How to be a person

I had one of my kiddos perform this poem in end of the year performances as possible pieces for next year. This poem, by Shane Koyczan, spoke VOLUMES to my heart.
SO many AH HA moments.

Find your voice. And it is so easy to lose sight of your voice. Or think that you don't have a voice in situations. Never forget that we ALWAYS have a voice.

Your voice is an art...
broken life, and broken heart, or broken joy, or broken song?
...make art with the pieces.
never forget that you are an artist

Apologize when you know that you are wrong. Imagine if everyone lived this motto in our world? If only our leaders could find this...
Apologize for wrongdoings...
Apologize for hurting someone.
If the cost to heal someone is only your pride, then apologize and be grateful that you received peace of heart and soul. You may not receive an apology...for hurts caused, for wounds given...
forgive and forget and move forward.
Allow that peace to come into your life and move onward.
They can wallow in their hate and angst, possible unchangeable,  and you can move forward to life's adventures.

We are all still learning...just forgive and move forward.

Love is a vulnerability, not a weakness...the only way to be wealthy with it is to GIVE IT AWAY!
 YES!!!!

My life's motto.
Love deeply.
Love whole.
Love above all else.

Try.
The tiniest dream that you try to make happen is worth more than the biggest dream you never attempt.

Be savagely THANKFUL. And GRATEFUL. And FULL.
And continuously in awe of all the power you possess.
You are alive.

Know that what you stand for is what you have chosen to stand against.

So Stand.

Amen.

Finding myself in the mess...

Sometimes it just gets to be too much.
Sometimes we all just need a little time away...to reconvene with our spirit. Find our sense of self and who we are and intend to be. Sometimes it's just important to go to a coffee shop and put those headphones on and decompress. Put on some jazz music and journal or read or sit and drink in the hot coffee and enjoy the solace.

Life gets so busy.
Life gets so hectic.
Life gets so...
well, you know.
And some folks can get lost in this hum, this struggle.
We lose our way.
We lose sight of the path, the course we are on and forget.

Sometimes it requires help to get back on track.
If that's what it takes, that is what you have to do.
And it is OK.
Never judge that help, from wherever it comes.
And try hard not to get down on yourself for needing to reach out.
The other option is so much worse...for yourself and for those around you.
Who love you.
Who want you to be your very best.

Sometimes we forget what our life's goals were because of this rat race.
And it is so easy to forget.
It is so easy to lose sight and get caught in a spiral.
Life happens.
Trauma Happens.
Laughter Happens.
And it is easy to forget yourself in all of this.
When life throws you a curve ball, take time to just pause. Time to evaluate where you move from here and what is the course you are going to take.

Don't wallow for too long.
It is easy to drag yourself down, get lost in sadness and darkness and angst and such.
Reach out.
Someone will be there to grab ahold of your hand before you sink fully under.

Find yourself again.
Take time to find out what you really are passionate about and RUN.
Regroup.
Reconnect to your inner vitality and laugh.
Giggle at your childlike spirit and JUMP into your next project with abandon.

It's going to be okay.
You got this.
And just regroup.