"The Creation of Us"

Our story is a daily formation...

Moments experienced, gained and lost...

Numerous pages and some almost endless chapters...

A new day always begins as another comes to an end

Change is always...

The give and take...

And the fine balance of it all

Remembering or forgetting

These are all acts in motion

Growth is a dance, not a light switch

The decision to move on from a hardship is not automatic

The choice has to be taken

You are never obligated to sacrifice your inner peace

No one else gets to decide if your pain is valid

Offer yourself some protection

No one needs full access to you at all times

Be the keeper of your light

Be selective...

Not everything that calls your name, needs an answer

We are who we are because of the darkness we've survived

Because when trust is completely broken, “I'm sorry,” means nothing...

These are the hard lessons within struggle that are worth learning

It reminds us of the victory that comes from surviving

Anger after dishonesty is not bitterness

And it is not a conviction of being a bad person

Its the right of expression...

Healing yourself does not mean the damage never existed

It just means that it no longer controls your life

Truth always proves itself

Because life finds us always...

Through the creation of us.

© 2024

"Life Lesson"

 

Remember...

Today is temporary...

There is no promises of forever...

Failure is a matter of perspective

Make the choice...

To heal and recover...

Or to stall and wait...

Give the permission to change from what was yesterday

Allow yourself to feel the feelings

Just don't become the entire emotion

Witness it...

Own it...

Then release it...

To accept yourself means forgiveness

Forgive yourself for all that you were

We are not our scars...

Though our foundation may be built upon some of them

We are not our fear or pain

The definition of our being is existence

Understand the difference between word and action

Mixed signals received should always be considered as “no...”

As hard as it may be, we must stop being so considerate in situations where we were never considered

And as brutal as it may be, the truth does set you free...

You just have to recognize which lies continue to keep you hostage...

Refuse to give anyone else the power of you

Never change the heart of your being

Guard the right of those who have access to it

Because everything and everyone in life comes to us as a teacher

Pay attention to the lesson...

And try to learn quickly.

© 2024

"Your Definition"

  

Moments are here and now...

Waiting and passing by...

When understanding is realized...

Confidence begins to grow

Everything is within your power

And that strength is contained within you

Release the heaviness...

It only carries emptiness and chaos

Do not hold onto those beings so tightly who always give you less

When you only continue to give more...

Allow your vision to be clear...

Sometimes people will act like you're difficult and hard to deal with

When in truth, you are just hard to fool...

The dark negative convinces us a grudge should be held

Because the belief is made that there is still something owing to us

When the true reality is forgiveness to ourselves...

Acknowledge the hurt and the bitter lesson learned

Step away from those who have trespassed against you

Especially when they play the victim to the crimes they have committed

Confront the darkness...

Stop it in its tracks...

Deny it access...

Banish it with the truth of illumination...

Do not wait for all of life's variables to be perfectly in place

Use whatever tools you may have at your disposal

To heal you have to hurt...

And a heart that has been broken, has had the ability to love

Begin now...

Ignore perfection...

Reality cannot fit within that definition

Because existence is experiences in constant motion.

© 2024

"Valid Reason"

 

Days and months add together...

A year in life brings so much change...

Yesterday is on the road behind you...

Today is the steps leading you to so many moments of existence...

Through understanding the upper hand is gained

And the difference comes to be known...

No one can trash your name quicker than someone who is worried about you telling the truth

You cannot fix someones misunderstanding of you

Especially when your intentions have always been clear

This makes us nothing more and nothing less than who we are

But even in brief times of doubt...

Remind yourselves of the beauty that you are

See the magnitude of the human being within

We all have scares that carry whispers of the dark

But the best part is...

We are all continued works in progress

Pain heals when you start learning from it

The power of control is within your hands

So when that feeling comes to be, that you don't want this for yourself anymore...

It becomes a valid reason to stop...

Reevaluate everything as much as it needs to be...

The right of this choice is yours to own

Set your intention and let it be known

That repeating a mistake is a choice...

And that sometimes we need to take a deep breath

Hold ourselves in the direction we wish to be

And step passed that which tried to bury us or hold us to the past

Be brave and bold...

Acknowledge the reflection of the mirror

The differences seen are what makes us who we are

And when the attempt is made to try to set you back

Choosing your well being in happiness takes precedence above that...

Making it your biggest reply and comeback.

© 2024

"What We Do"

 

Moments hold you...

Senses perk to awareness...

As you acknowledge the unpopular fact...

That there is still grief in letting go of those things that no longer serve you well...

Because there is never a “right” time

There is just time and what we do with it

Identifying the pattern becomes awareness

Choosing not to repeat that cycle is growth achieved

Criticism given usually only comes from those who do not know the price you have paid

Each step has been a battle...

Small or great...

Fought and won...

Or lost and managed to endure...

So when judgment is so harshly passed

Deny the act of shame given...

Because it only cultivates internalized abandonment, until it shades your daily existence...

Refuse to apologize for your survival and fortitude

Submission is only ever servitude...

And silence becomes confirmation complete

No one gets to control your volume of passion

Do not be an echo of the past

You are not where you came from

Learn to trust that there is a tomorrow waiting beyond what you can see today

Letting go while holding on is the wisdom learned and the strength earned

Don't give up on the person you are becoming

The power is held within your hands

Be a better you, for you...

Because we cannot force ourselves into change...

We can only love ourselves into personal evolution.

© 2024