If you're
I'm the trees;
If you're iced lemonade,
I'm the cool breeze;
If you're the kitchen,
I'll be the spoon;
If you're out in the sun,
I'll meet you in the moon;
If you're the air,
I'll be the big balloon;
If you're on your way,
Please get here soon.
2B
We need to stop expecting our minds, lives, and bodies to be in a state of perfection;
It's our own expectation that creations the infection;
Our reckless abandonment of self-reflection;
Our desperate desire to make a connection;
But being the first to create a deflection;
We are our own protection;
We are our own missed connection;
And we need to start to steer this ship in another direction;
I'm talking positive self-correction-
I'm talking personal displays of affection-
I'm talking self-representation-
Valuing our own needs and wants over the Sunday collection;
I'm talking sleep;
I'm talking eat;
I'm talking 15 minutes to breathe;
I'm talking shower;
I'm talking clean;
I'm talking taking care of our own machine;
I'm talking you are the best that's ever been;
So give it a rest
Know that this is you doing your best
Take a moment to pause
Make your own applause
Because you are the only you that this world has got
And even when you don't feel like a lot
You're as rich as a leprachaun guarding a pot
You're as taste as a twice-fried tator tot
You're the hose and the fire
You're someone's most deepest desperate desire
You've got all you need to aquire
There's no other you that they can hire
It's only you that you require
It's only you that you have to admire
There's no need to wait to live until you retire
Live now
Live here
Live for you
Live for me
Live for the life that will someday be
Live for all the life you can't currently see
Live
Live
Live
to be.
Today I am grateful for:
- Conan asking me to feed the sea lions with them
- Visiting the otters & watching them scrub their adorable little faces and shake their fluffy butts dry
- Being okay with feeling sad
- Deciding I don't need to fast
- For all that I have
- For all the love I've already had
- For Jimmy John's
- For Jersey Mikes
- For mayo and white bread
- For all the ways the universe spares me and protects me and supports me and loves me - seen and unseen
- For cute little pumpkins and witches and ghosts
- For actually listing out what I want and what I need
- For trying
- For showing up
- For not knowing how, but knowing what
- For fried chicken and waffles and pancakes and french toast and french bread and french fries and cinnamon rolls and flaky biscuits and blueberry jelly and ritz and club crackers and oreos and chips ahoy and all the pain and hearbreak they got me through
- For cardio and yoga and morning routines
- For ideas that come without explanation
- For plans that exceed my highest expectations
- For conversations
- For new directions
- For learning and growth
- For kaplins
- For Ally
- For ravens and the smell of pine
- For diamonds and glitter and arts and crafts
- For people who still somehow make me laugh
- For playdough
- For cozy aroma therapy baths
- For manis and pedis and slow and steadies
- For clean white sneakers and sheets and piano keys
- For finding it cheaper
- For letting go
- For saying yes
- For saying no
- For speaking my truth
- For photo booths
- For mandarin oranges and hot pouridges
- For it's gonna be ok
- For you are so loved
- For here, let me hold you
- For you are enough