Live well

In life, you get dealt an even hand. You get bad experiences that kill a moment and damage your soul. They ruin your chances of ever looking at a situation the same, and you never get that innocence back. However, if you are very lucky, not long will pass before a good experience which will heal a said mistake occurs. Sadly, sometimes it takes years, decades even before something happens that will change it for the better.
Oh! But the wonder of it all when it happens. No matter the span in between. That awaking and knowing that you have turned a corner, you have made it through your personal hell. So many of us don't even realize there is a personal hell we are living because it has become so normal and routine... the going through the motions becomes a part of your life until you are blessed enough to run smack into the wall of reality.
Personally, I hate that feeling.
And I love that feeling.
Letting go is one of the hardest things. The crutch that sometimes you use to justify your actions. The pain you felt which in turn you use to keep you from feeling. Its easier to blame than to feel it, face it and move through it. But when you find it within yourself to move on through, its like coming out of a fog. Clear skies await. Beauty is in everything. Color drips from the world. And you can look yourself in the mirror and know that, indeed, you have walked your plank and survived.

So, for all the people out there who have found their way: whether by a new love, a new religion, a new life, a new hope, I say this: Live well, believe in you. Only you can make it a better day.


This is me, feeling the zen.