Back up. Chin up. Eyes straight ahead.
When you speak? Speak loud and clear.
Presentation is important. Delivery is important.
When you do these things, the exact same words said in the exact same context hit completely differently.
And your words, the ones you so carefully chose, will stand to reach their full potential.
What a shame to see them end up otherwise.
The picture you paint in your mind as you read the words I arrange is the art we create together
The first Everybody knows of Dreams of Lusts over Forever plans for That reveals small pockets During hard to find time It’s the second The less talked about The less sexy The kind that happens From the confines of a chair That reveals entirety During time that's always been there
Don’t let the wind uproot you.
Let its best attempts
To topple, twist, bend, and break
Be the exact force you need
To shimmy your roots deeper
Into the very ground
It was plotting to yank you from.
The person who tries to dodge every raindrop gets hit just as many times as the person who walks calmly forward.
And so it is for the person who tries to dodge every mistake, error, issue, problem, challenge, obstacle, fault, slip-up, oversight, flaw, imperfection, adversity, responsibility…
The way I see it, the rain is inevitably going to come down over each of us. We can try to dodge, duck, dip, dive, and dodge every drop to avoid getting wet—which will only end in vain.
Or we can feel the rain and walk calmly forward.
Most of us will choose a familiar pain over an unknown alternative.
We gravitate towards the familiar because it gives us a false sense of safety.
And so long as we continue to cling to that false sense of safety, we shouldn’t expect to get anything different than the same old, familiar pain. Time and time again.
But, what if, what lies in the unknown isn’t greater pain, but a place where there’s better pain?
What if, it’s precisely in the unknown where the pains of growth, love, and healing lie?