"Healing Is Human"

 

What....

And if...

Two words so very unassuming...

Non-threatening as some words can be

Yet, place them side-by-side and everything changes

Suddenly whispers within the corridors of the mind can be heard

And the haunting of you can begins...

It's on the list of choices we try to understand

Do you leave people where they are at?

Do we accept situations for what they are?

And the hardest of them all, not every action needs a reaction...

Because we should never base our life decisions on advice from people who don't have to deal with the results

So many people will claim to admire you for your depth, until they have to swim in it...

They will praise your wisdom gained, until it holds them accountable

And they will love your immense light, until it exposes their shadows...

This is why boundaries can feel like a selfish act of defiance

Protecting your being is not selfish...

You have simply outgrown that version of you that once tolerated so much

It usually comes in random moments...

When some things naturally end or it is a forced release

Like the end of the month or the end of a year...

In those moments when we find ourselves lost in reflection

A understanding begins to stream through the tangled mess

Clarity begins to be seen and it's the final closing act...

To keep offering light to yourself guiding, your feet upon this journey that is you

You become the proof that it's possible to hurt and still choose kindness

That it's possible to be overlooked and still uplift another

To care and love, even when it is not returned

So give yourself the credit due...

Speak life even when it is not returned...

Actions like this is compassion at its core

And healing in human form.

 

© 2025

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Year of Moments"

 

The days are just about all counted...

Another year of moments existed...

With so much to remember...

And so much already lost to yesterday

As always we find ourselves lost in reflection

Memories held close to the heart...

Missing those we can no longer embrace

It's change and time at its best...

Life reminds us of this daily

The hard, the easy and the life changing difficult

It begs for our attention always...

Because unfortunately, pain desperately wants to be owned...

This is why in darkness we are reminded of light

Give yourself kindness first...

It's a beautiful act and the best gift given

Educate yourself on change...

Own accountability...

Sometimes growth is not only about becoming more

It's unlearning all the things that made you feel less

You are not weak because your heart becomes heavy from time to time

It makes you human...

Cherish the dictionary that defines you

Take the moments when needed...

Self-care is not a selfish act...

It acknowledges that you are the only you that will ever be

Remember that as we end this chapter in life

With hope for these steps forward now as we turn the page

Continuing the story of everything that is us...

A new year and another chapter within existence begins.

Peace to you this holiday season...

© 2025

"Nothing but You"

 

 

The moments change...

It's that realization in understanding...

To stop the hurt, you may have to do what is perceived as hurting another...

Do not abandon yourself further into the finer parts of the definition

Action is needed and it's desperately calling your name

Yet with a tight grip you still hold on...

Unable to release your embrace...

Even after your hands are blistered and your fingers ache...

You carry it with you always...

Because you were told that holding on was worth the pain it takes

That you began to believe that loosing things like that, will cause you to lose parts of yourself too

How do you allow yourself to understand?

Is it the amount of hurt reached?

The bitterness breeding and controlling you in the silence?

Or by burying yourself in the endless darkness?

These are the difficult choices made...

To allow yourself to let go of the love, betrayal, and anger completely

That some things are unfortunately not meant to last...

Teaching you the hardest lesson within existence is change

You fight to hold on, and you fight to let go...

Even when the road blocks within your mind distract you

From the fact that what you have been fighting for has not been worth the cost

Understand that not everything you lose needs to be considered a loss

Acknowledge the difference seen between a being who hurts you by making a mistake

And a being who hurts you by continuing the same patterns

Because liars always make the best promises

Mistakes can be forgiven...

But patterns need to be broken...

Value those who support you with nothing to gain

With all of your being exhale...

Release the heavy dark...

Climb out of the hole they have made for you...

Carrying nothing but the light upon your shoulders.

 

© 2025

"Always Enough"

 

Remember...

Your feelings are valid...

Never allow another to speak for your heart...

What has been is past, and there is so much yet to be

Let no other write your story

All changes and alterations belong to you

Don't give power to the problem

Nothing haunts us more than the things we do not say

When things don't add up, subtract yourself

Feel proud for the battle fought and won

This life is yours to own...

Shame is the lie someone told you about yourself

And them blaming others for their actions is only yet another excuse used

Even when hope makes it difficult to see the truth, your intuition often knows where you stand

You can't manifest peace while holding onto resentment

If someone creates distance, honour their choice...

