So Bossy…

There will always be bossy people.

They think they know how to run everyone’s life.

It may be hard to deal with them.

They constantly tell you, and everyone else what to do.

Maybe it makes them feel important.

Maybe it makes them feel as though they have more purpose.

You don’t have to listen to them.

You don’t have to react.

You can learn to observe and let go.

Move on.

They will always be bossy.

So bossy…

You don’t have to follow their orders.

Let them feel important, but go ahead and do what you want…

This is your life.

You are in charge.

– M.

Fear Experienced

It is not as easy to explore a feeling, unless it is being felt.

The pain and discomfort of fear, is one of the most taunting feelings.

Am I dying…

Will I live another year…

Have all of my past experiences caught up to me and caused a health issue that is incurable…

There are haunting thoughts that don’t make it easy to exist.

To want to live, but want to be gone, yet be fearful of a death that may or not be soon approaching…

Where is the peace, the bliss, the comfort…

A partner, maybe that would help.

Distractions, staying busy, nothing sounds right.

The only way to deal with it is to face it.

Look at it straight on, breathing in, breathing out, saying, “I will be okay. I am okay. It is okay. It will be alright. I am okay.”

There is nothing else to do.

Just wait.

Breathe.

Keep saying that I will be okay, I am okay, it is okay, it is going to be alright, it is alright.

Wait.

Experience it again.

Face it.

Breathe through it.

Don’t distract.

Don’t medicate.

Don’t numb.

Face it.

Live through it.

Sleep.

Wake up to another day.

– M.

Let Go of the Past

The Path Unknown

Ghostly Presence

You hid from me, in your darkness, avoiding the light like it was a plague to end all life.

There was a ghostly presence about you, one that you didn’t understand.

You were a ghost of the night, but you had a kindness in your eyes.

Yet, you only saw your darkness so you feared your fate would be the same.

You came to me for answers.

You came to me for help.

You came to me, calling out, with cries, for you had nowhere else to go.

No-one else could see you, like I could.

Though, I feared you and your darkness, I saw there was a light, within.

There was a light in which you existed, if only for a moment, here and there, it was what helped keep you here.

A darkness like yours could swallow one up.

It could take one down to the deepest oceans, leaving no trace of your existence having ever been.

You have a goodness within you, but to let it grow will take some time.

You will have much work to do, for this darkness is hard to remove.

The fog around you is heavy, as we walk along the beach.

The waves break and reach my feet.

They cannot reach yours, even though you are with me, you are a bit ghostly, an existence that is hovering between worlds.

How did you get this way?

Life must have really been tough on you, to be here, yet not, and without much hope to be found within.

There is hope…

You might not see it, but it is there, and it is waiting for you to see it, too.

I will walk with you.

We can talk.

I will show you your light.

And hopefully, in time, you can see there is more to this life than the darkness, as we make our way down this beach of darkened sand.

-M.

You are the Light

They think they know what is best for you.

They want you to dim your light

Don’t they know that even clouds try to put out the sun’s bright light, but it still shines bright?

You are light.

You are strength.

With the strength is how you shine so bright.

You don’t have to try.

You don’t have to understand why.

You are what you are.

They see it.

They feel it.

They can’t seem to accept it.

You are light.

You shine so bright, and help others see their own light.

Keep on shining.

You are the reason why.

You are the light.

-M.

Taunting Waters

You challenged me with your mist.

Along your path, you hissed.

A roar, a flow, a gravitating blow, there was no release to your taunting.

Right by you, I walked.

I could smell you, without an effort or a thought.

As you reached my toes, you bellowed out more of your rough talk.

The thought of following you out, amongst your depths, is still a thought, a very daunting thought that is quite haunting.

-M.

The Flow

As it flows,

Life begins to find a rhythm.

Just as time passes,

Life breezes by.

There are short spurts in which we exist,

Never really seeing it all put together until a while later.

Time is precious.

Life is, too.

As time flows,

Life begins to make sense.

-M.

How do You Treat People?

The way we treat others has a big impact on them, as well as showing our truth, or who we are.

Are you short with the wait-staff or with the cashier?

Do you get angry with people on the road, and blame the traffic on them?

Do you see the connection between us all and try to treat others with patience and kindness?

Have you been struggling to see others, especially strangers as regular people who also matter?

Watching so many people disregard others, just because of their life position or their job, or even because they are strangers that they think they will never see again has been devastating to see over the years.

Don’t you know that how you treat others matters?

You have the opportunity, in every experience with others, to share light or to share darkness.

How do you like to feel?

Do you think others want to get treated poorly because you don’t think about the fact that each person has feelings and has a purpose?

We all matter.

That person driving slow on the freeway may have anxiety.

That cashier might be on their 6th day in a row, working overtime because nobody wants to work.

That waitress or waiter may have been dealing with many other grumbling restaurant guests because staff is short and the kitchen is backed up.

These are people who live in this world with us.

We are all struggling, in different ways.

When you bring light, you bring peace.

When you bring darkness, you bring misery.

Don’t you think we have enough misery in this small world?

There are so many ways to help bring more light…

So many ways to help lift others up, so that they can go on with more joy and gratitude in their life.

You are capable of bringing light, if you choose to do so.

Let’s lift one another up and see that we are all important and necessary.

I see you struggling, and I see you knowing that you could be a bit better than how you have been.

We can grow and learn, so we can help bring more light into this darkened world.

Let us find more peace and joy and spread it with each interaction of our days.

In the darkness, we must always bring the light.

-M.

You Choose how You Feel