the year has passed over
to this place where time is truly irrelevant
but yet opens us for a new barrage of sonic sounds
the solitude of silence
the proverbial comings and goings of new beginnings and angst of endings
Resolutions filled with the hope that springs eternal and the disillusions of failures
But are failures really failures
and are resolutions necessary?
Do we not sometimes become our enemy
at a time when we should be our own best friend
can we not see that defeat beings us closer to the goal
if we just shed our skin and find the next step.
It is what it is, is not always what it is
and more often just another sidestep we make
to console our own procrastination
in a life that is already to short
to do, live, feel and see all that the mind aches for.
Do we not see that our enemies are our friends
for they teach us what not to do, how to act, and
redefine who we truly are
Are not our friends just extensions of our family trees
WE come into this world with a family
and though living we flourish the tree
or cause it to early to go into dormancy
I look at the branches of my Japanese Oak
a beloved present, and it reminds me of the hope in life
always waiting behind the corner
I think on the times I've in vain wished for another life
before I really looked at the gifts the one I had already holds
I remember Dylan's "Do not go Gentle into that good night"
and think, how very much it still means to me.
In all these things I know that We star our Journey as the mythic fool
and end the wheel of life as the crone.
I know that I alone have traveled far
and still have so many journeys to partake of
I cherish all the people who have been a part of my
life's work, from childhood till now
I value even those who only passed briefly into my orbit
and send love and appreciation into the universe for the gifts they have given me
Every life has a story to tell if they only have the faith to value their own voice
Every one of us has the potential to make great changes in the world we live in
All humanity depends on the realization of these truths
Their will be storms, their will be darkness, but for every moment of shadow
the sun will come back to shed illumination!
I promise to no longer loath my mind the thoughts it brings are a welcome friend
and have been influenced by some many great things, and so many things yet to come.
I am not ashamed of the trails of youth, and the moments of despair that seemed to impossible to over come. We have to fail forward so as to not fall off. Each instance, each character flaw, each memory you'd rather forget is undeniable a part of who you are, where your going, and all that you are meant to be.
I think It is human to search for a meaning or purpose of it all
I also think that meaning and purpose is best defined by the person who is trying to make their way through the winding roads, mountains, and garbage piles of life.
When it is all said and done, I will be happy to know
I came, I saw, and I lived the best life I could live.
Without reservation, without regret, without all the things I thought I'd be that never quite happened. That's I held my mind firm, but still was open to the thoughts and wheels of change that at firs felt foreign and uncomfortable. It is in the stuff that is uncomfortable we find the true strength in our character. We are all more amazing then we give ourselves credit for. Their are still more walls to break down, more brothers in need to help, more legislation's to improve upon, and their will always bee those things long after we physically cease to exist. But the love we give, the work we try to do, the energy we expand will last beyond us, and ripple down through the future generations who will ask the same questions we asked, a dare to find answers to things someone tell them are impossible. It are these thoughts that make me the happiest when thing look bleak. That someone will always take up the challenges of injustice, humanity, and love...... If they will, then We should now because today is all we are guaranteed, and tomorrow will always be unknown.