"Ordinary Moments"

 

The mind is powerful force...

It can enslave us, or it can empower us...

Our choice is to choose wisely as we navigate life forward...

Moments can linger, then flee...

By little pieces slipping away, rather than all at once

Slowly and quietly they leave us so we don't notice

Not until we look around and realize that its time we should gather up what is left

Do we pretend to be whole?

Are we actually incomplete?

All of our bodies contain storms that we can never seem to translate into words

Sometimes small things undo us...

A sound...

A look...

Or even a memory out of place...

To that point in time where you wonder

Are you simply surviving or refusing to let go?

Yet, there is a thin thread there

Linking all of life's existence together

Because we are the change always happening

One day...

Last week...

Or tomorrow...

Is today the day you do something for the last time without realizing it?

Life has its direction

Pulling and pushing us along

You never know which memories to keep

Or which time of day could be the last...

It just may feel like any other

Until it isn't...

So be where your feet are

Say what you mean

Do right by you

Feel it fully...

Because the ordinary moments can mean everything

And only be just ordinary, until they are gone.

© 2026

"Let Reality Be"

 

Give yourself the permission...

You are allowed to say no...

Especially when you cannot afford anymore situations where life brings out the worst in you...

It is incredibly exhausting to the mind and body

And because we never want to seem weak...

Or show our struggling moments...

We attempt to cover it all up...

If there was ever to be one hope to be granted

It would be for the need of calmness and gentleness

To be given the benefit of the doubt

Because anything outside of that takes too much from the being

More than it is willing to give or has the capacity to contain

Making this next choice the hardest to swallow

Let reality be reality...

A series of natural and spontaneous changes

Because we are life...

We should be taken as we are

Or those who fault us, can watch us as we go

Feet do lead...

The direction just needs to be chosen

Learn to be okay with others not knowing your side of the story

You have nothing to prove to anyone

You belong to you...

Never hurt others to heal

Never hurt yourself to heal others

This is why so many believe a scar is ugly

But in true definition, it is an act of defiance

A scar never forms on the dying...

It means you are alive...

And that you have survived the odds.

© 2026

"Value of Voice"

 

Loss...

Is usually the other side of change...

To not stay and fight for all the old...

But to move forward, focusing on beginning to build new...

Some decisions will not bring peace immediately

Some will unfortunately bring grief...

Until the parts of you that have been taken away slowly return

Life can and will knock the hell out of your being...

Taking people and parts of you we never wanted to lose

Only leaving deep life altering scars you never saw coming

Survival for somethings cannot be taught...

It unfortunately has to be learned...

By pain...

Heartache...

By loss...

Or the greatest effort put forth by your being...

Sacrifice and compromise, there is a difference...

Denial and ownership...

Where do you stand and what do you stand for?

Allowance to be given or control taken?

Both sides of the same coin...

We define the meaning...

Feeling comes with a price

Too much tolerance can make others forget your value

You cannot always rely on others to respect your feelings

You only have control over yourself...

Life is change always...

You are shifting with the seasons as you realize that you are not the same person you use to be

The things that you use to tolerate, now become intolerable

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

The war within another is not your battle to fight...

Because some situations do not deserve so much time, energy, and focus of your life

The choice between words or silence is now understood...

As you realize the value and power of your voice.

© 2026

"Time To Be You"

 

Life is one giant lesson in humanity...

You are responsible for how long you let what hurt you haunt you...

One thing is for certain...

You are not the villain in anyone's story just because you refused to consent to their constant disrespect towards you

Love and understanding maybe unconditional

But tolerance is not...

Your energy is a gift

Not everyone deserves to have constant access to it

And they definitely do not have the right to feed off it...

People don't abandon people they care for

They abandon people who they were using...

Scared is a feeling...

But brave is what you are doing...

To actively choose change...

Refuse to hold onto the guilt misplaced upon you

This is the final choice to move from where certain movements have held you still

Because it is one of the most destructive things human beings have created

The idea that you should feel bad or lost if you are not productive every moment of the day

Sometimes you just need time to be you

Embracing your being...

