Peace!

Sometimes I wonder if I had to do it all over again, would I do it differently?

Peace has come and gone for a brief moment only to realize that it will never come back.

In life, we are offered so much and sometimes we fail to use these opportunities to set us up for success. At times, I wonder, if we complain so much about the things we experience that we fail to appreciate what matters most.

I guess we all define it differently and for some people you’ll never actually get the chance to measure your worth because your caught up in creating the problem instead of working to solve it.

But the optimistic side of me believes that we all experience life in similar capacities and internally define them differently – whether that’s love, disappointment, happiness, grief, or a simple cut on the finger. Our experiences make us who we are – the good samaritan vs. the bad terrorist.

Perception.

What’s your perception of yourself?

How affective is constructive criticism if you go through life thinking critical about yourself?

I wonder sometimes.

And you may wonder where I am going with this – huh? I stopped for a minute and asked myself the same question.
But what I know is that I need to do a better job taking advantage of all these opportunities I have and use it to solve the problem; not recreate it.

I refuse to fixate on an issue without truly understanding it at the core. People can fool you sometime.

What’s really the problem here? I may ask and I hope you will do the same.
Peace

I'MproveMEnt

I mellow earth searching for lost wonders.
Hopes I’d dream revolutionized.
Or things yet to become unfounded slanted by sight.
Shattered by small scars,
The window of improvement illuminates normality restored.
The wind cold.
The days old.
The mood uncertain.
And the present ignored by unfathomable thoughts of inspection.
I rose.
I fell.
I descend.
I levitate onward.
But the idea remains.
Constant.
Unwavering.
Fickle.
Unremitting.
Wavering in status.
Merely do I speak of weakness?
As I default and own my convictions of decadence.

in a distance

A calling in the distance.
Whispering quietly.
The trumpet muted by blank sheets of music.
The sound muffled yet apparent in spirit.
It is what’s to become of me.
Meandering for its final outcome.
Patiently awaiting its due.
I rediscover self in the process.
I reinvent.
Re-establish.
Renew a new sagacity for my transpiration.
Comprehending much.
But struggle for resolution.
More than a feeling or emotion.
Love is.
Abides in me.
I search for its presence.
Swiftly to no avail.
Eager for its finished product.
Questioning presides as I hibernate from others.
Void. Alone. And hurt.
Stories unfold and stolen moments transcribe a fairy tale.
An ending unknown but the will to exist.

Once

I met someone once.
And a conversation was explored.
Sharing realities, philosophies, and ideologies which profoundly correlated with experiences witnessed in life.
The debate contrasted in its details.
The exchange spoke of strangers meeting in time only to separate and get lost in their own journeys once again.
The approach different.
Unpleasantly diverse in its endeavor the disappointment arises in the unknown.
Wondering if paths will rekindle and new beliefs are discovered as the events of the day discontinue.
A reunion of thoughts, a reunion of life, a reunion of words unspoken.
I met someone once.
And it made me feel good to be in their presence. Reassuring the core of me own identity.
I exist in challenge. I exist in understanding. I exist in you.

Maybe we'll meet again.

The 11th Doctrine

As the year begins to come to an end and we rise to face yet another, I am yet amazed at the lessons learned. I share with each of you The 11th Doctrine that I take with me into 2009. I hope you too can use this as a guide to live by, grow by, and learn by as we enter this journey together. Please feel free to share, challenge, or add to any of these. Happy New Year!

The 11th Doctrine
1st.The more you know the more you grow.
2nd. If you believe you can achieve anything.
3rd. Perception is not reality.
4th. Friends are seasonal.
5th. We are what we want to become.
6th. Change is a choice.
7th. Choose your attitude.
8th. Never leave room for doubt.
9th. Always lean on your family.
10th. Love exceeds all things.
11th. God is always in control.

HOME

I wonder where this life will become.
As I live each day anticipating another.
Taking for granting the moments of today.
The mistakes of the yesterday.
And the next second of time that will present a choice.
To be.
To become.
To live like no other.
Challenge beyond measure.
As I understand my call to action.
Limitations no longer exist.
The shackles released like doves in the sky.
Pursuits are birth.
Interventions near.
I am home.

BEHOLDEN

The warm embrace of love fills my mood.
Laughs.
Side conversations.
And tears of how we all connect as beings warm the heart and allow the soul to glisten with rays of light.
Joy presides in the atmosphere as we rekindle spirits.
Aged moments of time permeate through words.
I inhale the observation.
Accepting the present.
Reliving past events.
Family.
Sweets.
Stomach aches.
Pastries baked with childhood goodies.
Remind us how beautiful life is in golden years.
Kinships joined.
Fellowships remembered.
Strangers but friends dine in gratitude.
Yet the heart tells our story.
The feeling.
The emotion.
Happiness profound.
Thrilling.
Beholden.