Be a Man

Stiff upper old boy
Suck it up buttercup
Take a spoonful of cement and harden up already
Freeze your soul
Show some fortitude
Grow a set, preferably brass
Take a chance and win
Swallow your pride
And do not wallow in self pity
Pity the fool
Take that step
Surf those waves
Do not be the eaten
Make your actions loud
Don't ever look back
Set yourself apart
Win the rut
Be the life that is waiting for you
Failure does not exist
Do what's possible, the impossible
Start the thousand miles
Life is not always fair, so what
Quiet desperation is not an option
Actions are louder than words
Be bigger than your fear
Nothing in this world is handed to you
Go out and get it
When you are weak, stay strong
Be a man

.....can I still be weak in the knees (once in awhile)

Loosing Heart

I am lost in a strange and wondrous land.
Emotions and feelings dominant surround me.
Ill equipped to cope I fail and flounder.
Walking ever nearer the chasm edge.
To jump would be easy, an escape from the pain.
But my guide turns me inward.
Face your fear, know the pain, feel the love.
The reason you are lost is because it is unfamiliar territory.
And it is in constant change.
No one person knows fully the way.
The best of us join together.
And we hold each other close and honest.
You can do this my friend.
Come from the cold, join in this warmth.

For the trees in my life...

For Me For You

I am whatever it takes
I do not need to change
I do know what I want to be
For me For you

The Big Picture

From The Handmaids Tale by Margaret Atwood

What I need is perspective. The illusion of depth, created by a frame, the arrangement of shapes on a flat surface. Perspective is necessary. Otherwise there are only two dimensions. Otherwise you live with your face squashed against a wall, everything a huge foreground, of details, close-ups, hairs, the weave of the bed sheet, the molecules of the face. Your own skin like a map, a diagram of futility, crisscrossed with tiny roads that lead nowhere. Otherwise you live in the moment. Which is not where I want to be.

Discombobulated

Well crap
I do not get it
Well you are not supposed to
It's emotion
Charged
And you are immutable
This this thing
And that ridiculous big brain
Does nothing for you
Cause you are trying to figure it out
Don't
Just let it be
Free and wonderful
Full of pain and hurt
Full of joy and connection
In the end it is all truly remarkable
Just understand your place
Be available and present
If you don't know, and you won't
Don't say you do
Just be
You will get it as they will get you
We aren't meant to be fully connected
Be there, just be there