Need To Be"

 

It's that realization...

Most believe that silence is born...

When more times than enough, it is given...

Along with the abandonment in-between the difficult moments

Words get passed around

Reactions get swallowed

Time holds hostage the emotional storm within

Like all things under pressure, the breaking point looms...

And when it does, you are told that you are the only reason it broke

Your reaction is deemed as being incredibly rude

One of attention grabbing and dramatic

So why is it that no one notices sadness?

Not until it turns into anger inflicted...

Then pointed fingers blame the hurt upon the victim...

The story always reads same...

That some how the weakest being is wrong

That the fault is all their own...

Like they were given no other choice...

Even when we all know that disrespect does not simply happen

It is a choice...

This is why footsteps begin to turn away

To leave is not that you stopped caring

You walk away because you now understand that caring too much has kept you abandoning yourself

That the actions given were no longer enough to cover the cost taken

Now releasing all trapped emotions and feelings

You understand that are not more ahead or behind any other

Your choices are where you need to be

There is no timetable that must be followed

Sometimes there is no order to be taken

It is all a decision made

To be you...

And to be compared to no other.

© 2026

"Just in Case"

 

Breathe...

Hold this moment just for you...

Just in case no one has told you lately...

You have done an amazing job of holding onto yourself through all these difficulties...

That despite everything you have endured...

You are here...

Strong, kind, beautiful, and resilient

Some how still holding onto that spark of optimism

Even on those painfully dark days where healing from anything seems impossible

Some how you have embraced this sheer determination to create more

A better life than what yesterday has handed you

Belief in ones self in paramount

Even when no one else does...

Even with tears in your eyes...

You still face the world every day...

With a new hope given in refusal

That for far too long you have lived only for others

This day now begins you...

You heal by releasing, not suppressing

To now understand that the difference has to be the choice taken

Existence is all the moments of living

A shining light beaming...

Listen to the words of kindness spoken to yourself

Let them sink in...

Let them fade into you and believe them

They are never meant to just lay upon your skin with all the other words collected throughout the day

They are meant to live inside you...

Making you look at life differently...

Because of the changes you've made...

Feel the peace flow through you now...

That transition from just barely surviving to recovery...

Is because above all else, you held space for your being

And found your way back to you again.

© 2026

"Because Sometimes"

 

Sometimes...

People are not ready to see the bright side of things...

Sometimes, they need to sit with the shadows first...

To acknowledge the darkness within and around them...

Because denying its existence can be more harmful then good

So bear with them...

Sit with them holding the moments...

Help make the heaviness bearable...

Because it does take time to find sunlight again

To actually see it and believe it to be true...

To accept that the lost parts of yourself do deserve grieving

That it was never your own shadows that you were afraid of

It was those of expectations looming over your shoulders

To the point that the only thing you expected from living was pain...

That love, hurt, and blood all flow from the same vein...

Causing the heart to make a home within a place you ought to run away from

It is when this reminder is desperately needed to be given...

That it takes time to realize that you can't let go of what you refuse to feel

Because when all you know is chaos, the slightest change around you never goes unnoticed

The first step to getting anywhere is deciding your no longer willing to stay where you are

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

We suffer...

We hopefully learn...

And we begin to change...

Because sometimes we do reply on hope

Like a bridge spanning a great distance...

Sometimes we are in need, while in other times we are the one providing the link to another

No one ever escapes the troubled waters of life...

Each day presents its challenges...

The choice always remains ours...

To be scared or to be brave...

Either way there are times in our lives when we could use a little help

And other times when we are given the chance to be that help to someone else

It really doesn't matter where you are right now...

What matters most is that you remember yourself

How receiving a helping hand is just as important as offering one

That its not only a chance given to live...

But to survive.

© 2026

"Restoration of You"

 

Like all beings...

We are the transitions of change...

Continuously learning who we are...

While unlearning anything that someone else told us to be...

Choose you always...

Taking time for yourself is not selfish

You can't be there for others when you've forgotten how to be present for yourself

Boundaries are not created to offend others

They are created to honour your being...

Because at the end of the day, you are the caretaker of your life

People only see the decisions you made, not the only choice you had

Forgive yourself for not knowing better at the time...

Forgive yourself for giving away your power...

Forgive yourself for past behaviours...

Forgive yourself for everything else, but never for surviving...

Forgive yourself for all the patterns you put into place as you made your way through difficult decisions...

And above all else, forgive yourself for being who you needed to be at the time...

