"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

"Never Know"

 

Moments gather always...

They quickly add up...

Some weigh us down...

And then the decision comes...

Which to hold onto, and which ones to release...

Whispers of the past will always shape the echoes of the future

There is a decision the mind needs to make

Maybe the destination is not a place, but a new way of seeing

The refusal to live a life you don't want should always be stronger than your doubt of the unknown

Because fear can be such a manipulative emotion...

Temporary people and things tend to leave permanent lessons behind

There are so many uncertainties in this life already...

This is why healing your heart is one of the most powerful things you can do in your world

It's a beautiful act and the best gift given...

Especially when those people who shine their hearts outwards to guide another safely along the path of life

That they will put their own hardships aside in order to extend a helping hand

Offering a lifeline to those set a drift...

To be a spark of light shining in the darkness

Because you never really know the true impact you have on those around you

You never know just how much someone needed that smile you gave them

You may never know how much your kindness turned someone's entire life around

You never know how much someone needed that long hug or hours long talk

You just never know...

So don't wait to be kind....

Don't wait for someone else to be kind first...

Don't wait for better circumstances or for someone to change

Just be kind always...

You may never know just how much someone needs it.

 

© 2025

"Life Long Lesson"

 

So strange sometimes...

How we begin to understand things...

That life is both fragile and so resilient at the same time

Existence the teacher...

Us the forever student learning

Don't let those lessons turn you cold

Allow your being to remain warm with strength

Never ignore patterns seen, but respect the signs given

Our softness is not a weakness, it is proof that we can survive without turning cruel

So many people are worried about being the bad guy in another beings story

And the truth of the matter is, we all know the parts we play

The difference comes when they were played with pure intentions or not

False conviction always comes when we walk away from those who have hurt us

They label us difficult and the villain in their story

But that makes us the healer within in ours...

And that is the strange part about life

So many feelings escape definition...

We have so many memories with people we may never speak to again

Some chapters hold laughter, love, and so many hour long talks

But still an end comes without closure..

You don't always get a goodbye...

Some people just fade into the background, leaving behind echoes of moments that once meant everything

And it does hurt...

The pain is real...

Not because those time were fake, but because the connection did not last

You shared so many secrets, made promises, and planned for so many days of futures now never lived

And yet, oddly enough, some part of us wouldn't erase it...

Because in those moments, even though temporary, we were exactly who we needed to be for each other

We learn now that not everyone is meant to stay in our story forever

Some people are lessons...

Some are the greatest of life long blessings

And some are so very hard to forget...

Even if we do not speak of them...

Does not mean we have forgotten the ever lasting effect that remains.

 

© 2025