For the simple miracle that you woke up that morning

The sun rose again on this planet

And you somehow get to experience a human life

What Meaning Are You Creating?

Every experience that happens to us

Is simply an experience

It is the meaning we create from the experience

That stays with us for a lifetime

The Writer’s Curse

Some days I avoid my own pen

Is there anything I can write that has not been said?

These words are my way of making sense of a nonsensical world

If I am not writing then I am thinking

And this moment is far too miraculous

To spend lost in the world of my mind

Though I suppose it forces me

To create a life worth writing about

Every Relationship Is a Mirror

You will never accept a love

That is less than the love you have met within yourself

Healing Demands Patience

There are some bruises you cannot see

They run deeper than the surface of the skin

They heal a little with each heartbeat

Be patient as you mend your wounds

Your healing will happen in its own time

—A rose is not constantly blooming

Live in a State of Wonder

Live in a state of wonder. You’ll be far more joyful for it, I promise. Wonder is not a forced happiness. Wonder is a passionate curiosity about life. It is a way to make your soul grow. Most of us tread along repeating the same patterns, taking miracles for granted as though they are mere conveniences. We are as honest with ourselves and each other as we can bear, until some challenge happens where we are smacked out of autopilot and forced to become more. How tragic would it be to live your entire life and realize you weren’t truly present for any of it? The antidote for overstimulation is wonder. Get outside. Marvel at the stars every once in a while. Hell, even marvel at your phone. That was once just an idea someone had. Who were they? What was their story? Everyone has a story worth telling. Children understand this. They’re curious about the world because they’re new to it. They aren’t waiting to cross an invisible finish line of accomplishment to feel a sense of purpose. They’re just in wonder.

You Are Never Alone

What is the difference between us, you ask?

We are separate waves within a vast sea

You have never been alone for a single second

How could you forget we are connected through the entire ocean?

Promises

Whisper in my ear

The promise of tomorrow

For a moment it sounds beautiful

But I know that promise to be hollow

Potential

My potential haunts me

As I feel the ghost of who I could be

But I am tired of fantasizing about my future self

Instead of learning to fall in love with who I am right now

Where is the line between self-improvement and self-deprecation?

Paint Your Vision

Can you see it? That life you have always wanted within reach of your fingertips. Can you smell the scent of your best friend or lover as they wrap their proud arms around you because you’ve done it? Can you feel the butterfly in your chest and the tingling in your palms as your whole body comes alive in celebration? Can you hear the laughter of your favorite people as you joke about how scared you were that your dreams wouldn’t happen? You have to see it, my love. Every detail of it. It’s okay to be scared; that means this is important to you. See it anyway. Paint your vision with all your senses until it comes alive. Until you feel it in your muscles. Until you live your way into it coming true.