JANUARY 6, 2015
I was getting ready to leave to run to the corner store
tonight because I wanted to go and be back before the hour grew later and the
cold set in any more than it had. I as grabbed a sweater and slid into warm
fuzzy shoes I noticed a new message come up on Skype.
Thinking I would just see who it was from so I knew if I should respond tonight
or in the morning I found a dear friend struggling against those foul minions
we all face too often.
In trying to help him hold his head above water and continue
walking down that often difficult path I found myself inspired by the strength
and compassion we shared. Though I could edit and build and pretty it up, I
realized that it wasn’t needed. Life is not pretty, any more than it is fair,
any more than it is predictable; but it is life! It is our life the only one we
get this go around, and it is ours to embrace, to share, to change where we can
and accept where we cannot change. So I thought instead just offer up what
inspired me with no names no times and hope that some of you find hope and
inspiration in the exchange like I did.
him
I know the path doesn’t have to be the one…..but I’ve never
had this rage, this hurt, this emotional distress before
me
but trying to inflict the pain that was inflicted on you
wouldn’t solve anything and it would allow that darkness to take you
him
I know….it’s just….not f***g fair…..nothing in this god
forsaken land is fair….nothings just nothing nothing nothing…..
me
no one ever said life was fair
I know that sounds harsh but its true
life is not fair, it is messy and unjust and desperate and
exhilarating and beautiful
him
I always believed that…..but I always hoped for
humility….honor and respect….faithfulness and friendships….
me
“Life is not measured by the number of breaths we
take, but by the moments that take our breath away” (Vicki Corona)
all the moments in between have the potential to be
dark or empty or mundane or painful but the moments that leave us breathless,
that touch us that move us that make us better. Those are what we must cling
to in the darkness
“We live in deeds, not
years; in thoughts, not breaths;
In feelings, not in figures on a dial.
We should count time by heart-throbs. He most lives
Who thinks most—feels the noblest—acts the best.”
(Philip James Bailey)
You are a noble young man. You believe in and hope for
the best in humanity, and though it may be hard when facing the demons, you
must continue to believe that they are not of you they are only the darkness in
the world manifested to thwart you do not give in
him
…thanks….*huggles you close*
me
I love you for the hope that you retain, do not lose that
part of you
him
“It may be a noble endeavor to try to carry the weight
of the world on your shoulders; but it will eventually bring you to your knees
and you will struggle to get back up. It won’t be because you are tired, but
because of the shame and guilt of failing everybody. You desperately
wanted to save everybody you loved but you couldn’t, and now you can’t
save even yourself from the bitterness. But you were brave. You were courageous
and you did it with love, and you’ll tell yourself that maybe that was enough.”
— Adam Zucconi (via wnq-writers)
me
nice!!!! See you get it!!!
him
why can’t the world be just….simple?
me
because the greatest beauty is not always simple
sometimes it is the simple amidst the mess and complex, the
single flame in the darkness
And that very thought is why you get no attempt
at eloquence here, just a very human, honest, simply beautiful flame.
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