Refuse to chase after clarity when confusion remains the only offer

If they never return to address the issue, then sadly, this is where the connection ends

Do not hold a space where you are not valued

For far too long you have poured so much into others to keep them whole

All the while losing pieces of you...

It is only now that you learn that sometimes you have to leave people where they are at

Accept situations for what they are...

And not every action requires a reaction...

Choosing you is not abandonment to another

Its realigning your being...

Be the proof that it is possible to be hurt, yet choose kindness

Catch your breath...

Feel the strength in your capability

Brave is the footsteps forward in another direction

You are worth the effort and you are enough...

You have always been enough.

© 2025

"Transitioning"

 

Some days you are breaking through...

And some days you are breaking down...

Both matter in the making of you...

There comes a day when you realize that turning the page is the best feeling in the world

Because there is so much more to you than the current page you are stuck upon

Never forget how brave it is to continue to show up in a story that looks so different than what you thought it would be

You are not weak just because your heart becomes heavy from time to time

Sometimes growth is not about becoming more...

It's unlearning all the things that made you feel less

By reminding you that it takes courage to change your mind

Flexibility is intelligence

Stubbornness can come from the fear of not letting go...

Confidence can admit that they were wrong...

While insecurity will always cling to false beliefs...

This is why we should never take constructive criticism from those who haven't constructed anything

Live life with the full knowledge that your actions and the consequences that come with them will always remain

Some people have the desire to be educated on change

While others will ignore any accountability...

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

It comes with the hard acknowledgement in this lesson learned...

People are powerless without your reaction

And that sometimes it's not the pain that hurts the most, it's who it came from

Realize and understand the change being asked of you...

A different direction is needed...

It's begging for your attention and a decision is desperately needed...

Transitioning from knowing better to constantly doing better is a journey in itself

Remember, you are the only you that will ever be...

Everything beautiful starts with trying...

Being nervous is only natural...

You only feel fear because it is new...

Not because you can't do it.

© 2025

"Daily Things"

 

Two truths...

Healing is hard...

But healing is also worth it...

Life reminds us that real closure is being okay with unfinished endings

With messy conclusions...

And with so many words left unsaid...

There will always be criticism received from others on your progress

Because the better version of you now, may no longer tolerate their behaviour from before...

The way people treat you is more of a defining statement of them, than about your being

Never apologize for your strength...

For surviving that which would leave others upon their knees

Release the heaviness...

Holding a grudge is not a sign of power...

It only ever keeps you bitter...

Forgiveness is never a weakness

It sets you free...

Life reminds us of so many things daily

The hard, the easy, and the life changing difficult...

Sometimes the place that you are use to is not the place you belong

You cannot change that which you refuse to confront

Sometimes we have to leave people behind...

Simply because they lack the ability to grow with us

Causing us to accept situations that will never change

Repetition is the circle that never ends...

We define our being...

So when we hear your past calling, end the debate now to answer

Remind yourself the reasons why you are no longer there

Allow the rush of emotions to flow through you

Acknowledge what was...

Pain always wants to be owned...

Let the ease of relief wash over you..

Feet are motion forward, not back

Because the being you once were...

Does not live there anymore.

© 2025

"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

"Earth and Sky"

 

Mourning...

The silence of goodbye...

Now reminds us just how quickly all things in life can change...

Even when we can see the approaching end in the distance...

It still becomes all that different and real once you are actually living it

No one ever really tells you that this is part of it...

That loving so deeply means that one day you will grieve just as deeply

Tears will flow steady or in random times of nothing...

It becomes a way for our eyes to speak out when our mouths can't even begin to explain just how broken our hearts are

We are now abandon to an ocean of awfulness where definitions fail at understanding the loss...

The difference is felt in everything...

We now grieve for all the moments...

The quiet ones of the past and the loud ones of celebrations of milestones that will now never be met

We now realize it will be felt every single time when they should have been part of it, but aren't...

This is what it is like living after death...

No one warns you that it will almost break you...

Or how in the oddest of ways, it reminds you of one amazing thing...

That the same heart that is capable of holding such immeasurable joy, will now hold unbearable sorrow

It's so easy to resent it, or try to push it away...

To long for a different life untouched by devastation like this

But given the choice, would you undo it all?

Would you erase love to escape pain?

The answer is probably no...

Because grief is not just pain...

