Fly,
Like a bird so high.
Enter the world like a flash of lightning in the sky.
This world is lonely without certain trust.
So spread your wings, and lift from the dust.
So long, fair well, cruel world below.
I’m fighting the winds to enter the flow.
Today I saw the sky above, enter my being.
For I am the dove.
My thoughts drifted to him tonight.
I’ve been fully content. I’m single, living alone, just a few friends, (I’m pretty much a hermit…but a fun hermit!), and so I was surprised the old love I had for someone came back up. I wasn’t mopey or sad, but there was something strange from the way it happened. I thanked God, for allowing me to love someone so fully, but I also thanked Him for giving me the strength to have moved on.
Maybe it’s because love is in the air and heck, my brain can’t ignore being single on valentines day now can it?
I laughed tonight, thinking of how far I’ve come. Never have I felt so comfortable in my own skin. Before now, I always wanted a relationship, I always looked for someone to keep me company, but now I can say that is no more. Sure, if love comes my way, I will gladly take it and love with all my heart.
But until that day comes I’m smiling. There is no better way to spend Valentines day than loving yourself. For that is the key to a successful relationship with anyone. It goes both ways and without that love, there is never any growth.
I love you all, and hope that some of you are enjoying company, and that those who aren’t are keeping themselves occupied with something happy.
Love,
A. Willow
A lot of the time I wonder, “What am I doing?”
I look to God, asking him if I’m taking the right route, and if there is somewhere else I’m supposed to be. It’s not that I feel incomplete, but I’m in that stage in my life where life is taking me on it’s waves and I don’t get to choose my destination. I can try to paddle one way or another, but if I force it too much I can be way off course.
So here I am, sitting in my hometown coffee shop wondering, “why?”.
You know, I’m confident in myself and my capabilities. I reach where I want to go, but if fate doesn’t agree with my plan, how am I supposed to stay on this road?
It’s only been recently that each time these questions come up, that I’ve answered with my heart.
Of course I’m on the right track. I’m doing what I love, and I’m striving to be better everyday. If that’s not the right path than what is?
Sometimes on our paths the foliage will be thicker and we can’t see the destination. The signs pointing us in the right direction disappear or are smudged with indecision, but still, we follow where our feet lead. I tell my feet where to go and I can jump off the path and create a new one any time I want. God is with me, and with my heart leading my feet there is no more doubts. I will be where I want to, in some form or another, and it might take a while, and it might not be as soon as I wish it to be, but it will come.
Strive for your dreams. It won’t happen on it’s own, you have to make the best part of you available to the world before greatness takes you.
Love,
A. Willow
My joints don’t work,and my hip hurts
The old bruises are of my past.
Never once had I thought
That my youth would never last.
I wasted my time upon this earth
Wishing that I had done more with my worth
For my talents lie, in how I touch the sky,
And yet the blindness of childhood took me.
I get out of bed, not once, but twice,
For I’ve fallen and can’t get up.
The bruises on my back are so old now,
But yet, my memories are worse.
There is nothing on this earth
That can make it all better,
Once you’ve wasted away.
So go my loved ones,
Take care of yourself,
Before your bruise becomes your crutch.
My back is fine, my ailment- age,
And my true spirit now lies in the day.
If only I had known that love is what had grown
When we do it God’s way.
I smile now, as I see you there,
Dressed all pretty and nice,
And yet I frown, inside somehow,
Stressing on how you’ll waste it away.
So go my young ones, fly above the trees,
And soar to what you believe,
It’s in your heart, forever marked,
The job that really does please.
I can’t stress it enough my children,
that you worry and bash too much,
And instead of fighting
Over your whining
Just take to steps, and jump.
You move much quicker than I do now,
The old turtle that I am,
But too fast do you fly by the rose,
That helps you appreciate the sky.
Love, and be merry,
From within the heart it starts,
The treasure of all that begins.
For upon the door of your heart,
Is the century of life that wins.
