Back To Where The Bullets Hit The sky

22)

She walks through her imagination
like a young girl
through faded fields
of sunflowers.

She counts her years on the backs
of ladybugs,
which represent more than say,
the imaginary rainbows
where she meets her destiny,
live, and in person.

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Back to Where the Bullets Hit the Sky

12)

It’s been hard, lately
to think clearly without distraction
or to act without wondering
about the “what if” scenarios
that take place when hindsight
is in the forefront
and yesterday hangs on to me
like a child, pleading for me
to change my mind.

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Back to Where the Bullets Hit the Sky

8)

It is not far now . . .
. . . the path to empathy
or to find someone
to empathize with, or to understand
or to find that something
longed for but missed
in the calculation
of which way to go –
Up, down?
Left or right?

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Back to Where Bullets Hit the Sky

I have to get back to where this all began. Therefore, there is no need for a traditional opening, and no need for a typical introduction.

I have to go back to the beginning.
I have to do this for me.
I have to remind myself of why I began this trip in the first place.

So, I have to start from where I started, long ago.
This means I have to get back to where my roots are buried beneath the earth.
I am not too far from where I was when I began this trip.
I took trains, buses, planes and cars.
But here I am again, in full circle.
Then again, I find the suggestion to be true:
no matter how fast you run, how far, wherever you go, the bottom line is there you are.

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So, I Hear You Want to Help People – The Last Chapter

Nothing lasts without maintenance which means we have to earn what we want in life. But more, we have to learn to keep what we have. Otherwise, we can lose everything we’ve worked for.
believe me. I know.
Everything needs to be kept and updated and cleaned and used, like an engine with moving parts, which need to be oiled and used accordingly.

I have seen things in my life. I have noticed friendships and people and loved ones. I have seen what happens when people wither away or become distant and gone.

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So, I Hear You Want to Help People – Ch. 21

There is something that is often overlooked.
However, in the case of wanting to help people or to be helpful to someone we love, or if we are looking at this as more of a professional journey, sometimes the perfect thing to say is nothing.
That’s right. Nothing.
The perfect thing to say is not to say anything.
In fact, the perfect thing to say is an action.
Not a statement.

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So, I Hear You Want to Help People – Ch. 20

There is no need to run away from who we were. More importantly, there is no reason to hide from who we are now.
I have been told that man is who he thinks he is. I have been told that if I think that I am unworthy or that I am unsuccessful, or if I believe that I am incapable of anything better than what I have now, or if I believe that I only deserve mediocrity, or when I look at others and see myself as subservient to them or beneath, then yes, this is all I can ever be.

However, if action creates change and motion builds confidence, if I allow myself, then I can surpass any of my limitations one item at a time.

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