A lot on my mind, but no words to express it

 As I get motivated to start talking about everything that has been happening around me, the chaos continues and I get torn away to deal with something else. So many things I have learned recently, but I just haven't had the time to share them hopefully soon though...

Shout outs to Paris, Swift, Jersey Mikes crew, Cobblestone Carwash, Sanderson Ford, Popeye's Chicken, Dutch Bros., Strictly Diesel, Verizon Wireless and all of my new friends I've met recently... 

Humanity survived the pandemic, but few made it out unscathed. Many struggled and lost sight of who they are, but some thrived and flourished. Sometimes we have to go through hell, to find out what is on the other side. 

Perspectives were shifted on everything from politics to gender, some for the better some for the worse. Those perspectives shaped all of us in new ways over the last 3 years, but there was also a shift in humanity. As we deal with updates in the news every day about the wars happening now, those perspectives are again being challenged. 

There is hope though, the past is behind us and hopefully we all learned something about ourselves during it. We cannot ever move forward if we don't allow the past to remain where it belongs, I don't mean erasing it, just stop focusing on it. There is nothing any of us can do about it, but every morning that we wake up to a new sunrise we can do better and if we keep moving forward we will eventually look back on these times and understand what is was all about. 

The pain and suffering, the depression, the loneliness is real, but we are the ones keeping ourselves in these places. Nothing that we have been through can compare to the innocent victims of war and what they go through everyday. I have met people who were not from the United States and have heard the stories about them stepping out every morning to go to school or do whatever they were doing. Never knowing if they would see the sunrise or if there would be craters in their neighborhood where their neighbors used to live the night before. Hearing bombs and explosions throughout the night, not knowing if they would be next. 

These stories wouldn't exist without the survivors who refused to give up, who never lost hope. If hope, love and determination can get them through the death and destruction of war, then what is the rest of humanities excuse? Let go of the past and the pain you have overcome, earn your scars and allow your life to mean something by moving forward and being better then you were the day before. Make conscious decisions in your life, stop living on auto pilot. Follow your dreams and passions before you run out of time, so that when you leave this earth you are smiling and not living in regret.  

Live in the moment, turn off the electronics and especially the news about stuff that is out of your control. It is not humanities responsibility to suffer with everyone else, it is our responsibility to stop suffering and bring our own love and best self forward to make the suffering end. You cannot save the world, if you cannot even save yourself. Share your heart with the world not your hate.