healing
How to heal fully and properly.
Forty-Five Cents
Forty-Five Cents So, there I was, in the library about 4 or 5 miles from the comfort of my current fortress of solitude, Room 218 Red Roof Inn, Tampa Fairgrounds. My traveling companion pups, Luke and Leia, were safe and coolly sound as I tried to download the lease papers for the house on Skyloch (Sky-Lock) Ct., located in my supposed new place to live: Dunedin, Florida.
By Glen Barr6 years ago in Motivation
Greatness Is In Gratitude
We all have dreams. Every one of us. You may have a dream job, dream house. It could be your dream to graduate high school, or be accepted into University. Maybe it's even something as simple as owning a pet or having a family someday. Dreams, vision, and goals are all very important to me. When things aren't going as planned, I find it to be a great practice to remind yourself of where you're aiming rather than reminiscing on times past.
By Levi St Pierre6 years ago in Motivation
In Our Darkest Moments
Things are bad right now... I'm not sure how else to deal with it besides writing. It's like I've been beating my head against the wall trying to figure everything out and with no result. I miss my little girl, so much; I never imagined I could miss anybody like I do her in my entire life. The scariest part should be that I have no idea when I'll see her again. But It's not... the scariest part is I'm not even sure I deserve to any more. After Greta left, I became so self destructive I don't recognize myself anymore. Now I wonder if I will ever get back to who I used to be. Should I do that in the first place? Or should I be trying to use this tribulation as an opportunity to evolve into something new? The bigger question is can I? Or will I let this darkness consume me? I can hear the calling, the urge to just quit and leave this entire world behind. Anything to ease the pain of having literally lost everything I really care about. If it were not for that little girl who calls me Dada, I probably would succumb to such a selfish desire. It's because of her that I refuse to give in to those demons. Even though I can feel them clawing at me on a constant basis.
By Carlos Guerra6 years ago in Motivation
When It Hurts
October 25th, 2019, was the day I was robbed of my dreams. I had lost sight of all my goals and with them the will to live. Battered, I was ready to put an end to everything I had or wished to have. On that fateful day, I lost three close friends to a car accident and drinking. And as if that was not enough, the woman I had loved all my life, cheated on me and jilted me. I was hurt, humiliated, and alone.
By Side Hustle Bible6 years ago in Motivation
Let Go
Where do I begin. I have an amazing story to tell. Its about getting unstuck. The song I have been obsessed with these past few days which has prompted me to enter this contest is b urn the ships by For King and Country. I have never related to a song like I do this one, so I believe many will too relate. Its been a long long time, staying stuck in my past. It happened in October of 2007. Three months later it was the beginning of many distressed emotions.
By Christy Teresa6 years ago in Motivation
I am not angry, I am afraid
'' You are the angriest person I've ever met ''. I've heard these words hundreds of times before since I was a child, but they still hurt as if it would be the first time. Over and over again, it pains me to hear this sentence. It hurts because it makes me realise that I failed again to show the emotion I feel underneath in an appropriate way, and after all, I am not angry, I am afraid.