It's the proof that something beautiful once existed

That we were given something worth missing so much

We would never trade the love had to get out of grief

And that we would never erase all the happiness just to avoid the unspeakable heartache

Because we will now endure a lifetime of missing them for having the privilege to have loved them

Which lights the candle of remembrance within the heaviness of darkness, forever burning bright...

As this being we love returns to where ever we were before we were here

Leaving all behind...

Back to the earth and sky.

© 2025

"To Keep Going"

 

Moments gather...

While some remain and others fade away...

Life changes always...

And sometimes you lose pieces of yourself that you never imagined would ever be gone

Beating yourself up about it will not sanctify you

Guilt is not the fruit of learning

Clarity is...

Just because you see it now, does not mean you couldn't see it then

That awareness is evidence of growth, not failure

You did the best you could with what you knew at the time

Don't let new wisdom lead you to condemn yourself over past struggles

Forgiveness comes in the act of moving forward...

Remind yourself just how far you have come

It hasn't been easy...

Those who wish to convict you upon abandonment of them, now begin to understand the difference

You didn't become selfish, you became harder to manipulate...

Please, do not confuse the two...

It is not up to you to desperately try to fix others

Especially with shaking hands and wounds still bleeding

To smile over the hurt and force laughter over the approaching darkness...

The ones who have caused us the most pain cannot heal us...

That's not the way it will ever work...

Lies are supposedly told to spare us hurt feelings...

But the truth of the matter is, they are used against us, because the truth may provoke us to make choices that no longer serve their interests

Gently remind yourself now that not everything everyday has to count

Some days are just about making it to the next one

And that counts too...

Because bravery is the label given to those who keep going

To wake up every morning and try again...

By being bigger than the heaviness trying to weigh you down

To fight back now...

And every single coming day...

Defines the definition of strength.

© 2025

"As They Come"

 

We just have this one life...

How do you want to spend it?

Apologizing...

Regretting...

Questioning everything?

Refuse to hate yourself for the mistakes of yesterday

Today is brave...

To take the risk and believe in yourself all over again

We all have pasts...

We all have made choices that maybe weren't the best ones

No one is ever completely innocent

But everyday we do get a fresh start

A new beginning to try all over again as many times as needed

To do better now, than we did yesterday...

It may feel like a loss at first before transforming into freedom

But you are allowed to outgrow the version of you who once settled for less

We will never heal by pretending it never hurt at all

We heal by admitting it did...

The sad truth is that we cannot connect with those who can only see their point of view

Some people barely know themselves, so why do we pay so much attention to what they think of us?

This is why we should never dim our light for those who are comfortable with hiding in the darkness

Temporary people will always leave permanent lessons behind...

Recovery from pain teaches us the power of perseverance

To be at peace with ourselves first...

Work each step forward as they come

Our voice is our power...

The silence in between our response is our wisdom gained

Stop stopping yourself...

Opportunities are missed when we listen to doubt

You will be exactly as happy as you decide to be...

Survival had turned you into someone who thought you should disappear

Into silence, performance, or control...

But this is you living now...

Remembering that you no longer need to vanish...

You can stay right here...

Where you belong.

 

© 2025

"Discovery of Us"

 

Be selective...

Learn to know...

And learn to say no...

Stop abandoning yourself for the acceptance of others

Especially from those who may benefit from your repression, suppression, or imprisonment of your true being

We can be both the prisoner and the key to our freedom

This is why we need to stop taking directions to places from those who have never been in our shoes

We are with ourselves always...

The dark moments of fear and pain...

And all those brave moments where we stepped out into our light again

The compass within our chest is not broken

It's simply asking us to follow our own map drawn before we were told where to go

It's asking us to look a little deeper...

Because the biggest adventure we ever go on is the discovery of us

It is never too late to stop...

Or even change your mind...

Making the decision to choose the betterment of you is worth the effort

It is your road travelled, no body else's

We come to understand the difference in definitions and understandings

That hurt people can hurt other people...

But a healed being can help begin to heal another...

It can be the example or inspiration given

That there is hope beyond this place where you currently stand

Growth is not always a loud thunderous roar...

Sometimes its a quiet widening of the heart of learning

Simply because we have allowed it to be

Free the spirit...

Let loving yourself to win...

Because what you choose matters always.

© 2025

"Hold the Moment"

 

 

Pause...

Hold the moment...

Stop waiting to feel ready...