And the courage sought at first light of morning

To rise even though weary...

To hold your head above the waves of life crashing into your being

Because you have decided to fight for yourself

To exist upon your own terms

Reminding yourself that you are a human being

Not a human doing...

To take those moments calling your name

To rest...

To breathe...

And to hold onto the light breaking through the darkness.

© 2026

"Need To Be"

 

It's that realization...

Most believe that silence is born...

When more times than enough, it is given...

Along with the abandonment in-between the difficult moments

Words get passed around

Reactions get swallowed

Time holds hostage the emotional storm within

Like all things under pressure, the breaking point looms...

And when it does, you are told that you are the only reason it broke

Your reaction is deemed as being incredibly rude

One of attention grabbing and dramatic

So why is it that no one notices sadness?

Not until it turns into anger inflicted...

Then pointed fingers blame the hurt upon the victim...

The story always reads same...

That some how the weakest being is wrong

That the fault is all their own...

Like they were given no other choice...

Even when we all know that disrespect does not simply happen

It is a choice...

This is why footsteps begin to turn away

To leave is not that you stopped caring

You walk away because you now understand that caring too much has kept you abandoning yourself

That the actions given were no longer enough to cover the cost taken

Now releasing all trapped emotions and feelings

You understand that you are not more ahead or behind any other

Your choices are where you need to be

There is no timetable that must be followed

Sometimes there is no order to be taken

It is all a decision made

To be you...

And to be compared to no other.

© 2026

"Just in Case"

 

Breathe...

Hold this moment just for you...

Just in case no one has told you lately...

You have done an amazing job of holding onto yourself through all these difficulties...

That despite everything you have endured...

You are here...

Strong, kind, beautiful, and resilient

Some how still holding onto that spark of optimism

Even on those painfully dark days where healing from anything seems impossible

Some how you have embraced this sheer determination to create more

A better life than what yesterday has handed you

Belief in ones self in paramount

Even when no one else does...

Even with tears in your eyes...

You still face the world every day...

With a new hope given in refusal

That for far too long you have lived only for others

This day now begins you...

You heal by releasing, not suppressing

To now understand that the difference has to be the choice taken

Existence is all the moments of living

A shining light beaming...

Listen to the words of kindness spoken to yourself

Let them sink in...

Let them fade into you and believe them

They are never meant to just lay upon your skin with all the other words collected throughout the day

They are meant to live inside you...

Making you look at life differently...

Because of the changes you've made...

Feel the peace flow through you now...

That transition from just barely surviving to recovery...

Is because above all else, you held space for your being

And found your way back to you again.

© 2026

"Because Sometimes"

 

Sometimes...

People are not ready to see the bright side of things...

Sometimes, they need to sit with the shadows first...

To acknowledge the darkness within and around them...

Because denying its existence can be more harmful then good

So bear with them...

Sit with them holding the moments...

Help make the heaviness bearable...

Because it does take time to find sunlight again

To actually see it and believe it to be true...

To accept that the lost parts of yourself do deserve grieving

That it was never your own shadows that you were afraid of

It was those of expectations looming over your shoulders

To the point that the only thing you expected from living was pain...

That love, hurt, and blood all flow from the same vein...

Causing the heart to make a home within a place you ought to run away from

It is when this reminder is desperately needed to be given...

That it takes time to realize that you can't let go of what you refuse to feel

Because when all you know is chaos, the slightest change around you never goes unnoticed

The first step to getting anywhere is deciding your no longer willing to stay where you are

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

We suffer...

We hopefully learn...

And we begin to change...

Because sometimes we do reply on hope

Like a bridge spanning a great distance...

Sometimes we are in need, while in other times we are the one providing the link to another

No one ever escapes the troubled waters of life...

Each day presents its challenges...

The choice always remains ours...

To be scared or to be brave...

Either way there are times in our lives when we could use a little help

And other times when we are given the chance to be that help to someone else

It really doesn't matter where you are right now...

