Handle With Care

Dear Reader

I am pleased to inform you that you are accepted. You are very much appreciated and highly valued. I'm sure you get down sometimes; the majority of us do. Of course you've done some things in your lifetime that was against your better judgement. Perhaps told a lie or two. Cheated on a test, stolen something, maybe worse than that.

Just when you thought you were all alone, even if you thought no one cares; remember someone always does. So what if no one speaks to you all day. No one calls, knocks or writes. You've spent days ill and no one even knew. You've conquered your biggest feat and there's no one to tell.


Guess what, I care that you're here reading this. I care that you find me interesting enough to share your time with me. I care that you may find this at a time when the words will settle in and make sense or a big difference to you. But even if I didn't, or no one else appears to reach out, as long as YOU care, You'll be just fine. Don't ever forget about YOU and someone will always be there. That someone is You.

Gratefully Yours
The Author

Who IS That?

Am I the only one left that can honestly admit who I am? I've had people shy away from my admitting to be moody. We all have our days and times when we are not the same as yesterday or a few weeks back.

The advantage of knowing gives an approacher the heads up to proceed with caution. It's all about the approach and reception. You'll never know how I'm feeling if you've spent the majority of time contemplating asking. Or at least being considerate and respectful of the fact that, today may not be a good day. However, your reward is that it just may be; or, that your greeting has made for a better one.

Wouldn't you rather know that the person you're dealing with has some flaws? We all have them. But wouldn't it also let the person know that you have a sincere interest IN them and not confining your interaction TO them being in the best of moods always?

Don't run away and say, uh oh... this is not what I signed up for. Yea it's cool to choose not to be subjected to a bad or altered mood, but show some concern if it means anything at all to you. Challenge me to a better day or temperament.

I can go as easily from numb to nice in the same 0.3 seconds that I can go from brilliant to bitch!

A provoked mood swing is far worse than a neurological one. If for some reason my mood shifts from tame to tart during/after an encounter with you, then by all means, Of Course..... Hurry up and run! Because YOU have lit that match, however it would not be feasible to stick around until it burns out.

I have my days where you'd be better off walking thru a Lions Den in Pork Chop Pants, than to have messed with me. And then there's days where, you'd pray to a "Higher Power" to not have our shared time end. I can be your most favored life experience. It's totally up to you.

Oh and today is a good day. I just felt like pointing this out.

Now...which one of me, would you like to meet?

Get Back Up

You cannot prevent every setback. However, you can make it a priority to recover quickly from them and get back on track. In every effort there will be interruptions, disappointments, even some disasters.

Your recovery time depends largely on what you decide to make of it. The time and energy you put into anger and self pity will serve mainly to prolong the time it takes to get going again. Basically that's it. Pity time is wasted time.

Accept that the setbacks will come and when they do, decide to move quickly past them. Find something positive in each regression, and that will serve as fuel to get you focused again on progressing toward your goal.


Winners and losers both stumble. The winners are the ones who quickly get back up and keep on going.

Sometimes...

There are gonna be days when you flat out don't like me. And I'm sure I won't like you. Sometimes we'll wish we never met. At least once a week our smiles will be upside down because we didn't get our way. Sometimes I won't say a word to you, for fear it won't be nice. I'm gonna yell and cry and sulk, or start to pace or clean. I might even say I hate you.
But... that's not really what I mean.

While all the time I'm acting out, I'm thinking... let this not be too much. I hope it's perceived as just. Please receive my tone with an open mind, or accept that it's yours, you earned it. I'm never exempt from apologizing, and can agree to disagree. You may not feel the same but that's ok, it's fine. So anytime I strike a nerve, and you need to vent some anger, go right ahead... I can take it, especially if it's mine.

Even though we're together, it seems like we're apart. But there is truly nothing, notta, no one that can tear you from my heart.
Will you say the same to me? Not everyday, just sometimes?!

Like Wind To A Dandelion

Beautiful things come and go. Most of the time you can pinpoint the arrival and departure of seasonal things. Every now and then an unexpected awe striking substance will appear, taking you by surprise. The entire time it was in your presence, you were amazed, delighted, overwhelmed yet welcoming.

You underestimate how temporary such a gem could be. You never knew you'd miss it. You never thought it's limited duration would be so short lived because it bears a lifetime of once believed to be extinct occurrences. An awakening of love, kindness, acceptance, patience and enlightenment.

If something can come in for a brief time and demonstrate an infinity of esteem, why aren't we wise enough to grasp it and make it a stationary piece of our lives. It's simply because we're afraid. We're afraid to touch it, uncertain of it's frailty thus we ignore it so not to disturb it's beauty with our insecurities.

The presence of our beautiful things like a dandelion, will wither and blow away when care, concern, acknowledgment and perseverance aren't expressed. Don't let your beautiful thing blow away, nurture your new finding and hopefully, just maybe you'll get it to stay.