You just never know what might pop out of my mouth at any given moment. I might be talking about my Indian Ringneck, or Full Time RVing. Maybe I'll be talking about the path to happiness or griping about the state of healthcare or maybe about chronic illness. I have lots to say and sometimes I'm just plain RANDOM.

Thursday, December 15, 2011

What is Strength

What is Strength

Strength is often no more than doing what has to be done to continue moving forward even when things seem impossible.
Sometimes what people percieve as strength is simply accepting the hand you were dealt and living your life the best you can despite opposing circumstance or forces.
We all have it within us. We all are capable of drawing on our own inner strength. Even when times are beyond tough, even when things seem hopeless, our own desire to move forward out of the fog, out of the mire, can take us where we need to be. When your desire to get out of the muck of circumstance is great enough to keep you moving forward, that is strength.
But real strength is beyond just moving forward, it is beyond simply getting out of the difficult time or moment. Real strength is facing your fear and telling it that is has no power over you. Real strength is facing the reality of what has happened and learning from it.
And the reality is that we ALL go through times that are not easy. We have all experienced something that could easily stop us in our tracks if we let it. In those moments we have a choice to make. We don’t even realize that we ARE making a choice. We could choose to fall apart and remain in the fog, remain in the muck and mire. We could choose to wallow in the moment and never really leave it. The other option is to choose life. It is to choose moving forward.
It takes a brave person to face reality, accept it, learn from it, and then move out of the moment and into the next.

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Bully No More!

Bully No More!

It’s not the same
As it once was
For they don’t pull my hair
It’s not the pain
That it once was
And yet I still despair
They poke and prod
And call you names
They spread rumor and lie
Stalk and harass
Make you feel small
Not happy till you cry
But cry I won’t
And Strength I’ll show
For I won’t let them win
Child or Grown
The bully wants
To get under my skin
Stand you lot
And speak your voice
Together we are strong
With character
We tell the world
That bullying is wrong!
~by Tracy Seekins~