What matters most is that you remember yourself

How receiving a helping hand is just as important as offering one

That its not only a chance given to live...

But to survive.

© 2026

"Restoration of You"

 

Like all beings...

We are the transitions of change...

Continuously learning who we are...

While unlearning anything that someone else told us to be...

Choose you always...

Taking time for yourself is not selfish

You can't be there for others when you've forgotten how to be present for yourself

Boundaries are not created to offend others

They are created to honour your being...

Because at the end of the day, you are the caretaker of your life

People only see the decisions you made, not the only choice you had

Forgive yourself for not knowing better at the time...

Forgive yourself for giving away your power...

Forgive yourself for past behaviours...

Forgive yourself for everything else, but never for surviving...

Forgive yourself for all the patterns you put into place as you made your way through difficult decisions...

And above all else, forgive yourself for being who you needed to be at the time...

Refuse to continue to argue with those over understanding

Especially when they fail to understand themselves

The hardest things to let go of are the things we never truly had

To release those around us who have not grown with us

Because you will never be able to make someone see what they don't want to hear

Your mind is either a weapon or a weakness...

Train it to fight for you, not against you...

Strength sometimes looks like moving forward

A step at a time...

Breathing through all that is attempting to bury you deep

As you heal the places in your memory that still replay hurt

Leave everything in today as it passes...

Right where the sunset is found...

Tomorrow arrives with more time and understanding

And a chance to begin the restoration of you.

© 2026

"In the Middle"

 

Sometimes....

You cannot think your way out of things...

Somethings you must feel your way through...

Because not all cages are made of metal, some are made of thoughts...

The mind seems to draw maps where the heart wishes to follow

And sometimes we get lost along the way...

Somewhere between what we want and what we have been told

Right in the middle of logic and longing...

Language is a movable object

We can and do learn, which causes so much change within and around us...

And we should grow beyond the past moments...

You may not have asked for this heavy weight placed upon you, but you do get to choose how you react to it

What we do in this life echoes for all the days we live within it

Sometimes the greatest betrayal isn't what someone has done to you

Its how long you have abandoned yourself to keep them

Maybe you are not healing because you are trying to be who you were before the trauma was caused

Sadly, the reality is that being no longer exists

There now is a new you emerging from the darkness

Trying to be born at this very moment...

To breath life into the being you are now becoming

Never trade your authenticity for approval

People will attack your character, wishing to gain entry to your being

Take notice, there is something there...

Thieves just don't break into empty places for no reason...

People always seem to notice the changes with you

But they never realize or remember the actions that have caused them

Because those with the dirtiest fingers, are usually the ones who are pointing the fingers of blame

Remind yourself that you deserve to feel safe within your own life

Fight for it, with every ounce gained and given

You are this force...

Always you...

Always enough...

Every moment...

Every sunrise...

Every day...

Shine your light.

© 2026

"Passing Through"

 

It's a strange feeling...

That awkward in-between phase that we pass through...

The footsteps taken now from this chapter of life to the next...

It's a confusing period in our lives...

Where the only thing that you know is that things are changing

We have all been through moments like this

Some come differently, while others remain familiar and the same

Clarity rarely ever comes loudly...

But when it does, hold on...

Your heart will beat with such urgency...

Your mind will naturally reach out for the calm from within the storm ...

It will cause you to reflect more, while saying less

Teaching us to exercise our patience...

While the universe seems to bombard you with signs of it all

It is like your being is splitting into two

Your new and old self fight over it

Fear keeps threatening to take control

But you are so much stronger now than you use to be

And that is why you are not going to let it...

Ground yourself in the present repeatedly

No matter how uncomfortable it feels, fight it...

Because resistance will only have you permanently stuck in a chapter that was only meant to be temporary

Acceptance will allow you to breath again

To live through the moments...

Its that pivotal time we all seek

The point in this journey of life where you choose existence

You can either suppress it all or let it revitalize you

You are the most permanent thing in your life

This is why you must always choose you...

