A bright red
     Cardinal had a confrontation
         with  a  picture  window
                 for 45 minutes
                         as it
           hammered  its  beak
                 against the
        glass and I determined
               that the bird
        had probably mistaken
                    its own
           reflection for that of
    a  rival  that  it  was  trying
                      to attack.
          This suggests that if
                you feel the
          urge to fight others,
     you're probably  mad about
                something in
      yourself, and you need to
                   realize that
                      it's best
            not to hurt yourself
                     or drive
              yourself crazy in
                      an effort
             to chase away an
                      illusion
             that  is  a  distorted
               representation
                         of a
                    real thing.                                                                                      
                                                                                          Jon York   2019

Nothing
        determines who
             you will
       become so much
    as  those  things  you
      choose  to  ignore.
         Not everyday
             is a good
      day, live anyway.
           Not all of
      those people you
           love will
   love you back,  love
              anyway.
  Not  all actions  are  fair,
      play fair anyway.
            Not all of
     your relationships
              will be
       truthful  to  you,
  be truthful with them
              anyway.
  Not all of your so called
              "friends"
    will be there for you
              when you
    needed them the worst  
                    to be,
         be there for them
                anyway.
                                                                                              Jon York  2019

Remember
              when
         "ENTER "was
                   a
             sign on
                   a
            door and
                  not
                   a
               button
                  on a
             computer?


               Have
        the  courage  to
              stand
        for something.

            Do not be
        content  to  wait
               and see
        what  will  happen
             but have
        the determination
             to make
      the right things
              happen.
                                                                                 Jon York   2019

Listen to
                               not
                        the words
                                 I
                          speak but
                           the beat
                       of  my  heart
                               and
                        the rhythm
                                 of
                           my body
                               that
                        knows only
                             your
                             tune.

                         Your touch
                             chose
                                to
                         be for my
                              skin
                        alone and
                              that's
                        how I knew
                                I'd
                             never
                              need
                            anyone
                               else.
                                                                         Jon York   2019

Being
                in  love  is  a  very
                 strange thing.
             Your  thoughts  are
                         always
                drifting towards
                     this  person,
                       no matter
               what you're doing.
                       She calms
                  your mind and
                             sets
                    your heart on
                             fire.
              She is that beautiful
                     combination
                          of both.
                   Some people will
                             touch
                         your body.
                    Some people will
                              touch
                           your soul.
                                 She
                           does both
                           whenever
                                    it
                           pleases her.
                               Because
                                    she
                              knows she
                                    can.
                       ­                                                                 ­Jon York   2019

Learn to love
            without condition, talk
                         without
                 bad  intention,  give
                    without reason,
            and most of all, care for
                    people  without 
                        expectation.
                      Grades don't
                measure  intelligence,
                           and age
              doesn't define maturity.
                        Life is so
             much  easier  when you
                   stop explaining
            yourself and just do what
                    works for you.
                You're  not  here  to
          make others understand you.
                    You are here to
                understand yourself.
            We  come  with  nothing,
                      we go with
                   nothing, but  one
                       great thing
             we can hope to achieve in
                    our beautiful life
                          is a little
                     remembrance in
                        someone's
                   mind and a small
              place in someone's heart.
                                                                                          Jon York   2019

Dreams
                  are  only  dreams
                        until you
                        wake up
                  and make  them  
                             real.

                 You are the Author
                     of  your  story.
                           If your
                stuck on  the  same  
                              page,
                   remember  that  at  
                       any  moment,
                         you have
                the  power to write a
                        new chapter.

                       You will never
                  always be motivated.
                            You have
                     to be disciplined.
                          The future
                   depends  on  what
                         you do today.

                      Love what you do,
                             so one day
                        you can do what
                              you love.
                                                                                          Jon York   2019