Observations

Transport yourself fifty years in the future. Look back at the millions of steps you have taken and evaluate if you really made the right choices. Were you happy? I don't mean comfortable, I mean the kind of happiness that makes you cherish the passing moments of your day. Did you say everything that needed to be shared? Did you hold the one you were meant to have? Why wait until you are breathing your last shallow breaths to assess how your life went. As difficult as it is, really look around and see if you are where you truly want to be and then take a step in a direction that you can look back on and sincerely be pleased with.

Jello

How useless is it to dislike your current situation in life, but then do nothing to change it? I see those around me that are supposed to be strong and able to think and act for themselves, but have somehow turned to jello along their life and now cannot defy the wills of those around them. They don't voice their wants or their hates, they simply roll along bouncing from pebble to pebble wondering in the end how they got so bruised up.

Band-Aid

Ahh, delusions... They are a kind of band-aid for the heart. Rather than deal with the pain of change, cover it up with a smiley colorful sticker that convinces you that all is healed. Forget that beneath that perky shield lies a real wound that is going to have to be dealt with at some point.

Flooded

The stony walls that have long held back my flood of emotions are quickly developing cracks that reveal the weakness in my spirit. It's those simple things that are starting to eek away at my hardy core. Inconsistent friendships that wax and wane wear my heart so thin that I'd rather just be alone. Embarking into the evening with ghostly acquaintances hardly seems appealing to me anymore. Their shallow conversations and feigned interest no longer delude me into thinking that they are true. Solitude brings me far more comfort than their wretched deceit.

Choose!

Make a choice. Tomorrow may be too late and there's no going back. Tomorrow you can't wake up and tell yourself, I just want to try it one more time, because this moment, this decision making moment, will be forever gone.

Naive Little Me

With the eagerness of a child, I start each day with eyes blinded with hope and determination. I warn those that would hinder my path to stand clear, because I will obliterate opposition before I would stand for it to bring my spirit down. Too much has come to pass for me to step back into that darkened world of desperation and denial. This newly found brilliant trail carries with it a freedom I have long searched for and am not willing to sacrifice ever again.

Healing

With the freshness of an ocean wave, laughter washes through cleaning out the cobwebs in a life too long forgotten. It makes the heart beat faster and pushes the mind to forget the pain that hangs on from the past. Soft echoing laughter instills in all of its surroundings a renewed sense of energy and determination. As spring defrosts the dead of winter, this moment of glee restores so much lost hope.