"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

"Over Step"

 

Please, hear me clear...

I am here to get it right, not to be right...

To realign the balance of give and take...

By understanding the shift in change and the difference of it all

It took me a long time to be at peace with a lot of my demons

A battle long fought, won, and laid to rest...

This is why I have no immediate desire to battle yours on my own...

I am no longer interested in the level of life you have to offer my being

Or the only role you deem me worthy to to play within it

This is where I take my final stand...

Releasing every part of you from me...

It's not that I refuse to care, I just have to care better for me...

There always seems to be certain feelings that remain after decisions are made

More question are asked than answers provided...

Actions continue to fail...

And the same words are forever repeated and spoken...

Are among the many reasons why I refuse to be your stepping stone of betterment any longer

A fixer of your broken that you keep on breaking

The healer of wounds you keep open and bleeding

Just another pit stop for a quick top-up of momentary happiness

Or the layover to a place deemed better than all of this...

To continue to be the one who makes you whole and all better now...

Staying only because I have patched up all the holes within you

Making you all temporarily better, just so you may travel on your way

While failing to realize that the patches you leave with, are also pieces of me

This is why I release you now, fully and completely...

My boundary line is now drawn...

If you are never going to change for yourself, why would you promise to change for another?

This is why I've stopped choosing a being who refuses to choose me...

There are some actions and steps that have to be taken

Especially when they continually over step the line of carelessness

Respect, sanity and peace should never have to be negotiable...

Neither is the allowance in the amount damage caused...

Without any consequences received.

© 2026

"Before Now"

 

Change...

Like sunrise through the darkness...

Everything that was yesterday now echoes through time

Each moment we breathe life into our being

So we may understand the feelings coursing through our veins

Love or loss...

To heal the hurt...

And to be at peace with it all...

Today is existence

Tomorrow is unknown

All waiting upon a decision to be made

We hold so tightly to some memories because they never change when everybody else does

This is why we tend to find ourselves a little lost

Trying to remember ourselves before who we are now

Sometimes people refuse to apologize for the harm they have caused

Because admitting that they hurt someone will destroy the version of themselves they believe in

This is why we must notice the difference in people

Either they are a reflection of a repeated cycle...

Or they are guides towards a new start...

We just don't simply walk away from another being to teach them a lesson

We do so because we have learned ours...

This is where our understanding is made

Give yourself permission to be where you are

Be the person who still tries after failure, frustration, or disappointment

Be the person who musters up the courage once again to try

To believe that a new attempt can manifest a new outcome

Be the person who still tries...

Always.

 

© 2026

"Adapting Life"

 

Life is an echo...

What you send out...

Comes back...

Self-care is a different kind of love...

Believe in you...

Push your dreams into plans

Encouragement is sunshine to the being within

Understand the change needed...

Moments that cause you to detour from the path ahead

Are the obstacles we learn the most lessons from

We can and do adapt...

We have this ability carried within us as long as we allow it

Grant yourself the permission to be authentically you

Growth comes slowly, and sometimes painfully...

It reminds us of our humanity

Existence is the purpose of life

Our journey can and will probably shift...

We don't have to keep proving to others that we are okay

We are still worthy, even when we feel like we are not

Just because you feel something doesn't make it true

It is not a complete fact...

It is an emotion, and sometimes, that's all that it will ever be

Never give up on the being that you want to become

There is still time for you to be all that you want to be

Because at the end of it all, you will have as much life as you allow yourself

Especially when you come to understand that hurt does not own you

One brave step in any direction can change your entire life story

There is no other force known than a being determined to rise

So take this moment to remind yourself...

You are not stuck where you are unless you want to be

You are not behind...

You are becoming.

© 2026

"Worthy"

 

Life is a series...

Reality is living...

Moments of natural and spontaneous changes...

With unforeseen curves in the road ahead

The highest of highs...

Along with the soul breaking lows...

Our being is the greatest project we will ever work on

Remind yourself to remember that you are allowed to step back

To restart...

Or reset...

And refocus as many times as you need...

Because sometimes its all about the chance taken

A choice to be brave...

To remind yourself that we are not responsible for the poor choices other people make

Never except excuses for cruelty...

Shame is the lie that someone told you about yourself

There is a difference in the stand that you take

You will forever be defiant to those who cannot manipulate you

Like all stories, there needs to be a villain...

So they pretend that you are evil...

Just to they don't have to feel guilty about the things they did to you

Simply because they well never understand anything beyond their level of blind perception

It becomes so easily forgotten...

That darkness does not destroy light, it defines it...

It is our fear of the dark that begins to cast the most shadows

To forget the past...

While only remembering the lesson learned...

Your best foot forward should only ever be done for you

There will always be opposition...

Because someone will never see your worth...

Please...

Don't ever let that be you.

© 2026

"Only Yourself"

It's the ripple effect...

One action causes waves of motion...

We are only as blind as we want to be...

Pay attention to those who bring hostility and anger to your boundaries

Because this is the final line drawn...

Found there is the edge of understanding

Where their respect for you now ends...

Sometimes its not the pain, but who it comes from that hurts the most

The reality is bitter...

And brings forth a change to everything...

When all else fails we remember the words

You cannot change someone's behaviour by loving them or explaining it to them harder

You cannot stay where you are not welcomed

You must know without any hesitation that you are worthy of something other than second guessing

Be only where your presence matters...

The simple truth is, we are all healing from wounds and scars we never asked for

We do our best with what we have been given

It's one day or moment at a time...

As you are reminded of how ironic it is

That a lot of the time the darkness is where you begin to see the light

Just like a seed planted, you need both to grow...

And sometimes there is no other option to be given or taken

To move and carry on from what once held you back and silent

Tolerance has a limit...

Love and care can and do end...

And second chances are not an automatic given...

Never mistake a persons patience for permission of disrespect

There is a place that is held above all else..

One that should never to be trespassed against...

You can only control your actions

And the reaction to it all

You own only yourself...

Keep your heart beautiful...

The world within you needs more of this.

© 2026