I woke up singing. That is not a good thing for anyone but me. “There was love all around but I never heard it singing no, I never heard it at all ’till there was you!” What in the *&%$ has gotten into me? Don’t get me wrong I like it but it isn’t the…
Have you ever been in the middle of an extremely stressful situation and just started laughing? It has happened several times for me this week. It is funny to me how a person can go from one extreme emotion to the next and when it ends in laughter can feel so peacefully calm after. What…
SHATTERED The image I have tried to create lies shattered on the floor Broken images staring back and taunting me The me I aimed to be laughing at my failure Exposing the self that hid behind the mirror Throwing the broken pieces out the door Recreating the person I think I should be Realizing I…
Many years ago I embarked on an excursion. I didn’t understand it at the time because I was much too young to remember it but that is where it starts for everyone. We are born into a journey. Many of us start out with someone showing us how to navigate the road set before us,…
My brain has a bad habit of withholding information from my heart. It has developed a severe superiority complex and doesn’t like to ask for help. My heart and mind are supposed to be a team, work together, solve problems, to create a more stable me. I have known they haven’t been getting along for…
Woke up looking for myself AGAIN. I could feel reality playing hide-n-seek in my mind AGAIN. Desperately trying to find any evidence I had been there, a trail, breadcrumbs, anything AGAIN. A clue that might help me find my confidence before the insecurities, in this absence of reality, come out and play and run rampant AGAIN. I jump in the shower because…
I am starting to believe happiness is an art. It looks different on everybody. Some people you have to really study and sit with a bit to see the happiness. Other people are like glitter painted rainbows and sunshine. Still others are very abstract, moody even, but the happiness is in there somewhere among all…
When all my emotions have been shared I usually sit and mourn their loss. Many times I sit with the negative emotions far longer than is healthy. I never learned the art of emotional stability. Our emotions are hard enough to categorize much less convey with the mere use of words. Often the words just…
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