Beautiful...

Learning...

And changed...

Beyond all that was yesterday.

© 2026

"Weight of Being"

 

 

We are doing our best...

And that is enough...

Because we don't always know how to hold onto the full weight of being human...

Some days joy and disappointment will show up at the same time

And unfortunately we have to make room for both

They all equally demand our attention...

These are the moments of life we are living and building

We wake up, show up, and keep feeling....

Choosing to have hope...

Not because it is easy, but because it is the one things that never fades

Especially when everything around us changes

Love is the truth we return to

It is the place inside our being that reminds us that we are enough

Exactly as we are...

This is why we must give ourselves the act of forgiveness

Refuse to see the lack of reciprocation in care for your being as a challenge to convince others of your worth

Don't judge yourself by what others have done to you

Self-realization is the best service you can render to yourself

Never confuse acceptance with indifference

Everyone has the right to breathe...

Fate is something that cannot be forced

What is intended will always be...

Not everyone will understand

Some of us are still learning that we are deserving of good things

To find trust in optimism without entitlement...

To not confuse confidence with arrogance...

Because we are reminded frequently that beautiful things can be fleeting...

This is why we must appreciate them while we embrace them

The changing of seasons bring us bluer skies

And a rest between the moments of life's existence

A pause in the journey to remember what is most important

To long and want for something more...

While treasuring all that has been and what has yet to be...

As we fight to keep the light lit

For every reason given to believe.

© 2026

"Bruises of Yesterday"

 

 

 

It's that slow and gradual realization...

That we don't lose ourselves in one moment...

It happens slowly...

Every time we ignore what we feel

And when we choose distraction instead of vision forward

Until silence becomes unfamiliar...

Causing noise to start to feel like something we should embrace...

The hardest part about self-love is not change

It's loving yourself in the dark...

When your alone...

When it hurts...

And when no one knows just how heavy it feels...

It's that quiet understanding...

To have the faith in belief that you will rise after falling

While also noticing the strength, softness, and wisdom pain is quietly building within you

You are not simply falling apart...

You are digging deeper...

And this action matters...

It is the difference between filling your life with, “I can't believe I did that,” stories

Not with, “I should have done that,” regrets

The real power is to stay within your peace while surrounded by ungrounded people

Because what if the person you thought was protecting you was actually the one causing the damage?

They didn't protect you from the pain, they created it...

The hurt wasn't an accident, it was a choice...

And denying it was how they made you question your own reality...

Learn to recognize the difference...

Some bonds steady us...

While others pull us off center...

Which now causes you to learn this lesson in the hardest way possible

That the abuse of holding onto the pain other's have caused

Only runs deeper than the methods of abuse used against you

This now becomes your reminder repeated...

Remember to be good to yourself...

Love yourself first...

And let go of the bruises of yesterday.

© 2026

"Power of Chaos"

 

Unfollow chaos...

Take back your thoughts...

Make peace yours again...

Sometimes an apology cannot fix what has happened

Because the real issue is not the actual mistake...

It was the fact that it was done with direct intention

Full knowing the damage it was about to cause

And it was done anyways, to inflict as much pain as possible...

Especially when denial of wrong doing becomes paramount to those who have caused harm

Those who refuse to take ownership of it, will never take responsibility for it

Sometimes the point of life is change...

And we are at the mercy of the momentum...

Some people don't leave your life, they just slowly stop belonging in it

And regardless of truth...

We are all the villain in someone's story...

Simply because we dared to hold them accountable for their actions

People become powerless without your reaction

Know the difference between support and surveillance

Sometimes there can be a thin line dividing both

Slander always reveals the greatest truth about the coward implementing it

This is why the difference in distinction of words matter

The cause and effect of actions taken matter

Because you matter always....

And as you begin to heal from these wounds...

Choosing a path forward does not mean that the pain did not happen

It just means that the power that it once had over you...

Now no longer controls you.

© 2026

"Hold the Light"

 

One day...

