Trust. The. Wait.

While we work on changing ourselves, we have to wait until the change is complete before becoming who we want to become.

When we wait for someone to make a decision about being in our life, we have to wait for them.

When we want something that we can't have immediately, we have to wait until we can have it.

When we are waiting for news, that will change our lives, we have to wait until we hear it.

We find our voice or we learn to quiet our sound.

Everyone always says, you are learning, trust the wait.

Waiting sucks. Period. Regardless,what it is we are waiting for, it sucks. Good or bad.

The mind needs to be distracted. The hurt needs to be healed. The excitement needs to be quieted. The practice needs to be practiced.

Sometimes, we can learn things about those who we are waiting on and ourselves.

How you act while you wait. How they treat you while you wait.

How you receive the news. How the news is delivered.

Who we want to turn to while waiting. Who is there for us while we wait.

During the wait we grow stronger.

We learn who is truly there for us.

We gain perspective.

We learn to be quiet.

We learn to scream.

We learn to heal.

We learn how to do all those things,


 we never thought we could.


Trust. The. Wait.



Until Next Time,
~It is what it is~


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Why or Why Not?

Do you ever wonder why?

Why do you live?

Why do you love?

Why do you want?

Why do you keep secrets?

Why do you hide in plain sight?

Why do you hurt?

Why do you need an answer?



Why not just love?

Why not just bare it all?

Why not feel the pain?

Why not just let it go?

Why not be free?

Why not just accept?

Why not be happy?



Too many Why's and not enough,

Why Not?

The way you answer, your why,

will allow you to grow or,

stop you altogether.

So, what's it going to be for you?

Why?

Or

Why Not?


Until Next Time,
~It is what it is~

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I LOVE CHOCOLATE......

This was my lunch today.

Yes, I said, lunch. No salad or water. Just plain old chocolate, coffee, and more chocolate.

Let me tell you something, it was delicious!!

I was out n about, running errands in the downtown part of the city, stopped at this chill spot and indulged myself.

I remembered something today. That in a health conscious society, we often guilt ourselves into making the "healthy" choice.

I will always be somewhat unhealthy.

I will always push to be the strongest and healthiest version I can be but that looks different on me, than on anyone else.

That sometimes I do get caught up in how I look.

I know that my physical appearance doesn't matter to anyone who truly loves me.

The only person who I have to answer to, is me.

If I want a slice of chocolate cake and a milk shake for lunch I will and with no guilt at all.

And you should too.



Until next time,
~It is what it is~


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I Gave Up.....

I gave more than I wanted with the sole purpose of being kind.

Kindness became my weakness.

My weakness became my stupidity.

My stupidity allowed me to become broken.

My brokenness allowed me to become stubborn.

My stubbornness was a coverup for my pain.

My pain justifies me becoming angry.

In my anger, I have built an enormous thick wall around myself.

This wall protects me from everyone.

Everyone stays away.

So, I just gave up.


Every person has a story for acting the way that they do.

If you decide not to spend the time breaking down the wall, can you blame them for having the wall in the first place?


Until Next Time,
~It is what it is~


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Did you do everything you could??

I love my kids, wholeheartedly.

I go without many times, so that they can have.

I don't think I am an exception, we all do without for our kids.

They are such a wonderful experience until they get on my last nerve.

Yes, I said it. I feel it. I know.

I had an unfortunate series of events happen today. What should have been an hours drive turned into a 3hr drive.

Why? Because my adult child was driving, my vehicle, and did not listen to me.

He was so sure of himself to be bothered with my directions. We bickered and then I put the seat back and took a nap.

Yes, I did. In that moment, I realized I could of been the dolly lama and he still wouldn't listen.

So, I reclined and closed my eyes. He got us into this and he will get us out.

And he did.

I learned three things today:

1) The apple really doesn't fall far from the tree.
2) I do not need to speak to teach a lesson.
3) I was just like him at that age and still can be.

It is easy to want to take over when things do not go our way.

It was something that I needed to be reminded of.

Regardless, if it's our kids or something else, when we truly let it go and see what happens, it all works out as it should, if we:

Give it our all.

Check our own behavior and perspective.

Realize, that we can do nothing else.

Then, just let it go and let it be.

It always works out how it should.


Until Next Time,
~It is what it is~


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I am just living upside down....

In a world that judges beauty and light,

I am filled with Shadows and Darkness.

Joy, happiness, peace, and love, are words that I will never use.

Sadness, emptiness, darkness, and hollow, are the words that have power over me.

Racing thoughts of, what ifs, why me, and when will my mind stop, consume me.

I lost the biggest piece of my soul the last time I truly loved someone.

Now, my soul just aches.

It is the way that, I know I am alive.

~I am just living, upside down.~


Until Next Time,
~It is what it is~




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Tell me......

Hunter: Well, you hold the line.

Prey: When every one of them is giving up or giving in, tell me.

Hunter: Just another product of today.

Prey: Took an oath by the blood of my hand, won't break it.

Hunter: Nothing ever comes without a consequence or cost, tell me.

Prey: Let me see the light within the dark trees' shadow.

Hunter: What's Happenin?

Prey: A bit of the truth, the truth.

Hunter: Deep inside me, I'm fading to black, I'm fading.

Prey: You gotta be so cold.

Hunter: Yeah, you're a natural.

Prey: Rather be the hunter than the prey.

Hunter: To make it in this world.

Prey: Living your life cutthroat.

Hunter: You gotta be so cold.

Prey: I can taste it, the end is upon us, I swear.

Hunter: looking through the glass, find the wrong within the past knowin'.

Prey: That's the price you pay.

Hunter: Gonna Make It?

Prey: I'm gonna make it.

Prey: This house of mine stands strong.

Hunter: Yeah, you're a natural.

Tell me who are you in this story?

• The Hunter or The Prey?

Until Next Time,
~It is what it is~


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