"Transitioning"

 

Some days you are breaking through...

And some days you are breaking down...

Both matter in the making of you...

There comes a day when you realize that turning the page is the best feeling in the world

Because there is so much more to you than the current page you are stuck upon

Never forget how brave it is to continue to show up in a story that looks so different than what you thought it would be

You are not weak just because your heart becomes heavy from time to time

Sometimes growth is not about becoming more...

It's unlearning all the things that made you feel less

By reminding you that it takes courage to change your mind

Flexibility is intelligence

Stubbornness can come from the fear of not letting go...

Confidence can admit that they were wrong...

While insecurity will always cling to false beliefs...

This is why we should never take constructive criticism from those who haven't constructed anything

Live life with the full knowledge that your actions and the consequences that come with them will always remain

Some people have the desire to be educated on change

While others will ignore any accountability...

Every time you try to control another persons path, you step off your own

It comes with the hard acknowledgement in this lesson learned...

People are powerless without your reaction

And that sometimes it's not the pain that hurts the most, it's who it came from

Realize and understand the change being asked of you...

A different direction is needed...

It's begging for your attention and a decision is desperately needed...

Transitioning from knowing better to constantly doing better is a journey in itself

Remember, you are the only you that will ever be...

Everything beautiful starts with trying...

Being nervous is only natural...

You only feel fear because it is new...

Not because you can't do it.

© 2025

"Daily Things"

 

Two truths...

Healing is hard...

But healing is also worth it...

Life reminds us that real closure is being okay with unfinished endings

With messy conclusions...

And with so many words left unsaid...

There will always be criticism received from others on your progress

Because the better version of you now, may no longer tolerate their behaviour from before...

The way people treat you is more of a defining statement of them, than about your being

Never apologize for your strength...

For surviving that which would leave others upon their knees

Release the heaviness...

Holding a grudge is not a sign of power...

It only ever keeps you bitter...

Forgiveness is never a weakness

It sets you free...

Life reminds us of so many things daily

The hard, the easy, and the life changing difficult...

Sometimes the place that you are use to is not the place you belong

You cannot change that which you refuse to confront

Sometimes we have to leave people behind...

Simply because they lack the ability to grow with us

Causing us to accept situations that will never change

Repetition is the circle that never ends...

We define our being...

So when we hear your past calling, end the debate now to answer

Remind yourself the reasons why you are no longer there

Allow the rush of emotions to flow through you

Acknowledge what was...

Pain always wants to be owned...

Let the ease of relief wash over you..

Feet are motion forward, not back

Because the being you once were...

Does not live there anymore.

© 2025

"Still Counts"

 

One step at a time...

One day after another...

Yesterday becomes today...

And these moments now are all for you...

Because all small changes matter...

There is only ever two days that nothing can ever be done

One is called yesterday and the other is called tomorrow

These moments now are for you...

May you continue to disappoint those who place unfair expectations upon you

Never allow them to limit you to their narrow world view

Never play along with their created narrative they have made for you

Don't allow your past wounds to turn you into a being you are not

Because like all things, there is a beginning, a middle, and end

It's understanding how the difference changes everything

If someone shows you their true colours the first time,

don't try to repaint them

Misunderstandings abandoned in time only become the reasons for permanent distance

And constant forgiveness always ends with disconnect

The touch of pain has memory...

It's not the load that weighs you down, it's the way you carry it with you...

Making you realize that it's not really letting go of the past that is the problem

It's coming to terms with releasing the future that was never held

A lesson that is very hard to learn...

To surrender all that was to time...

By being present now, to the best of your ability...

To avoid places and people that require a reduced version of you to exist

Be you always and abundantly...

Practice patience and accept what you feel...

Stop punishing yourself for things you did not know at the time

Give yourself kindness and the benefit of the doubt

A few bad moments does not equal a bad life

Temporary discomfort is not meant to be permanent

All moments carry a space of growth

Burn bright the light within...

A flicker in the dark still counts...

What dims is still burning...

To shine bright once again.

© 2025

"Leaves Its Mark"

You are every moment...

All that has built you to now...

Even all that has tried to destroy you...

And the scares are proof that you showed up within life...

Existed...

Experienced it to full measure...

And fought back...

Sometimes you don't want to let go things until the bitter end

Even the pain...

Because that is the last link to what you have lost

The realization comes to you now that you are destined to repeat what is not repaired

Whether its a bad habit, unresolved issues, or a past mistake

Turning a blind eye to it only keeps your being stuck within the same loop

As difficult as it may be, face what needs fixing, and move forward passed it

Growth can only happen when you take action and allow it

You can't be everything to everyone, and nothing to yourself

Heal to the best of your ability, so you can hear whats being said without the filter of your wounds

Those who try to rewrite history are those who are trying to escape accountability

Some people simply hate you because they have failed to destroy you

Stop letting people who are at war with themselves create so much chaos within you

And yes, maybe you hold on a little too long to those people who no longer deserve you

Simply because you have more good in our heart than they do...