Goodbye my children,
My little ones in thought,
And know this one thing.
The next time you fly by the door,
You may never see the wind.
Hello everyone,
I’m proud to give you an update of how I’m overcoming my depression. For so long I have hidden in the dark, and finally a year ago, almost to the day, I decided to change my life. I started this blog, and wanted to improve the ill sickness that cost so much of my life pain.
At the beginning, I was still negative. My draining cloud of thoughts only rained out negativity. Slowly, with a lot of effort I overcame all my obstacles. I pushed myself to eat healthy, to exercise, because those are crucial to helping someone like me to overcome the nasty depression that clings to us.
And so I went on this journey knowing fully well that it was easier to stay in the dark, but knowing doom would only await me if I were to stay in misery. I hated myself, still three months after I started this blog, and still I couldn’t keep up with a program for fitness, and money and food were hard to come by. I had to buy inexpensive chemical food because I couldn’t afford the organic lifestyle.
Everything drastically changed. During the year many great things happened to me. I finally began to love myself again, I began smiling everyday thinking about how I want to change the present and my future, I tackeled a half-marathon and realized that I am stronger than I ever imagined, I went to firefighting school and rappeled off buildings and entered the burning flames. I found my strength and my courage, and this sparked the person that I am. I found out that I am a rescuer, whether through my words or by my physical ability I want to help rescue the world from the evil that lurks within our hearts, in our minds, and the catastrophes that we don’t have any control over.
For a while, I kept up an exercise routine, especially while attending the school, and I began to believe that the reason I was so happy and overjoyed with this new way of living is because I fell in love with it, and exercise and eating right were keeping my mind healthy as well.
I will say this though, I began to fall again. I stopped exercising during December and eating healthy was impossible with all the wonderful treats that the family cooked up. So as December went by and passed, and into January I still haven’t taken the time to do those healthy things.
At first I believed that I was doomed to face my depression again. I waited for it to come and overwhelm me….but do you know what I did next? I would NOT accept the depression in. For a few days it was trying to leak in, making me cry for various reasons…but each time it did- I. SHUT. IT. OUT.
There is no reason for me to believe now that your problems with depression lies on the outside. Yes everything I did helped and yes it was crucial for me then, but now that I finally believe in myself and I believe I have the power to overcome this horrible disease….I’m cured!
I don’t need those outside things to make me happy anymore for I am truly happy from within, and that is the beauty I have found this last year. All your power to change your life doesn’t rely on others, or the world to change- It’s You.
If your wondering, I will continue to strive to better myself and grow, and become as healthy as possible, because that stuff makes me even happier than I already am. First do what you love, and once you become who you are there is no going back to losing yourself. Fight and strive for happiness and you shall find it.
Believe in yourself, for there is no greater power than to love from the within to change the world around you.
Love,
A. Willow
There has been something big on my mind for the last few weeks or so. Traveling across the country isn’t something I see every year, and it’s something I love doing, but more importantly I want to travel worldwide. Never have I crossed over the U.S. borders even though I live a few hours away from Canada.
With my goals, wishes, and dreams of becoming a full time author, I know the more experience I get with other cultures will expand how I write, as well as the scenery for the locations of my books.
I’ve been wanting to get a passport, but I don’t have the money now, nor will I even be able to go to Europe anytime soon because I’m just making enough money to pay off bills and get food and gas.
But I’ve also been reading these books like Wishes Fulfilled by Dr. Dyer, or the Power of Now by Echart Tolle, and their wisdom has shown me that I must imagine that I am already living the life that I want, as though I have been published and have enough money to go on a random trip when it occurs.
I don’t know how to describe my everyday life, but I will say that I think this is going to be a big year for me, and why not travel the world? Why not? Nobody told me I can’t, God never said I can’t make more money for traveling. So I’m going to do it, I’m going to save my money, (very little at a time) and start it for my funds. First a Passport is on the list and then from there I’m thinking Ireland will be the best first foreign country to visit. 
