Passion

Often, the things we love most bring us the most pain.
Jobs, hobbies, relationships
Because anytime love is involved there will always be a struggle.
Pain is like the test of your love, it proves you care

True passion is always fought for, and no fight is ever simple or sweet

So remember why you're following the path you are, because the vision can become cloudy in the midst of frustration
Adversity can pull on your weaknesses like jenga pieces

But when you find the strength to keep standing, and not accept defeat, that's when you know love is  involved. There's a reason you keep going 

If you find giving up easy, maybe there is no passion, or your love has faded.
 The journey of the struggle, fighting for something you feel so deeply about.

This is what makes the love and the passions you decide to pursue so sweet.

Fear

I've taken advantage of time for too long...
I don't have time for fear
So let me shake it out of the hinges in my spine , let me sweep it from the corners of my mind.


When I make time for fear, my dreams and goals get put on back order.
It's foolish to assume progress will eventually happen if I can simply move forward now.


But my being human still let's fear autopilot sometimes and I sit back to allow it, because risks are never comfortable
So how do you deal with fear?
You deal with fear through perception.


Perception, the eyes that let you outwardly analyze your internal thoughts and ongoing actions.
That let you interpret each part of the masterpiece you would otherwise construct if fear wasn't a part of the picture.


See, I don't have time for fear.. so with perception in one hand and bravery in the other, let me free fall into my dreams
Fear won't ever disappear, no, it will always be there.. there to say you're too old, that's foolish, that's out of your reach, you're too weak, you can't do that, what if this? what if that?
I'm not saying I can conquer all of those thoughts or conquer fear completely, but I can learn to channel it.

It may be alongside me for this ride of life, but I will keep it in the backseat seat because I don't have time to let it cruise control past opportunities.


So, think of your dreams, think of all of the things you want to accomplish in life & think of all the reasons you've come up with about why they can't happen...
Now, think of the possibility that those reasons are quite possibly all constructed from lies that fear whispered to you unknowingly.
Take those whispers, and turn them inside out, because when it comes down to it, the only thing standing in between you and unlimited possibility is yourself.
We have oddly made fear of failure stronger than possibility of success, and we sit in whatever life recliner we find comfort in.
But I dare you to sit up, open the front door and run towards whatever it is that scares you.
Because even if you don't end up where you thought you would, at least you saw a whole world more than the living room where your life recliner was.

Poverty

Gold watch glistening as he Gatsby drives down to dinner with a woman more status than human

Their conversation is polluted with anything dollar sign

Clouded by this green smog of self gain and contempt, they use their status and money for only selfish reasons leaving them empty. But they're the rich one's right?

This life is so ironic. Sometimes those we envy the most are the truly unhappy and poor.. never satisfied & always searching for something they don't realize money can't buy.

If currency included items like time, faith, passion and quality relationships then where would you stand? Because in the bank of life they are

Balancing this account correctly is key because if you do it right the possibility of losing everything material would not scare you

 Poverty by definition refers to being poor and having insufficient amounts of something

So look past the glam and humans frosted with fame.. and look past plain, dull lack of name brand  image of others. Rather, look into the eyes and behind the smile, you will see who is truly poor with or without the material wealth


Money has the potential to be a very powerful thing, especially when paired with good intentions, but this is rare and does not solely define what it means to be wealthy

The challenge, whether the watch and car are under your name or not, is to live like currency includes items such as time, faith, passion and quality relationships.
Because how you spend those is the true difference between who is rich or poor.



Don't forget

Don't forget to sometimes put down your phone and turn off distractions

Go back to holding hands and making eye contact.

Have an honest conversation.      

Its easy to forget the power of  human interaction and connectivity. 

Simple things we were made for      

There's a reason holding hands cause butterfly swarms, hugs envelop you in comfort and wrap you up in peace, looking in someone's eyes makes you nervous, a kiss summons goosebumps & your spirit craves quality conversation.

Summer

Summer breeze, earth's breath, a caress of carefree that gently blows stress off shoulders like dandelion wishers

Popsicle lip smiles that smack and watermelon drip stained shirts

Barefeet meet grass like an old friends embrace

As sunshine melts happy on skin

Evening thunderstorms strobe light the sky as raindrop scents airfreshen the atmosphere
Summer.

Dear Unknown

Unzip my heart and you'll find a mirror because it's filled with you

The wrinkles in my hand connect a perfect path to yours

 And my soul echoes the words of forever that your soul spoke

My lips autograph passion only on you

You, the muse of my thoughts

Who I fell in love with when I saw the intensity in your eyes to live a life so vivid

I feel your breath from the spoken "I love you"'s when we're apart

You have salt shaker fingers from wiping my tears, and sleep number arms that are adjusted to me

My extra vertebrae support you when one backbone isn't enough to withstand the world

And I'm your extra lung when you're out of breath

Eyes blinking, I wake up from dreaming to realize I'm still bus stop waiting for you

But love is never on schedule, so I'll just sit on the bench & wait for you to step off of the L train

I'll recognize you because I've seen you in my dreams


I'll know it's you when we hold hands and the wrinkle paths connect, when your sleep number arms are set to me

You'll be able to stand stronger and breathe easier when I'm around.

So, Dear unknown, I feel the echoes from your soul while I sit on the bench waiting for intense eyes that live a life so vivid so I can autograph you with passion lips

Life Instructions

Write so your mind can breathe

Cry to free your soul

Laugh to taste life

Love to lose control

Give to be satisfied

Hug to avoid numbness

Rest to find peace

Balance to know contentment

Let go to gain strength

Dream to keep innocence

Search to lose ignorance

Have faith to stay grounded

Wander to find your way

Experience to gain insight

Live to conquer fear