You will look back and hopefully understand the experiences had...

Were not simply happening just to break your being...

That it actually changed what your being was willing to accept

That you will stop explaining away the signs ignored...

And stop calling inconsistency as possible potential

You will no longer make so much room in your life for anything that makes you feel small

Because that type of pain has a memory...

Imprinting upon you that moment realized...

To never return to those moments ever again...

To help yourself find peace, it does require you to let go

To lose your connection to the people, places, and things that create so much noise within your mind

You need to be brave enough to listen to the voice of life...

The one carried within your being..

If you fear reaching out...

Always try to remember to reach in...

Be that to yourself that you did not receive

You don't have to be grateful for the pain to be proud of how you are surviving it

You can still hate what is happening and admire the strength that is being brought out within you

You can still grieve the things that have or are about to be lost...

There is a you after this...

Healing does not mean that you have to rewrite the entire story to make certain parts prettier

It just means that you have learned how to carry it with you

And not have it destroy you every single moment of the day

Because surprisingly enough...

By being here you are doing it...

Either by choice or just how things happen to be...

To identify the pattern made becomes awareness

Choosing not to repeat the same cycle over and over again becomes growth

Because once you have been buried in darkness...

You learn to appreciate everything that shines

And to hold onto the light.

© 2026

"Suddenly Life"

 

How suddenly things can change...

Life and its infinite amount of moments...

That so much time and memories can come to pass...

And how many are awaiting yet to be

Filled to the brim with emotions and feelings

All with a different amount of experience and change

We are the forever student...

And life teaching us every day...

That time waits for no being

Existence happens always

With or without us...

Choices and decisions...

How much do you allow yourself to drown in life?

Do you wait for another to help?

Or do you rescue yourself?

There is safety found in compassion and caring

That moment when you can hear the smile in someones voice

And the presence held within the embrace of another's arms

The invisible thread that links all of us together

Makes you understand just how fragile it is

Like a lose corner of a tapestry...

It all can come unravelling...

Will it reveal a hidden meaning underneath?

Another moment?

Another lesson?

A time to learn, experience, and grow?

To be reminded and to see the difference...

That good moments can happen on bad days...

To acknowledge that some push us beyond our limitations

Some cause us to treasure everything bittersweet and deep

While others take too much from our being as they come to pass.

© 2026

"Remember This Today"

It's that gradual realization...

Even if you could go back in time...

The truth is, you don't belong there anymore...

But as always...

You desperately hope to win the war deep inside you that you tell no one about

As you attempt to stay close to those people who want more for you

Not more from you...

To do your best and make your own path in this world

Uniquely to you...

Following your own voice...

Only listening to those around you quietly reaching out...

Because you know what it is like to be unheard and left behind in silence

And the sad reality is...

No one truly cares how you feel until you make them feel exactly how they made you feel

This is when a difference is realized

Can there be an understanding achieved?

Or will there just be more attempts of character assassination and unfounded accusations made?

Sadly, we cannot change someones behaviour by caring for them harder

It's a difficult thought to bear...

Because a genuine mistake is considered an accident...

But the continuation of lying about it is not...

That is a deliberate action taken against you to cause harm

This is why you now begin to understand the importance of this moment

That despite it all, you are here...

Now knowing how one brave decision can redirect your entire story

Knowing that it will never hurt another to heal yourself

And by acknowledging your flaws will never erase your worth

Because everything that you are, is enough...

Always.

© 2026

"I Choose Me"

 

Today...

And every dawn of mornings light...

I choose me...

Along with the peace that comes from knowing

That if this is all I have...

It will be mine to own...

That I am no longer forever waiting

For life to teach me how to gracefully let go of things that were not meant for me

To release that which no longer serves me well

To embrace the next footstep placed forward

Because I am reminded of the gentle whispers that come to me

That moonlight is proof that there will always be light

Even in darkness...

In each quiet breath that renews me

I accept that some doors may need to close for others to open

That growth comes from releasing, not desperately holding on

From now and until what will be

And every space in between

I now understand that wisdom is healed pain

That we are all human...