By Gracekelly6 years ago in Motivation
Music can Inspire
The first song I’ve ever listened to that really spoke to me was called Wake Up by Nf. For those who don’t know who that is, he originally started as a Christian rapper. In 2010 he debuted his album “Moments” as an independent artist. I have listened to him before he became big and before he opened a whole new door for me. He has become my inspiration to continue my passion for music and that speaking my mind through lyrics can be an inspiration for others that they are not alone in this world. I believe that there are no strings attached to one person. That it takes a whole nation to either destroy or restore balance. If the world was more understanding about mental health, we would be saving lives. I have a strong belief that sometimes all somebody needs is reassurance, that when times are hard their worth doesn’t decrease and in the end, things will turn out okay. So the reason the song Wake Up gave me a sense of realization about my own life and why my perspective towards the world was not a hundred percent accurate, was when he said, “You spend your life in a dream that you can’t escape.” What I got from that line was that if you spend most of your life thinking about what will happen tomorrow or even five minutes from now, you will tend to overthink the moment your living right now instead of enjoying what is in front of you. Sometimes though, the world can create a certain idea in a kid’s mind that when reality hits the dreams they had in mind are simply stripped away. There’s a lot of greatness in this world but giving out a false proposition of what life is like. Especially young individuals whose lives are just starting, telling them what is expected of them, which kind of people are accepted in society, and which people can be successful. If more positivity was spread and we had more awareness of how our words can hurt someone else, I think our world be a little less negative. My goal in this life I live is to tell good stories through music and the words I speak. For the longest time I thought rapping and singing about life experiences and how one’s perspective can help someone else realize that they aren’t alone in the world. That it’s okay to struggle, make mistakes, and feel like nothing is ever going to get better. When I heard his song Wake Up, I finally told myself this is my destiny, that my dream to become a music producer and make my own songs is possible. You could say that his music has inspired me to make songs that can help someone who is struggling in their life, know that things will be okay and that giving up means you are taking away every opportunity to have a great life. In my life personally I have second-guessed my potential to be a good person. All the thoughts that I have ever thought of, whether it was about myself as a person or what others thought of me, I was so determined that all these 19 years of my existence, I had no purpose what so ever. Even the people who were close to me always told me that my happiness was disturbed because I would get in my own way. I’m pretty sure you have faced many obstacles or are still facing them today but just remember you can do it! Like I said I was once was going through that stage like there was no point in fighting anymore. Yes, I mean the pain that always was there, those thoughts, the fears, your insecurities about yourself and the way you look, feeling lonely like there’s no end to the storm you’ve tried so hard to get out of, that no one cares about you, the mental health issues, certain circumstances that made you feel worthless and that being born was a mistake. Society telling you if you fit in or not, being abused, others hurting you and telling you that you are not good enough, and maybe the world will be better without you. That’s just half of the things people go through and personal I have too. I hope you as the reader was able to get a grasp of some of what I was saying. I think it is safe to say that I’m fully awake, but are you ready to be wakened. We all have a start and an end, so let’s make the best of it while we can. ~Bryan
By Bryan-Here2inspire6 years ago in Motivation
YEARNING
https://open.spotify.com/track/4S6fv0puLCsfYjyBTPDb9k?si=9JKkV0FyTY25mWZOb0pb4Q I once heard this statement; "Apparently there's no such thing as a coincidence, everything happens for a reason." How true it is, I do not know, but to everything that has been a part of this story, I've found a reason.
By Bernice Danjuma 6 years ago in Motivation
Loving yourself
To the little girl inside me that cannot love herself. You are beautiful and more powerful than you will ever imagine. You are a whirlwind of calamity, of unexplained emotions but first of all you are the laughter you bring the world, you are that infectious smile and you are the wonder you hold in your starry eyes. Throughout the years that light will get consumed in darkness, your dreams become nightmares in a world where we are taught that sadness is our default. I'm sorry for that. I'm sorry they took your innocence so soon, i’m sorry you were never even given a chance.
By moonlit 6 years ago in Motivation
You’ll Always Be Second Place
“Vanity, Vanity, All is Vanity” Vanity, the quality of being worthless or futile (pointless). This is my thought, as I sit looking at the struggles we face as a society. For me as a thirty five year old BLACK MAN, its easy to get swept into the societal waste basket of life. I remember coming home one day, talking about all the things I’d learned at school that day. I talked about the fun conversations my friends and I had, the even more awesomesauce things we did. I remember one of my family members, then a good fifty years old if a day, former Vietnam Veteran, standing up shrugging his shoulders like, kid.... I am glad they let you play with em.. As the silverware forcefully hit the table, along with folks present soul, he made his exit. What a stupid thing to say to a kid. I bet many of you are snapping right now reading this, and would more than not slap the taste out of someone’s mouth if they’d said this to your child, yet alone said it to your five year old.
By Erik DeSean Barrett6 years ago in Motivation
Pieces of Strength
I read a book in high school that changed my life. In it, one of the main female characters wandered along a beach in the very far flung Orkney Isles, Scotland. And she collected things like pebbles, shells, feathers and sea glass to make a spell that would summon strength for herself and the people around her in a desperate time of need.
By Melissa Richards6 years ago in Motivation
