When I am feeling low

 “when I am feeling

low

all I have to do is

watch my cats

and my

courage

returns”

There is an island that exists

 There is an island that exists,

Filled with all the gifts we didn't recognize,

All the beauty we didn't see,

All the kindness we didn't feel,

All the love we didn't embrace,

All the wonders we didn't behold,

All the moments we didn't cherish,

All the joys we didn't savour,

And all the blessings we didn't acknowledge.

Fortunate are those who travel there;

For upon one's arrival, it dissolves

and ceases to exist,

For one realizes

that they were there all along.

The path there

Is through gratitude.

Words by Tahlia Hunter

Value of private space

 The older I get the more I realize the value of my private space, maintaining a qualitative circle and letting only certain people that deserves to be in there, people that radiate positivity and optimism.

I rather have a small circle of friends that are supportive and well rounded where I can be genuine and honest than a bigger circle that always criticize you and slowly pulling your growth.

Privacy is power. In this world full of people that shows and flex everything I prefer reaching my goals and improving myself into the extent that I can be the best version of myself silently.

I am a decisive element

 I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather. I possess tremendous power to make life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration, I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal. In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis is escalated or de-escalated, and a person is humanized or de-humanized.

If we treat people as they are, we make them worse. If we treat people as they ought to be, we help them become what they are capable of becoming. ~Haim G. Ginott

You cannot knock out a woman off a pedestral she built herself

 All the guys come around thinking that they have to put me on a pedestal..

Wine and dine me, impress me with fancy dinners and show me the grandest of times.

They don’t get it at all.

They can’t put me on a pedestal and they can’t buy me the world…

I don’t need it and I don’t want it.

I’ve already done all that myself.

I’ve seen all the games and done the fancy adventure with all the gusto, glitz and glamor one could ever want..

But that’s not what fills my soul and sparks my heart.

Love isn’t about what you can buy me, show me or impress me with..

Those things have never mattered to me.

Show me your heart.

Impress me with your depth.

Buy me a one way ticket to forever.

You can’t put me on a pedestal because I built my own..

So if you’re going to say that I’m a stuck up snob and that I’m high maintenance…

Guess again.

Yes, I have standards.

Yes, I don’t settle for less than I deserve.

And I’ll damned sure never tolerate disrespect, dishonesty or disingenuous behavior.

So you wanna win my heart?

Stop worrying about all the things that all the others made you think were important..

And just be real, passionate and deep.

Talk to me, not at me.

Stop trying to dazzle me or buy my affection and just show me who you really are.

Cry, laugh and walk with me.

Show me the depths of your soul and the fire in your heart.

Cause I promise you one thing:

I’ve worked too hard to get where I am and built this pedestal just how I want it..

And I’m not coming down for just anyone.

Earn it.

You’ll be glad you did.

Some days I'm getting better

And some days I'm just not

Every day's a colander

Straining everything I've got

The memories just keep coming

And some days I don't care

But some days I feel every one

Like ghosts no longer there

I could write each one down

Make poems that would last

But there's no longer any point

Why put myself through that?

I can feel the tears inside my soul

But I never let them fall

It doesn't matter anymore

And it never did, at all

So perhaps I'm getting better

Maybe I'm even healed

Or am I the champ of hide and seek

From everything I feel?