What progress, you ask, have I made? I have begun to be a friend to myself.

~Hecato, Greek philosopher

Sitting here thinking of the way I want to be

Trying to write down the words that relate to me

Is life really real or just a dream

Something in my head has to find me

Lost and alone is the way it seems to be

I gave up a long time ago trying to find who I am supposed to be

All I ever wanted was to be free

It feels like the world took my eyes so I can't see

Why oh why can't I just be me

Walking in the light of god, being free.

~ Anonymous~

A thought for today:

We can not change what we do not control

BUT we can control what WE choose to change

HOPE

Hope has a power we should never forget

It holds all the things we have not done yet

Even when we are weak and feeling low

There is a place we can always go

To share our thoughts with a real true Friend

that will stay with us until life's end

Where there's life there is hope we all agree

Let's forget our failures and strive to be

a help to others that reach out their hand

It's important they know we understand

There are many we have hurt back in our past

But today is a new day, and we can be free at last

There are jobs on earth only we can do

So Love yourself, your journey's not through

We will fight addiction one day at a time

Fight minute by minute and soon you will find

you'll feel refreshed, like a morning shower

Just place your trust in your Higher Power

Just take that one step to begin today

Don't let past failures stand in your way

Before we can walk, we learn to fall

so pick yourself up, and stand real tall

Remember the greats, they failed many times too

But they didn't stay there, and neither should you.

Because you are meant to be and you matter!!

by b. barnhart