"You Are Always"

 

There comes a point in time...

When a decision in choice has to be made...

To allow what comes next...

And actually mean it...

Boundaries only work when you enforce them

The goal is not to be right, but to live with the truth

Past wounds caused were never your fault

But the ownership of healing from them is your responsibility

To find peace, you have to be willing to lose the connection to chaos

Understand the limit in tolerance and when it has been reached

Deny the blame for their disrespect given to you

Don't let the fear of what could happen let nothing happen

Everyone carries some darkness...

The question is whether they hide it...

Use it...

Or are consumed by it...

It may not be realized now, but the thing that ended up hurting you the most, will also be the thing that changes your standards forever

Pain has a strange way of clarifying what you will never tolerate again

Like the saying goes, you either get better or you get bitter...

When you take what has been done to you and allow it to make you into a better person

Or you allow it to tear you apart piece by piece...

The choice belongs to you...

That is why when words fail, actions need to speak

The image that others have of you is not your responsibility to live up to

Release the weight of expectation...

Acknowledge the painful transition...

Know that you are not falling apart, but stepping into something different

Just like the moon going through phases of dark to light, and everything in between

It may not always appear with the same brightness...

But you are always still whole...

Existing and growing...

From a wound that once bled.

© 2026

"Rather Than You"

 

Silence isn't always empty...

It can be full of answers to those who wish to hear...

With hidden meanings or spoken in the loudest volumes...

Life is every moment always

There are going to be times when you feel like you are drowning in thoughts

Of tears and bad memories unable to be forgotten

When darkness lurks behind every day, leaving you to desperately wishing for sunshine

Only for you to realize that you need to allow the light in...

To step out from the shadows cast over you

With an understanding that tomorrow is always there, with or without you...

A step in any direction than here and now, is the act of surviving

Acknowledging that we do sometimes break

Not because we are not strong enough to carry the load

But because we decided to pick up something that was not ours to bear

Before the truth can set you free...

You need to recognize which lies are holding you hostage...

Sometimes lost things need not return

Acceptance is realization of change...

That sometimes we cannot rely on a clock or calendar to tell us when its okay to move on

Our heart does not understand the notion of time or distance

Only absence...

Refuse to let others ruin your peace, just because they cannot find theirs

Removing yourself from chaos should not have to require an apology

Letting go is not giving up...

It is one of the bravest things you will ever do...

Because when holding on is only ever hurting you

Let the connection break, rather than your being...

Be that to yourself which you did not receive...

And let them miss you...

They earned it.

© 2026

"Betterment of You"

 

We all have a story of us...

Of chapters lived...

Of so many moments forgotten...

And some pages that never get spoken about

We are the contrast in difference

Actions have meaning even if the outcome is denied

Words are still the singularly most powerful force available to humanity

We can choose their use as well as their force

Constructive or destructive...

Meant as encouragement or despair...

They carry the energy and power with the ability to help or harm

To hinder or heal..

And to humiliate or humble...

So in a world overflowing with words, sometimes it's not about what people promise...

It's how they show up that speaks the loudest

Some people only cling to their hate so stubbornly because once that emotion is gone, they will be forced to deal with their pain

Making the part of you that has removed others from your presence neither bitter or vengeful

Your being was simply exhausted from being used, then blamed for the sadness felt

We don't always know how to carry the weight of being human

How to hold happiness or disappointment in the same breath

Yet we continue to reach for the light...

Because it always returns when everything else fades...

It's the truth we return to...

The general belief that we are already enough, just the way we are

Just like the beginning of a new day

You have been given this blank page to do with as you will

What you do today is important...

Because when tomorrow comes, this day will be behind you

So it's best to make it something worth while ...

Containing the betterment of you.

© 2026

"Here After "

 

It's your continued journey...

There will be moments of in between this and everything else...

When life reminds you every day that its a series of stages..

You may feel lost, angry, unseen, confused, or empty...

The difficult part is not to confuse these parts of transition with a forever state of being

You are not broken...

You are breaking away from what was, creating space to welcome what will be

It is never too late to be whoever you wish to be

There is no time limit, start whenever you want

You can change or stay the same...

But it does require you to acknowledge the difference in those choices

To make the best of it or allow the worst of it...

Maybe this chapter of your life is called resilience

A season of heavy steps forward where tears blend with resolve

A day when you choose to rise with the light, instead of falling with the darkness

Reminding yourself that there are going to be times when you feel like drowning within life

That no amount of guilt will solve the past...

And no amount of worry will redirect the future...

You are here and now living within existence

You owe no one access to the healed version of you if they ever once contributed to the broken one

Boundaries are not walls, they are gates you control

Allow yourself to be proud of surviving the storms that have passed

Self-love can and will be tough...
Sometimes it can feel abrasive with the ache of temporary discomfort

But it is a practice worth dedication..