We may stumble and fall...

That our existence is not based upon our experiences with mistakes of the past

Suffering is the privilege of those who feel

Humanity is the ability to identify with someone else's pain

Survival is an action taken...

Not a state of continued being...

So many people around us are holding on by the tiniest thread

This is why we must offer kindness to those who may be reaching out...

Because you could be that thread.

© 2026

"That Moment"

 

Everyone has that moment...

When something momentous happens...

That it hits you deep...

Ripping your very being into small pieces...

The worst wars always seem to be the ones that are fought in silence

It's a struggle to understand what to hold onto and what to let go of

To not let temporary feelings cause you to make permanent decisions

Being wise is knowing who and what to ignore

What to overlook and where to leave things

When to move on and why it is necessary

To stop holding onto what has been broken...

Because some form of darkness always seems to call our name

Beckoning us to embrace it within us deep

The choice always remains ours...

Refuse to validate that which continues to drain you

Sometimes the most powerful thing that you can do is nothing at all

It isn't what we think or what we say that defines us

It is what we do...

To allow it to come...

Then allow it to pass...

Remember your why...

It is never too late to do anything you want to do

It is your road you are travelling

Always remember that you are enough

That the way you speak to yourself matters

Acknowledge the difference in change

Regardless of all else...

Be the beacon of light guiding yourself through

Because amidst all the struggle, you are less likely to drown...

When you remove the tremendous weight of the world off your shoulders.

© 2026

"Your Time Now"

 

Every moment is a fresh beginning...

It's life's request to believe in yourself...

To trust your capacity before you have the experience to prove it...

It calls your name to step forward to the challenge

Even when you still carry doubt about the outcome

It is the very act of stepping up...

When you do not quite feel ready, but you do it anyways...

That is when you become who you are here to be

Space given does not change the past

It allows you to restore your standards

Lingering shadows only prove that light is still there

Small steps forward are still progress

Your journey always begins from within

Heal the root, your core, so the tree is stable

Understand the difference between difficult and easy

Sometimes other people's easy stuff is your difficult stuff

And sometimes its the other way around...

It all depends on perspective

We all have different strengths and weaknesses

Be proud of your determination

Courage is brave...

Your broken never defines you

Its the determination in reconstruction that does...

You spend so much energy wishing for time within different chapters of your story

But the only thing that you are actually given is the present moment

What you do with it is the difference made...

The decision is, what to do with the time given to you?

You don't get to choose how long you are here

Or how many sunrises you have left...

You don't get to rewind, pause, or skip the hard parts

All you get is now...

So use up as much of today as you possibly can

Because you will never get this day ever again.

© 2026

"Always Life"

 

This chapter of life is called now...

The end of everything...

Can be the beginning of anything...

You are not a reflection of the people who cannot see you

Let the image run clear...

Understand that their disrespect comes from the fact that you are actually what they pretend to be

Don't ever let other people decide who you are

Stop letting fear waste life's moments

Remove the anchor...

Don't let the thought of the unknown keep you from starting over

You are allowed to outgrow everything that you once tolerated

To release all that no longer serves you well

Forgiveness is a power...

To give it...

To receive it...

To withhold it...

And to bestow it upon yourself...

It is some of the hardest work we will ever do

Own your footsteps forward

Embrace your power...

Rise with the brightness of the sun

With confidence in being the best version of you

Growth from what was is now choosing not to reopen the door to the past

Refuse to give up the peace you fought for and won

Because there is always going to be people in your life who change your trajectory

They will walk into your life for a moment, a lifetime, or anytime in between

They are going to disrupt something in your life that will challenge you completely

It will trigger your beliefs and cause you to re-examine your values

Trying desperately to cause hesitation with the place in which you stand

Know that these people will teach you...

And they will probably be taught by you...

That when you choose continued behaviour, you also choose the consequences that come with it

Reminding you now that lessons in life's existence happen always

Just like change...

© 2026