Journal Entry # 111 – Keep On Going

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Don’t ever give up, keep on moving forward. Even the smallest trickle of water can carve the hardest of stone. Not because it has all the power and control to do so, no, it’s because of its perseverance. – Ash

Journal Entry # 109 – We Must Walk the Path

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No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path. – Buddha

Whispers From You

town next to body of water

A lull from the hillside early morn,
like a whisper from you.
I stood in the chill…
…with a tear reminder,
of what I’ve lost.

Sweep me up,
walk with me through the valley,
take me to the mountain tops.
I am brisk, I am alive…for now.

Whisper some more to me,
until the mutters grow so faint.
I know the cold will still return,
only, wait until it’s the final breeze.

Journal Entry # 107 – Shhh!

black and white cold fog forest

The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear. – Rumi

A Mermaid’s Lullaby

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A hill where a mermaid danced,
lay marked by a single stone.
Tales left to imagine,
on the night when the harbour’s alone.
The land once rose above her,
to be the brand new sky.
She screams from beneath the ocean,
but no one hears her cry.
Come dance again dear lady,
I feel your song, a boy.
Help me free your spirit,
from this fishermen’s lullaby.

I Can Tell its Home!

black and white hand raining

grant me that yesterday tomorrow
I want to run again in November rain
taste once more, those raindrops
pinch me because I’m alive

let me feel it to the bone
that day…
I wore the fog home

seagulls bicker
over drenched catch laid in blood
but that day, no matter
t’was Mother Nature’s chore
all backdrops to my soul

my lungs, they catch up
though heartbeats have no pace
one listen to the ocean
one breath to the shore
I can tell it’s home

Journal Entry # 105 – Focus and Keep Aiming!

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“An arrow can only be shot by pulling it backward. When life is dragging you back with difficulties, it means it’s going to launch you into something great. So just focus, and keep aiming” – Unknown

Journal Entry # 104 – Live Life, Not Loss!

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Losing someone in your life hurts. But, what hurts more, is losing yourself over and over because of it. – Ash

Journal Entry # 102 – Happy New Year!!

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Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes. – Carl Jung

Journal Entry # 101 – Merry Christmas!

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Like snowflakes, my Christmas memories gather and dance. Each beautiful, unique, and gone too soon. – Deborah Whipp
(If I can elaborate, enjoy every second.)