There is something so magical about that place. I’ve heard stories from people who visited and some from my own research, but the lush green grass, the boisterous pubs, and the homey atmosphere just seems a perfect match for a rookie traveler like myself 😉
I’m keeping my fingers crossed and hopefully with a little prayer, a lot of effort on my part, and a positive mindset I’ll be able to afford this wonderful urge that has suddenly taken me.
Love you all,
A. Willow
This is a story of a girl, who vanquished the land of evil lore. She searched far and wide for her hearth, but found it in her birth. For as she stopped, inside her head, she rested and believed the journey was dead. “No more can I face the sorrows of the world when there is endless tomorrows.”
And like a gift, wrapped in a box, something glowed from the palm of her mosque. She looked down upon it with wonder, and soon she realized it and pondered. It was her beating heart in hand, glowing ever brightly, a smile escaped her, she took a stand.
“This is the secret to the universe, I must cherish it for eternity onwards.” So there she found, in her own room, the galaxy’s key to blissful eternity. For we must look within in order to sow, the seeds of life that replenish our souls. Her smile cost nothing dear, and her heart forever fluttered here.
This was the story of a galaxy meeting, one forbidden by contradiction and meaning. But look within the heart you have, and a galaxy you shall hold in your hand.
Late is the hour, from which I stand,
and yet, sleep does not take me to its land.
I curl upon the shores of my bed,
Dreading the time,
Wishing I were dead.
*
Then a note sounds in the distance,
I hear a stranger noise- insistent.
The bells are tolling,
And ringing in my head
No other form of worry
but dread.
*
For the time is late, and the bell keeps tolling,
Forcing my brain to spin in a jury.
Arguments arise, as I try to shut my eyes,
And yet no agreement shall come to rise.
The battle begins as I scream and shout
“You’re doing it wrong,
Now just shut up!”
Yet their voices shout back in my head,
never dulling for the words I spent.
*
Hours pass, or maybe days,
yet the night is still dark
like a haze.
The bells have stopped,
the yelling ceased,
and yet I’m exhausted.
I think it’s time to sleep…
There is one thing I would like to say to you before you go.
It’s not fair that we have to end on different shores.
But it is what it is,
And as far as you will allow to know,
there is no other way,
but to say
“No more”
So a long this separate path that I so choose,
I’m going to give hell to you.
Tell you the truth of everlasting love.
Peace on earth that is made from up above.
You have changed, and that is fine,
but believe me when I say goodbye,
for within my heart you have stayed,
but now my epiphany of love fades.
“Once upon a time’s” have to end.
And if it is now, so be it, and mend.
The mend of my broken heart has already taken place,
And I need no fixing to move on in this race.
The race of life that we are living,
Slowly times flows, and yet it’s still ticking.
My place shall be with love all around,
And if you are with her, that is your mound.
My love is already here,
It just takes practiced eyes to see it clear.
In the warmth of my heart for all around.
I share my love with everyone found.
Take care my friend, for there is always goodbye in the end…
But it’s new beginnings when you know, You shall meet again.
Love,
A. Willow
Today is the first day of 2015, a year I plan on being powerful.
For so long I have dwelled in the past, and thought constantly about the future, but when you do that you lose focus on the NOW.
2015 is here and it will only be here for another 364 days. Each moment of this year I plan on making a change.
I don’t have new years resolutions because I know the growth comes from within, and you don’t need a resolution.
It’s a shift. Molding my new life with my hopes and dreams of what my heart wants to do.
I won’t give up hope that there is someone out there for me, and I believe this is the year.
I won’t give up my dreams of becoming a published author, and I believe this is the beginning of my writing career.
There is no set time in when things are SUPPOSED to happen, only when you get up, and work for what you beilieve in is when magical things will begin to happen.
Believe my fellow followers, that is the first key in changing your life.
Changing your year,
Changing you day.
Good luck in 2015, I’m already loving every second of it.
A. Willow
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