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lovefromgirlI am a woman in my own right. This is something I have learned to enjoy. I will not break but bend. I am Strength, and I will catch any who choose to jump -- or have to fall. I am here and you are not alone.
I do not know much territory, but what is mine is familiar. As I grow and change, so it grows and changes with me. Yet some things remain the same. Some rocks are meant for the bare feet of strays. Some trees will trip a traveler despite all precautions taken. Bridges, though old, hold fast. Water, though low, flows through. These things nourish me and protect me. I give them their due respect.
I embrace solitude, never loneliness. There is a difference between the two. If it is my time to be alone, I accept that. If I feel it is not my time to be alone, I will seek change. Perhaps I am not done growing -- none of us truly are, ever, until the very minute death takes us. The path is long, and well worth wandering with another. We can all help each other grow.
As desolate as I sometimes feel -- as far from happiness as morning from noon -- I know there's always a bit of faith left inside. First I will express what frustration and sadness I feel, but I will invariably find my feet again. All shall be well. All things are possible through belief. All truths are meant to be known. All lessons are meant to be learnt, in some fashion. (In teaching, we learn. Never forget this.)
Where there's a man that has no voice, there I shall go singing. So few people can speak for themselves. Many are disenfranchised through racial tension, poverty, and sexism, to name a few. Their truths are just as valid as our truths, we who are heard. Let me lift buried wisdom to the light. Let me be the lantern in the fog.
Take nothing for granted. I give thanks daily in some small way for the blessings I have. Mother -- father -- friends -- home -- food. In these alone I am more fortunate than many.
What are your truths? What will make you happy? Why don't you go out and get it? It won't walk up to you and bite you in the nose. Neither will it come to you easily. The things we treasure most are the things for which we fight the hardest. Fight for your wishes. Do not stop asking because you don't feel you deserve resolution or reward. Walk on. Walk tall. Remember that sometimes you have to let go of one thing in order to receive another. Open your heart. Open your mind. Open your eyes.
And when you have done these things, open your mouth. All journeys begin with a single step.
I do not know much territory, but what is mine is familiar. As I grow and change, so it grows and changes with me. Yet some things remain the same. Some rocks are meant for the bare feet of strays. Some trees will trip a traveler despite all precautions taken. Bridges, though old, hold fast. Water, though low, flows through. These things nourish me and protect me. I give them their due respect.
I embrace solitude, never loneliness. There is a difference between the two. If it is my time to be alone, I accept that. If I feel it is not my time to be alone, I will seek change. Perhaps I am not done growing -- none of us truly are, ever, until the very minute death takes us. The path is long, and well worth wandering with another. We can all help each other grow.
As desolate as I sometimes feel -- as far from happiness as morning from noon -- I know there's always a bit of faith left inside. First I will express what frustration and sadness I feel, but I will invariably find my feet again. All shall be well. All things are possible through belief. All truths are meant to be known. All lessons are meant to be learnt, in some fashion. (In teaching, we learn. Never forget this.)
Where there's a man that has no voice, there I shall go singing. So few people can speak for themselves. Many are disenfranchised through racial tension, poverty, and sexism, to name a few. Their truths are just as valid as our truths, we who are heard. Let me lift buried wisdom to the light. Let me be the lantern in the fog.
Take nothing for granted. I give thanks daily in some small way for the blessings I have. Mother -- father -- friends -- home -- food. In these alone I am more fortunate than many.
What are your truths? What will make you happy? Why don't you go out and get it? It won't walk up to you and bite you in the nose. Neither will it come to you easily. The things we treasure most are the things for which we fight the hardest. Fight for your wishes. Do not stop asking because you don't feel you deserve resolution or reward. Walk on. Walk tall. Remember that sometimes you have to let go of one thing in order to receive another. Open your heart. Open your mind. Open your eyes.
And when you have done these things, open your mouth. All journeys begin with a single step.