words by dominic riccitello

It is often I am asked my thoughts on life, death, and religion. I believe our souls are revolving in a sense we are reincarnated in a variety of forms. We could be horribly immoral in this, yet innocent in the next. A woman in this life, a male in the following, and even a winter’s bark in the future. Our souls learn lessons and try to become rounded. There are new souls, old souls, and certain individuals along the way. There is not a God, a high and mighty, but we, as souls, who round the world. Entities, which ground us, teach us and educate us subconsciously. We are beings who have no gender, no label, just love and knowledge. Entering each life, we assume what is best for us and what we must learn or understand. There is reasoning for the gender we are given, which is intertwined with the role that is left for us.

My understanding is people are supposed to come and go, but not necessarily stay. Sometimes our parents are younger souls who are simply learning how to become gentle, kind, and compassionate. When this life is over, we wave goodbye and move onto the next. There is a possibility we cross paths along the way, but our journey with that individual is done. We have our soulmate who is always around, yet rarely actually plays the role of our lover.  A cliché reality which holds us together, we long for a life of passion and fire – a life of lovely desire. The reality is true, we do have a soulmate, but they come as our neighbor, the stray cat or even the mailman. They watch, they love, and protect us as we build ourselves.

Entering this life with no recollection of our past, meaning or purpose, we are supposed to build humanity as a whole, but genuinely. We, as humans, take feeling and emotion for granted. We do not understand the people in our current life are only momentarily and are here to help us, build us, to let us create the world we live in. We are to trust, to learn, to love, to live, and appreciate the lives we’re given. We are supposed to wave at our neighbors, be kind to hatred, and smile at the people of our past. Our eyes see through the lies of others and in the end we figure it out, come through and rebuild again. We are simply the coffee for others, the energy, the lovely, and the past and present in which we exude.

Being intelligent beings, we are to love strangers, our friends, and our mates. The world we live in is built entirely by us, for us, and whoever may come in need of our care. They say to live your life as the only one you are given, and do so, but understand you will come around again. And remember, never to take touch for granted as one day you might guide others through spirit instead of touch; and we are never to be afraid of death, as we never actually leave.