MY TESTIMONIAL

Many roads I have traveled… and many fields I have walked through.  Many people I have met… and many places I have become accustom to.  For years I have traveled... constantly moving from place to place.  Whichever way the wind blew... was the direction I was faced.

I have looked towards the Ocean… and I have looked towards the Dessert.  I have looked towards the mountains... but only "in the trees" do I feel present.  Yes, I have been down this road… defiantly a time or two.  Learning that… I can only understand myself… when I am observing you.

I have read many books… and have heard many tales.  I have followed many dreams… and have learned in "Life"… you can never truly "fail".  I have made many things… and have acquired many skills.  Yet, the more I learn to observe "in the moment"... it all just seems like quick thrills.

I have experienced love… and I have experienced pain.  I have learned a few truths… one of which, they can be very much the same.  I have seen so much beauty… in so few parts of creation.   Yet, it seems that through "freeing my mind"… I have also created my own dam nation.

Because... Here I sit... Still yearning for belonging.

I gave up my home, family, and friends.  I gave up my partner, my life, and all "means to an end".  I gave up my cloths, my books, and basically everything that I knew.  Simply looking for a way… to "Feel" myself anew.

Then, somewhere along the way... I experienced a change.  Beginning to learn that within creation… no one is to blame.  The hardest part of life is… there is nothing we can truly claim.  And, that through most aspects of life... we are all very much the same.

Yes… we speak many tongues and stories indeed.  Yet… most of us are like children… simply following a dream.  A lot of us seem to be blind… only looking for "our team".  Then there are some of us… we look towards the inside… trying to find the in-between.

Because… Here we sit... Yearning for Belonging.

Please… Consider all the fish living in the vast sea.  All swimming around in circles, never realizing… YOU ARE ALREADY FREE!  None of them wonders… how they came to be.  Life is simply a story… the only one they can see.

Consider all the birds… flying around in the sky.  Man… it must be nice to never know that one day… "This" will die.  Yet, in learning this… there is no reason to cry.  Life is simply a lesson… sometimes we breathe… and sometimes we sigh.

This I have learned… as an absolute truth.  Please, look to what’s in front of you… and there is your proof.  Believe it or not, one day, it’s all going to go poof.  So, learn to live life in the moment... or you’ll find yourself aloof.

Because… Here we sit... Still yearning for Belonging. 

Everything must change… because all things have a flow.  The wisest decision I ever made… was to learn to just let it go.  Why spend your life… constantly saying "No"?  When life is a "Yes" game… and we learn as we grow.

So please... Follow your ride towards whatever end.  It has taken me a long time to realize… all we truly need is a friend.  Yes, a good friend indeed… will always keep you true.  The paradox to this thought is… the best friend you could have is you.

You can talk yourself up… and you can talk yourself down.  You can always find a reason to smile… and you can always find a way to frown.  So please... keep yourself focused… and keep yourself true.  Because… at the end of the day… and your headed for the grave... all you truly have is you.

What a beautiful possession… and such a wonderful gift.  Also… what a tremendous burden… that only you can lift.  So… remember these words… and remember them well...