Planting The Seed

   "Do not believe that he who seeks to comfort you lives untroubled among the simple and quiet words that sometimes do you good. His life has much difficulty and sadness and remains far behind yours, were it otherwise he would never been able to find those wise words." -Rainer Rilke When you meet someone for the first time, what is the first thing you see? Let me guess, your answer will be a physical characteristic...    "People often say 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder,' and I say that the most liberating thing about beauty is realizing that you are the beholder. This empowers us to find beauty in places where others have not dared to look, including inside ourselves." - Salma Hayek Growing up I always thought I had to do everything by the book. I had to attend school, have a million friends, get good grades, be the best at sports, graduate, get a degree, be perfect, have a rockin' body, make millions, buy the dream house in best neighbour...

Day by day, I trudge along, Replaying the moments to my own song, The rhythm is fast then fades too slow, Leaving me left with no where to go, The beat picks up and I regain my vibe, Here I am, just trying to stay alive, Thinking so much my head might explode, Ready to break down from extreme overload, I wasn't enough or so I thought, Fighting each day against everything I had been taught, A tainted view that wasn't my own, An adopted belief, begging for relief, A falter in my step now shaking my faith, What was I doing believing in lies, Ignoring all of my spiritual outcries, Waiting to be released from all I had known, because I am so much more than what I have been shown.