The power

"A slip of the foot you may soon recover,
but a slip of the tongue you may never get over."
-Benjamin Franklin


Somethings may not be worth a speck of interest to you,
and probably,

you don't even know.
You don't even notice.

But to me,

they can stab my heart and
open the pathway for my tears.

Emotions don't follow logic,
so be careful with your words-
even more careful than you are with your feet.

I'm more fragile than you think.
One touch, one word, and I could break into pieces.

Fortuitous

Sometimes we don't give enough thanks.
We don't give enough care.
Or enough love.

So I want to take the fleeting moment to truly appreciate.

I am so lucky.
I know it. I've always known it.

But sometimes I'm blind.
Very blind to all that's going on around me.
And I miss the little sunlight seeping through the crack in the window, just waiting to be opened.

The truth is-
I'm not always incredibly strong,
I'm not always incredibly together,
I'm not always incredibly independent.

You know what though?
I have wonderful people surrounded by me,
who sat down with me when I fell,
picked me back up,
showed me beauty,
and guided me.

And they make me feel as if
I'm just about the luckiest girl in the whole wide world.



Thank you.