Ready is not a feeling, it's a decision

Life is too short not to be brave from time to time

Understand when the lines begin to shift and blur

There is a difference needing to be acknowledged

Nothing can be more corrosive than suspicion where care once held an honoured place

Unfortunately, when people begin to treat you like they don't care...

Believe them...

Some people always seem to abuse the soft spot you have for them

And that place eventually begins to turn hard, releasing its once tender embrace

Those who have harmed you will always seem to create false narratives around you

From experiences, reality, and your character...

This is done because in order for them to be honest about who you are, they would have to be honest about what they've done to you

This is where the realization hits...

Never take the blame for when someone mistreats you so badly that it leaves a bitter feeling within your being

Those dark seeds that attempt to be planted can grow into a raging beast not so easily controlled once it is given life

Take notice in the shift in perspective...

Compromise should not leave you broken every single time and in the debt of another

Sometimes your two cents given, is not the change they are willing to invest in

Which now helps bring this new reality into clear view

Peace of mind is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to cope with it...

Beginning to heal from the hurt received, does not mean you forget everything...

It means you hopefully stop bleeding when those parts of you once wounded, stop bleeding when they are touched...

Because change does happen always...

Especially after failure, frustration, or heartache...

Hold the light despite the darkness

Continue to be that person who tries...

To muster up the courage to try and believe in more

Your being is worth every ounce of fight given.

 

© 2025

"Allow You"

 

Dramatically...

Or quietly...

A shift in time begins to change the being...

You are not the same person you use to be

The things that you use to tolerate, are not intolerable now

Where you once remained silent, you are now speaking your truth

Where you once battled and argued, you are now choosing to conserve your strength

Because sadly, the lesson in history is that so many decide not to learn

And a toxic person only ever changes their victims, never themselves...

Refuse to apologize for how you feel, especially after being so deeply hurt

No one can control that...

Feelings and emotions happen always...

Allow yourself to give them permission to be seen and heard...

Being a good person doesn't guarantee that others will be good people too

We can only control ourselves...

By releasing the heaviness of things that no longer deserve our time, energy, and focus

Enabling you to move on with your life without resentment

You forgive you... not them...

You are not obligated to sacrifice your peace for those who are not at peace with themselves

We tend to outgrow people who are not growing with us

Because at the end of it all, some people never change

They simply just get better at hiding their true intentions and lies...

A dark void will never allow light

Learn who you are outside the boxes you have been shrunken into

Even strength must bow to wisdom sometimes...

Understand the value of your voice

Try to be informed, instead of being opinionated

Life is about finding yourself and creating your being into purpose

When we listen, we can hear someone into existence

Honour you...

By living for you.

© 2025

"Happens to You"

 

Sometimes...

One of the bravest things that we can do is nothing...

No response...

No argument...

Not even an explanation....

Absence where presence once always was, explains itself

Peace matters more than proving wrong

In order to move on, you must understand why you felt the way you did

And why you no longer need to feel it...

We need ourselves just the way we are

No alterations or fake facades...

Our ability to some how light our own way within darkness is an achievement rarely celebrated

It is that act in choice which stands out above all the rest

Because despite all that has been faced, we choose to go on

Embracing our inner warrior and gaining our power back

With defiance we abandon the chaos...

We know ourselves better than anyone else

Yet sometimes, we begin to crumble at the words of another who hasn't even lived a second of our lives

This is why this decision becomes our moment of definition

To make what is before us, our own...

By focusing on our own voice, instead of any other

It is the only one that matters the most...

Because experience is not what happens to you

It is what you do with what happens to you

Everything released now, will create space for everything new...

This is why we must be strong enough to let go

And wise enough to know what we deserve

Our best done will always look different on different days

As long as we try, that is what matters the most

It doesn't matter how slowly we go forward...

Just as long as we keep moving and never stop.

© 2025

"The Last Meeting"

 

Consider this carefully...

A lot of what weighs us down, is not ours to carry...

Disrespect can permanently close more doors than apologies can ever reopen...

Never tell a person they need to get over a circumstance that they never asked for

You have no idea the ways in which it has cost them...

A person in their darkest hour doesn't need to be told where they went wrong

They need to know that someone else sees and understands the darkness that now surrounds them

To find the reason, amongst the seasons, all upon the time line of life

However bittersweet, growth is change always...

And change can be painful...

But anything is better than staying stuck within a place you no longer belong

It can be incredibly hard to let go of anything you care for or love

We live in a world where we are told to hang on to things

All until we are standing alone, fists clenched in anger...