Refuse to continue to argue with those over understanding

Especially when they fail to understand themselves

The hardest things to let go of are the things we never truly had

To release those around us who have not grown with us

Because you will never be able to make someone see what they don't want to hear

Your mind is either a weapon or a weakness...

Train it to fight for you, not against you...

Strength sometimes looks like moving forward

A step at a time...

Breathing through all that is attempting to bury you deep

As you heal the places in your memory that still replay hurt

Leave everything in today as it passes...

Right where the sunset is found...

Tomorrow arrives with more time and understanding

And a chance to begin the restoration of you.

© 2026

"In the Middle"

 

Sometimes....

You cannot think your way out of things...

Somethings you must feel your way through...

Because not all cages are made of metal, some are made of thoughts...

The mind seems to draw maps where the heart wishes to follow

And sometimes we get lost along the way...

Somewhere between what we want and what we have been told

Right in the middle of logic and longing...

Language is a movable object

We can and do learn, which causes so much change within and around us...

And we should grow beyond the past moments...

You may not have asked for this heavy weight placed upon you, but you do get to choose how you react to it

What we do in this life echoes for all the days we live within it

Sometimes the greatest betrayal isn't what someone has done to you

Its how long you have abandoned yourself to keep them

Maybe you are not healing because you are trying to be who you were before the trauma was caused

Sadly, the reality is that being no longer exists

There now is a new you emerging from the darkness

Trying to be born at this very moment...

To breath life into the being you are now becoming

Never trade your authenticity for approval

People will attack your character, wishing to gain entry to your being

Take notice, there is something there...

Thieves just don't break into empty places for no reason...

People always seem to notice the changes with you

But they never realize or remember the actions that have caused them

Because those with the dirtiest fingers, are usually the ones who are pointing the fingers of blame

Remind yourself that you deserve to feel safe within your own life

Fight for it, with every ounce gained and given

You are this force...

Always you...

Always enough...

Every moment...

Every sunrise...

Every day...

Shine your light.

© 2026

"Passing Through"

 

It's a strange feeling...

That awkward in-between phase that we pass through...

The footsteps taken now from this chapter of life to the next...

It's a confusing period in our lives...

Where the only thing that you know is that things are changing

We have all been through moments like this

Some come differently, while others remain familiar and the same

Clarity rarely ever comes loudly...

But when it does, hold on...

Your heart will beat with such urgency...

Your mind will naturally reach out for the calm from within the storm ...

It will cause you to reflect more, while saying less

Teaching us to exercise our patience...

While the universe seems to bombard you with signs of it all

It is like your being is splitting into two

Your new and old self fight over it

Fear keeps threatening to take control

But you are so much stronger now than you use to be

And that is why you are not going to let it...

Ground yourself in the present repeatedly

No matter how uncomfortable it feels, fight it...

Because resistance will only have you permanently stuck in a chapter that was only meant to be temporary

Acceptance will allow you to breath again

To live through the moments...

Its that pivotal time we all seek

The point in this journey of life where you choose existence

You can either suppress it all or let it revitalize you

You are the most permanent thing in your life

This is why you must always choose you...

Beautiful...

Learning...

And changed...

Beyond all that was yesterday.

© 2026

"Weight of Being"

 

 

We are doing our best...

And that is enough...

Because we don't always know how to hold onto the full weight of being human...

Some days joy and disappointment will show up at the same time

And unfortunately we have to make room for both

They all equally demand our attention...

These are the moments of life we are living and building

We wake up, show up, and keep feeling....

Choosing to have hope...

Not because it is easy, but because it is the one things that never fades

Especially when everything around us changes

Love is the truth we return to

It is the place inside our being that reminds us that we are enough

Exactly as we are...

This is why we must give ourselves the act of forgiveness

Refuse to see the lack of reciprocation in care for your being as a challenge to convince others of your worth

Don't judge yourself by what others have done to you

Self-realization is the best service you can render to yourself

Never confuse acceptance with indifference

Everyone has the right to breathe...

Fate is something that cannot be forced

What is intended will always be...

Not everyone will understand

Some of us are still learning that we are deserving of good things

To find trust in optimism without entitlement...

To not confuse confidence with arrogance...

Because we are reminded frequently that beautiful things can be fleeting...

This is why we must appreciate them while we embrace them

The changing of seasons bring us bluer skies

And a rest between the moments of life's existence

A pause in the journey to remember what is most important

To long and want for something more...

While treasuring all that has been and what has yet to be...

As we fight to keep the light lit

For every reason given to believe.

© 2026