Surrender

The Pain Comes From More Than The Facts Of Circumstance, Or The Deeds Of Others. It Comes From Within. From Understanding What We Lost. It Comes From Knowing How Foolish We Were - Vain, Arrogant Children - When We Thought Ourselves Happy. It Comes From Knowing How Fragile And Doomed The Old Ways Were, Just When We Thought Them And Ourselves, Secure!. The Pain Comes From Knowing We Have Never Been Safe, And Therefore Will Never Be Safe Again. It Comes From Knowing We Can Never Be Children Again.

Guilty She Might Be. But What Human Being Was Not? There Were Things In Her Past She Needn't Be Ashamed Of, Things To Be Proud Of; She Wouldn't Surrender So Meekly To A Condemning Judgment.

Be Yourself. Above All, Let Who You Are, What You Are, What You Believe Shine Through Every Sentence You Write, Every Piece You Finish.

Losing Innocence. Remembering Heaven. That Was The Essence Of Hell

The First Treasure California Began To Surrender After The Gold Rush As The Oldest: Her Land.