And you grew up good and wonderful.
Then the time come for you to take on the world, and you did.
But somewhere along the line, you changed.
You stopped being you.
You let people stick a finger in your face and tell you you’re no good.
And when things got hard, you started looking for something to blame, like a big shadow. Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty place and I don’t care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is going to hit as hard as life. But it isn’t about how hard you hit back. It’s about how hard you can get it and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward.
But you got to be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you aren’t where you want to be because of him, or her, or anybody!
Cowards do that, and we’re all capable of so much more than that.
{December 23, 2007} strawberry passion awareness