Your being is worth the effort...

To be given the chance once again to blossom passed those moments when you were convinced you were failing or falling behind

It won't always be easy, and it wont always be beautiful

But that is life, us in the middle, and the balance of it all

Shaping you into the person you were meant to be

And despite all appearances, those things that were pushing you off your direction of path taken...

Were in fact leading you through it.

© 2026

"You Are It"

 

It's the truth...

Liars do make the best promises...

So pay attention to their reactions to your boundaries

Their recoil and backlash to them is more of an honest response then words could ever be

The lines drawn are seen more as a personal attack against them, than acts of trespass against you...

Making this one of the most devastating forms of betrayal...

When your suffering is not recognized and denied...

When you are made to believe that you are the problem while they are mistreating you

Makes this the exact moment of a point of no return

Blinded vision is now made incredibly clear...

Serving as your everlasting reminder...

That the unkind words people speak, say more about their insecurities they keep, than about you

Because unhealed people don't listen with their ears, they listen with their triggers...

This is why you must do your best to stop carrying old feelings into new experiences

Release the harsh and pointed voices heard

Those are just a throwback to the past and it holds no truth about these moments now

Let go of the bitterness of self-judgment, the old, and the learned ways of beating yourself up for each imagined inadequacy
Allow the dialogue within the mind to grow friendlier
Transition out of your inner criticism of life

Allow the outlook to shift and see the difference...

Because this understanding is almost the most undefinable definition of living

That some how in some way you do endure everything and you survive...

You break into a million pieces and yet, you rebuild with what is salvageable

Your trust gets reduced and your spirit within hope gets shaken

Skepticism tries to seep back in through past scars...

But, some how, you are able to rinse the darkness with light

Granting yourself forgiveness...

Change requires you to give this gift to yourselves...

As you step into the next chapter within the seasons of life

Understand wholeheartedly, that if you were ever to need a good enough reason to fully believe in a being...

You are it...

A thousand times over...

You are enough.

© 2026

"Hiding Within"

 

Calm yourself...

Take a moment...

And just breathe...

A single moment of weakness can become the birth place of strength

Treat a failure as information now found instead of a setback within life

A loss can be a stepping stone found...

There is no shame in changing or rebuilding your life slowly

Not all can be fixed over night...

Some clarity will be found after confusion...

Some peace is only ever found after everything else falls apart...

Learning to carry yourself through the hardest parts in life is something to be tremendously proud of

Once you realize that everyone will only see you as their own version of you

And that version is only a reflection of them, this is where the line of understanding now begins

You are your own being, not who people say you are

You are not responsible for how they perceive you...

You are you and they are them...

Your being of energy is a gift

Not all who enter your life should have access to it

Nor should they be allowed to steal from it...

Some will only ever avoid you, simply because you tell the truth, and they wish to embrace a lie

This does not mean you are stuck where you stand...

You have acknowledged the direction of change needed

And brave are the new footsteps forward on your own

Release the heaviness as needed...

Along with any lack of respect received from those who watched you struggle endlessly

Only to add more weight to your shoulders, rather than helping rise above

Because sadly, hurt people can and do hurt other people

So comprehend this...

Why can't kindness and compassion be just as contagious?

The mind always remembers the words and the heart always remembers how it feels

Which teaches us the difference in the hardest lesson learned

That change does happen, and it does get better, but not by accident

It takes an intentional choice, honest growth, and moving forward without having all the answers to do so

Because your light will always expose unresolved things hidden within the darkness of others.

© 2026

"The Exact Moment "

 

Breathe...

This is the exact moment you knew was coming...

Where you believe that everything is finished, but it's only the beginning...

Healing rarely looks the way the mind has imagined it

Some days it feels like progress...

Other days it feels like you are right back where you started

Look closer to the being within...

There has been change...

The way you speak to yourself now is different

Tolerance for poor behaviour is limited

Even the way you sit with difficult emotions has altered

Growth is happening...

You are not what has been done to you

You are what you have overcome

Every mistake...

Each lie and broken promise...

Every fallen teardrop...

You have survived...

The scars that you carry mean that you are stronger than what tried to hurt you

Remind yourself you are human...

Remember this when doubt clouds your judgment

Nothing out there is worth getting out of character for

Sometimes you must cut the connection with those who are not good for your being

The care is not lost, but the respect within communication is

Your sanity and peace of mind begs for you to move on...

To stop taking directions from others to places they have never been

Because that type of tolerance eventually comes with resentment

At first you call it patience...

Then the care within love...

But what it really is, is self-abandonment

Every time you swallow a boundary, excuse a pattern, or silence your discomfort...

Something inside you keeps score

And eventually, the bill comes due

Asking all that you owe...

© 2026