Only then do we come to understand just how much our perspective has altered

Nothing is ever the same as yesterday...

The best version of ourselves never comes out when life is great

Our true strength is revealed a midst trial of pain

We find the fighter within the being

Acknowledging that we are every moment of existence

We need to own our time...

Healing only begins when you stop pretending you are not hurt

Because there comes a realization when we reach the end of the road

Left or right is the only option...

Destination is no longer here where you stand

Because once two people learn the lesson that they were meant to teach one another...

Fate quietly steps in, and begins to ensure that the paths divide

Time begins to shift without us noticing

Distance and space becomes undeniable...

The sharpness of the memory of it all should be allowed to fade

Reality becomes closure...

As we exhale the past...

Breathing in the future of now.

© 2025

"State of Mind"

 

Be who you need to be...

We are not responsible for anyone's distorted perception of us...

Stand firm with your being...

Never apologize for your bright light

Unless you are them, in their position, don't ever try to tell anyone how they should feel

Especially when you have never walked in their footsteps...

We may not be responsible for who we attract...

But we are responsible for who we keep an audience with and entertain

Reality bears witness always...

No one trashes your name with lies quicker than someone who is worried about the truth

No one plays the victim better than the one who caused the most damage...

Because it is always those with dirty hands pointing fingers of blame

Despite any circumstance, happening, or situation...

There is a residue that remains with us even after the dust settles

Certain parts and people seem to inhabit a small part of our being

A piece of them subtly remains with us...

Like a shadow stained upon that moment of living

Carried within it is the hard lesson learned...

As we come to understand that sometimes there is not enough words to voice feelings

Because confusion always does its best to torment us

To make us lost between whether we should be remembering or forgetting...

Proving to us that not all cages are made out of iron...

Some come in the form of repetitive thoughts playing in loops

Until we are forced to remind ourselves of the better...

That it is okay to break the circle...

Releasing the heavy weight of passed doubt...

Allowing freedom to become a state of mind

Healing our roots...

Stabilizing the core of our being.

© 2025

"True Story"

  

We are all based upon a true story...

One of moments gathered together within existence...

From what use-to-be, to everything that we know now...

We realize the hard parts about certain decisions made

That as we grow through life we live by learning

Especially when so many parts of us tend to be attached to so many feelings

That if we want change, we have to stop inviting chaos in...

To end the sacrificing of our future because we keep on digging up the past...

We tend to see ourselves more at our worst, instead of celebrating us at our best

Yet how quickly do we rip out so many parts of ourselves to be cured of pain faster

That we exhaust every one of our emotions, just to attempt to return ourselves to what we use to call “normal”

That we would rather make ourselves feel nothing, just so we don't have to feel anything at all

It is a tough view to see and remember...

A harsh reality is always better than any false hope given

Sometimes we have to except the burden of pain, because it begs to be acknowledged...

And live as best as we are able, before and after all what has been

The truth hurts only once, but a lie hurts every time you remember it...

There are three things in life that leave us and never return

Words, time, and opportunities...

Draw the line between choice and option

Stop judging other's situations that would have you ruined in pieces

Own accountability and stop making issues out of a reaction that you caused by your actions

Refuse to lose yourself while trying to love someone...

Because being abandoned or given up on is the most devastating emotion we can cause in another human being

Do your best to lead with care and kindness

Offer this gesture of a helping hand...

The impact behind it has unlimited outcomes

You may not be able to turn bad days into better ones

But it shows the beginning of something, rather than nothing...

We may not be able to lead, but we can stand beside one another

Acknowledging the strength it takes to reconnect with your power within

That maybe there is a bright side somewhere down the line...

But for now, we can sit with one another in the shadows

Holding space...

Offering a bit of beauty amongst the all darkness cast.

© 2025

"Now and Always"

Seconds to minutes...

Hours lead to days...

And weeks turn into months that add up to years...

Time is always and so is change

What you do with each decides the legacy you will leave behind you

The choice contained within is how you decide what makes all this worth while

Because fear can be a manipulative emotion...

While confidence can be silent...

Insecurity can be so deafening loud...

Sadly, the eyes can be rendered useless when the mind is blind

You cannot force someone to hear a message that they are not ready to receive

But we must never underestimate the power of planting a seed within

There is an invisible thread that connects us to those you were destined to meet

Regardless of time, place, or circumstance

And even when that thread may be stretched and tangled

Existence is now and always...

