mind your mother

i was talking to my mom this morning, she shared something with me that i think is relevant to everyone so i thought i would share it here.

she told me that sometimes, when the dreams we have for ourselves are shattered, we hurt ourselves more by trying to continue those dreams instead of moving to what is and can be happy.

beating ourselves against the broken pieces of what could have been

because of fear.

fear that nothing else will work out for us, or that we wont be satisfied with what does actually happen.

i think that's true,

recently i've let myself feel like i've had more than my fair share of troubles- i've let myself feel really alone

when in reality most everybody feels that way at some point in their lives.

so here's to not being alone and to recognizing the things that are actually OUR struggles

and not making others' burdens our own if they aren't.

and enjoying what is

what can be because of what is now.