Take stock
of where you are.
Where you came from.
Where you want to go.

Looking back, you can forget all you had.
You are caught remembering only the bad.

Did you really start out with nothing?
Or was it less than others had?

Did your upbringing teach you to make do?
Did you learn to survive in a world that isn't fair?

Did it teach you the value of a trusted friend?
Over the price of the latest fashion?

Did you learn to walk away when tempers flared?
To go out to clear negative thoughts with fresh air?

You grow older. Are you changing what you didn't like?
Or are you still living in the past?

Each negative in our lives is a lesson to be learned.
Have you been taking notes?

The world is not perfect, and neither are we.

The Earth continues to right the wrongs
that have been done and heal itself.

Every tiny step forward counts.
Every burnt pinecone seed will be a new tree.
It takes time and tenacity to see new growth.

Do you have the courage to shift your thinking?
Eyes forward and never looking back?
Richer and wiser each new day of our lives.

Be the light that someone needs
to see on this day,
and forever more.

Love,
@Snook

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