Step back and take a moment for yourself

The last thing you need to feel is shame for being human, amidst your struggles

Remember all the lessons learned and all experiences gained

How grief softened you...

Heartache made you wise...

And the suffering that strengthened you...

Despite everything, you grew from the darkness, seeking the light

Stop letting yesterday take up too much of today

Anything you have lost by speaking the truth is not a loss

Its an alignment within life...

Remind yourself now...

You are not what they did to you...

Own your power...

Take pride in surviving.

© 2025

"Puzzle of Moments"

  

Life...

Like a puzzle of moments...

Always making us wonder...

The battle between which pieces fit in...

Our own self-realization is the best gift we can give to ourselves

We are beings always presented with two choices

To evolve beyond or to repeat it always...

Reminding us that our beliefs do not make us a better person

Our behavior does...

Learn the difference in facts

Replace, “I should have know,” with “now I know better...”

Forgive yourself...

Because self-shame is self-sabotage...

Destiny determines who enters our lives

We are the ones who decide who gets to stay, and all of which we get to release

We are change in constant motion...

Beings forever understanding and learning from their experiences of the world

You never should have to apologize for choosing you

For letting go of things that no longer serve you well

Or for embracing peace over chaos...

Because healing means you allow yourself to lose the identity you built around pain

Be brave enough to be someone who still tries

Even after failure or frustration...

Attempt to be that person who musters up enough courage to try and believe that good things are yet to come

Vulnerability is not weakness...

It is our most accurate measure of courage

Always remember the light, just in case of darkness

That you are a whole being...

Even when not entirely seen.

© 2025

"Show Closed"

  

Today...

I forgive myself for wanting what never wanted me...

As I exhale deeply, I let go...

Releasing all the moments that led me here

Time has shown the difference

Change is real...

Reality will not be denied...

Conviction cannot be gained when only false hope is given

Truth will always remain...

You never truly realize just how many holes a person can leave in their wake, not until you fall into them

I simply asked for presence, turns out all I got was proximity...

I asked for no lies...

And honesty seemed to only ever allude your lips

All the while false hope only led feet further in

Turning a supposed closeness into days that carried nothing forward...

Leaving a devastating loneliness in the absence of a being once embraced

With no definition to cause, questions remain unanswered

Forcing me learn that there are two types of tired

One that requires more rest, and one that requires peace...

So I now choose to protect my being

I offer no apology for being “too much” for you

Maybe next time you should look for less...

Because the lack of respect given, now brings me the only closure I will receive

No apology after doing harm is closure...

Cruelty without the consideration of care is closure

Excuses given over the lack of accountability is closure

And the willingness to actively lie repeatedly, is closure at the core of its definition

Making this all add up to a list of things that were never actually there

And just like the fading of daylight, darkness has now come

The final act has been played out...

Curtain closed...

Time to leave the show.

© 2025

"Protection of You"

 

Before it can happen...

There is a choice to be made...

The first step in getting anywhere is deciding that you're no longer willing to stay where you are...

Every single being around you has a story

Pages within chapters of the history of their lives

Each filled to the brim with so many moments of living

Some equaled and balanced, while others push your limits to the extreme

And in times of doubt when you are left struggling...

Try to remember that there is nothing truly wrong with the core of your being

You are human, and you are still learning...

Or sometimes you are still trying to unlearn...

So many unreliable patterns and wounds you were told you should never let heal

Simply because it is now believed that it is your only identity

You must do your best to never form opinions of yourself based on a season of pain

Personal development only occurs when you choose accountability over excuses

You have the capacity to believe, now realize the difference when seen...

There is no rule saying you must accept the fact that someone stole parts from your being

They crossed the line, you didn't...

Making it beyond difficult to even think about repairing a bond you never broke

Some people are great at just giving you enough hope to keep you holding onto nothing

Disrespect will always close more doors than halfhearted apologies can ever reopen

Because for some, the hardest language for them to speak is the truth

This is why you must try to be wise enough to listen to what a person is not saying

Be prepared for rejection when you refuse to be manipulated...

Which tends to render our words of defense to nothing...

But thankfully they cannot misquote your silence...

Making you understand the lesson of forgiveness to yourself

That there is no tolerance for their behavior

And there will never be trust placed within their hands ever again

So allow yourself to be selective

Protect your time and being...

Not everything that calls your name deserves to be answered.

© 2025