Sparks Burn

"Sometimes Sparks Burn"

You do things to help others and they are unappreciative, apathetic, prove themselves undeserving and even manage to stab you in the back here and there.  You share a romance, friendship or business relationship and never know if you can trust someone, never know who is using you and perhaps will never understand their motives.  With all the uncertainty in human relationships, how is it possible to ever have one....with anyone?  How is it possible to do anything from the heart or walk with confidence in your dealings with others, personally or from a career standpoint?  When you get burned, it stings enough to know not to mess with fire anymore.  So how do you callous yourself to the sting without callousing yourself to people?  How do you keep a flame for what or who you love when that very fire has burned the hand that made it?  HAVE FAITH.  Whatever your religion, whatever higher power you believe in, trust that nothing is greater and every problem can be solved.  (..and even if you are a so-called "atheist"---there is such thing as having faith in yourself so trust that "the power within you" that is purely cells and matter, matters too.)  There are a million things that happen on a daily basis that make no sense, are wrong, hurtful and horrible.  Y'know what….not your problem!  People who do those things have to live with themselves…some of them do it well.  For yourself though, remember that the worst stress you can have is the kind you give yourself….and it's all given to us by ourselves.


One great phrase that truly deserves the honor of being a resolution, New Year's or otherwise, is "WORRY LESS & TRUST MORE".  Easier said than done?  Yes.  Possible?  Also, yes.  I push myself to remember this every time a headache overtakes me, every time I find myself over thinking something and every time I start to have negative, defeated thoughts running through my head.  Do right by yourself and those close to you.  Treat others with respect.  Show love.  Share all of your blessings, talents & gifts.  Have faith that there is a plan and that good deeds and efforts do not go unnoticed.  Again, even if you do not believe that a robed man in the sky is looking down taking notes... guess what?  Every day, you do subconsciously and what you think of yourself inside is how you will see the world.  You can have nothing and this will bring in everything for you.  You can have everything and this will give it all meaning.

Safeguard yourself from becoming a jaded, grumpy (or bitchy) old person and embrace the ebb and flow of life.  Not everything is always rainbows and sunshine, but you can learn to trust that the storms will pass.  Fireproof your eyes so you can see the world without fear, leave your heart open to experience passion for life.  However many times it's burned you before, have faith...a little spark is always good.



“There are no constraints on the human mind, no walls around the human spirit, no barriers to our progress except those we ourselves erect.” 
― Ronald Reagan


“You may be the only person left who believes in you, but it's enough. It takes just one star to pierce a universe of darkness. Never give up.” 
― Richelle E. Goodrich