Good Morning Folks 🙏🏽 🌄 it is a fine, beautiful Wednesday hump day here in Central Valley California 😀 I just got back from a walk, another decent length one. This one, I got in just shy of 5 miles. Probably could have pushed myself to go further, but I was starting to feel pain in my left knee and ankles. I think if I am going to keep these walks up, I’m going to need some ankle wraps and a knee support to help with the pain.
The fact that I am keeping up with these walks, even though I put myself in more pain than if I didn’t, shows the perseverance that I have to get through other obstacles in life.
Enjoy this little piece of 5-minute poetry that I just wrote for this post:
Life has its up and down moments,
If we did not suffer through pain,
Maybe we could have Peace in this world.
A Phoenix rises after it falls,
So can you rise if you fall.
Take one day at a time,
For each day is a gift that God gives us.
Good days come and go,
Bad days are only a blimp in time,
Each stride you take through the day,
Make it count towards the goals you have set today.
I hope each of you has a blessed Wednesday 🙌 no matter the struggles you may be going through to survive.
God Bless 🙌
And as I always say: Peace ✌🏽 Love ❤️ and Rock&Roll 🤘🏼
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Tag: anxiety
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Hello All, and welcome to 2024. A new year, new me attitude, am I right?? That’s what we all hope and strive for in these first few days or weeks of the new year.
Though 2023 is now over, we can all look back to the year we had and ponder, “Did I do this right? Did I accomplish anything in life? Did I make the right changes to my attitude? Or did I go through 2023 struggling to survive day in and day out?
For me, as I ponder these questions and more, I feel as if the past year was a letdown, but it also came with some good times.
I got to watch my soon to be 2 year old son learn to walk and is now starting to talk more.
I saw my oldest turn 6 and start at a new school due to us moving during the year.
I started working on 2 new writing projects. One of which is a dystopian I hope to publish in 2024, and the other is a fantasy novel I hope to start writing later this year after I’ve finished my A.A. degree in English.
There were so many things that felt nice, but I didn’t finish anything that I truly wanted to finish before the end of the year.
Me and my family were homeless for about a month right around my son’s 1st birthday. I allowed procrastination to overtake my life in areas it didn’t need to be. I allowed my depression to get the better of me and allowed my fears and my anxiety to turn on me. And I lost my job that I had been at for almost 3 years for something that I still don’t know how it was my fault.
But let’s not dwell anymore on the negative things that happened. Let’s look forward to the future and the hopes and dreams of 2024. The aspirations that I have this year will be a test for me every single one.
Firstly, I want to finish and publish “Resistance Rising,” my debut novel, on my birthday on May 21st. I also want to write more poetry and short stories that I can share with you guys here.
Secondly, I want to finally finish my Associates degree in English so that I can finally start the coursework towards my bachelors degree and ultimately become a teacher.
Thirdly, I want to start working out more, getting myself into shape and regaining the muscle I used to have when I was younger and before I had kids and got hurt in a car accident 8 years ago. I want to get myself from 235lbs down to 200lbs at least but I also want to turn it to muscle and not just lose the fat (mostly around my core) that I’ve gained over the years.
Fourthly, as I mentioned above, I want to start writing my second novel, “Seeds of Destiny” (title and work is in early draft stages) and be close to or near finished writing it to be ready for publication in 2025. Being that it is a fantasy and I will need to do a ton of world building along the way, it might just take into late 2025 before it’s finished (who knows).
Lastly, but certainly not the least, I want to find a job, possibly even a career starter, so that I can help my wife be able to take care of our bills, provide for our family and be able to live comfortably without having to rely on Food Stamps to eat. My wife has done so much for this small 4-person family since April, and if not for her working all of these hours, who knows where me and my family would be right now.
Those are some of the goals I have this year. The big ones. The ones that if this time in 2025 I haven’t accomplished them all, then I’ll know that I haven’t bettered myself this year like I am striving for.
So with that, I bid you all to have a blessed 2024, stay safe, love those around you, and as I always love to end my posts with Peace ✌🏽 Love ❤️ and Rock&Roll 🤘🏼
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In realms of tumult, scorched by life’s cruel plight,
A vessel empty, lost in the darkest night.
Reared in shadows, where innocence was slain,
A soul in struggle, binded by the chains.
The echoes from yesteryears loom large,
An advantage misused, a malicious discharge.
The clamorous chaos of an unforgiving past,
Haunts the corridors of a heart, so downcast.
Risen from the ashes of a tormented youth,
Striving for truths, grown from falsehood’s root.
A journey inward, to heal the deepest scars,
Against the dark, a man learns to count stars.
Against the tide of bitterness that looms,
From this shattered heart, a new resolve blooms
Bearing the weight of pain, from years in decay,
He yearns for the dawn, breaks from the gray.
The strength within, a beacon in the night
Naming his fears, readying for the fight.
Unlocking shackles that held him in disdain,
She is freeing his essence from its rusted chain.
He, a wounded healer, walked the winding path,
Against the winds of dread, bracing life’s wrath.
Now, a man, where once stood a scared child,
Born again from fire—tamed, yet wild.
In search of himself, lost in life’s grueling maze,
Gazing at reflections of his battered days.
A man in the mirror, his past, he must brave,
To find his true self and the future, he will pave.
Beneath the weight of the past, he shan’t crumble,
Resilient heart beats, in rhythm humbles.
In the ruins of his past, he finds his might,
Lighting the darkness, with his inner light.
An emblem of courage, of an arduous fight won,
Plucked from abyss, under the same azure sun.
Wounded yet healed, muted yet voiced,
An emblem of resilience, a tale of a life rejoiced.
Thus, he journeys through shadows into the day,
From his past, he emerges—branded, yet unswayed.
A testament to survival, of courage not surrendered,
In a world that once broke him, today he’s remembered.
Against all odds, he has found his way,
A beacon of resilience amidst the gloom, Life’s Stray.
Unyielding in his spirit, in the face of tempest’s blow,
A man once lost, now found, in his Light’s soft glow. -
Fighting for your life, it’s hard, to say the least
Giving up can be seen as the easiest way
But don’t give up hope that one day
Someone will come into your life
Just when you need them the most
For those are your guardian angels
Sent to you from above
To protect you when your mind ain’t right
And to guide you when you are hungry for knowledge
To provide you water when you are thirsty
To give you strength when yours dwindles
Don’t ever give up hope
For I am here and you are not alone -
Our thoughts are a dark place
Insidious is the outcome of purgury
Never known yet spoken loudly
Forever gripping the person involved
Never giving in to the lies of life
Nothing makes sense in the long run
A whiskey that makes you pucker
You can never feel the same now
Forever till Death defiant -
Here is a random poem that I wrote while free writing during one of my class in college. Hope that you will enjoy this and feel free to leave and comments and criticism below.
Fighting within myself
Life can be a burden
Forever the feeling
I can’t express it
Dread sets in
It’s all that I can think of
Tumbling through the cycle
I can’t express it
Mindful of those around me
I doubt they would ever notice
My life is but a spark
In this Earthen Kingdom
Forever is the feeling
Of Anxiety, through it all