Hard lessons learned should only be like a bruise

It hurts in the beginning and leaves its mark

But it eventually does fade...

It should never be a permanent mark upon you...

Never underestimate the strength it takes to pick your soul up off the ground after a fall

To raise yourself back up upon your own two feet

Clawing back your life with your bare hands everyday without setting the heavy weight down

Those who carry out these actions are not weak...

They are not fragile...

And they are not broken...

They are redefining the word strength by surviving.

 

© 2025

 

"Past Echoes"

Mindset is everything...

It's a realization worth understanding...

Because sometimes we want what we don't need...

It can take the being a long time to comprehend that not everything has a beautiful story

Not every person we feel something deep and moving for is meant to make a home within us

Sometimes the lesson is brief and short, yet can last a lifetime...

Reality is this, that we can miss something, and never want it back

No one ever truly talks about the strength it takes to stand with the decision to care for another at a distance

Some people would prefer to pretend that they didn't have feelings about it because it is uncomfortable

While others perceive it as emotionally weak

Society has created this false image...

So you are right, no one really talks about it, and very few speak openly about it...

Of how cutting a being from your life comes with so many stages of grief

Knowing that it is not what you wanted, but it has to be done out of necessity for the care of your well-being...

That honesty is not a goal to be achieved...

It is a standard with care...

You are allowed to hold people accountable

It unfortunately hurts for a reason...

To remind us of the cause and why...

This is why feelings never easily die

Especially when we keep feeding them with memories

Making the first few steps forward of moving on the hardest taken

Because silence can mean many things...

It can carry the presence of everything we are afraid to say

Or it can hold the absence of words within silence

Direction is more important than speed...

Choose you always...

You are not defined by your past or your mistakes

Echoes of what was can fade...

Tomorrow whispers of another chance from the darkness

To grow beyond and be better than before...

Making this one of the beautiful things about life...

That there is always the possibility for change.

© 2025

"Moments To Be"

 

A new day starts...

As the sun climbs over the edge of the world...

It always starts out small...

Another breath...

A thought...

A flicker of bravery...

This is how hope gradually returns, by anchoring the being within possible

We all have sad lines within our story of living we never share

The difference is and can be made...

Whether we make it the excuse for holding us back or motivating us forward

We don't have to control our thoughts...

But we do have to stop letting them control us

Refuse to allow the mirror to be a battleground

Listen with the same passion that you feel about wanting to be heard

Be careful about the stories you repeat to yourself regarding current circumstances

The constant dark negative leaves no room for the positivity of light

Forgive yourself first...

For all those times that you allowed someone to take power over you

When they made you feel empty, worthless, afraid, or anything less than who you are

We are only human...

And sometimes we even forget that...

Of just how capable we actually are

These are the things that we are made of...

The best way out, is through...

Making the cure for pain within pain itself...

Promise yourself to remember and to never forget again...

To be open to learning, unlearning and relearning as many times as needed

Because yesterday can never be changed...

Tomorrow is always another day...

And a chance to realign your direction of choice

With the decision made to never wait for “someday” ever again

Allowing today and all its moments to be yours.

© 2025

"Bridges to Connections "

The decision...

It ends or it doesn't...

Like the night with darkness transitioning into light...

You can adjust and we do adapt

You are presented with two choices

Evolve or remain the same...

To be bound within everything unchanged

Reliving the same storms passing by

You are not your feelings, you just experience them

Anger, sadness, depression and fear...

This is the rain we all walk within

But our entirety is not the dark clouds over us

Because all bad weather does pass eventually...

Allowing the light to shine once again

And by choosing to grow beyond all yesterdays...

You are reminding yourself to never travel down that road ever again

No one ever changes unless they want to

They cannot be begged or told by force

Reason, tough love, or emotion never seems to be enough

It all rests up realization...

That they need to do it themselves, to stop the loss within existence

To understand how to listen and learn without being offended

Just because you don't fully understand it, doesn't mean it isn't so

If you can't lead yourself, then you have no right to try to lead another

Which now helps us to comprehend this understanding

That some bridges to connections when broken, should never be mended again

We do not owe our peace to those who constantly bring us chaos

We all fall and break...

We all fail and forget...

But when we heal, rise and remember...

This is when we can over come...

By releasing all that continuously harms our being.

© 2025