So far I've survived 100%
of my worst days. There
is  no  failure, you either
win  or  you  learn.

They said I changed a lot.
I said a lot changed me.

No  rescue  will  come.  We
cannot  be saved  from  who
we are. Our past is engraved.

Life's biggest tragedy is that
we get old too soon and wise
too late.

Feelings are just visitors, let
them come and go.

"Strive not to be a success,
but rather to be of value."
                                          Albert Einstein

Only compare yourself to
your previous self, not
anyone else.                                                                        Jon York  2023

Dream and scheme about your long-range future.
Let your passions run wild, because there is nothing
you can't do if you want to do  it bad enough.

You will always have tomorrows, but when today
is gone, it will never happen again.

What will be story of your life in 2023?  Will you
find graceful ways to cooperate with the tides of
destiny and will you create the adventures that
will bring out the best in you?

Every  minute of every hour of  every day you are
making the world, just as you are making yourself,
so do it with kindness and style.

Say this:  "I will always adore, forgive, and believe
in myself."

"I  will never  forsake, betray,  or deceive myself."
                                                        ­                                      
You don't have to be anything you don't want to be.
You  don't have to feel emotions  that  others try
to manipulate you into feeling.
                                                        ­                                      Jon York  2023

The  past few  years  may or
may not, have been easy, if
they have not been easy,
they have taught you how
strong you are.

Make 2023 the best year of
your life so far, whether you
are old or young.

Let your wounds be healed,
your apologies be accepted,
your generosity expanded,
your love educated.

May your desires be clarified,
your untold stories be heard,
your insight heightened,
your load lightened.

See your wildness rejuvenated,
your courage stoked,
your fears dissolved,
in the year of 2023.    
Happy new year.                                                            ­                
                                                                ­                              Jon York  2022

Somewhere in the world is a treasure
that has no value to anyone but you,
and a secret that is meaningless to
everyone except you, and a frontier
that possesses a revelation that only
you know how to exploit.

Search for those things.

Somewhere in the world is a  person
who could ask you that precise question
that you need to hear in order to catalyze
the next phase of your evolution.

Do what's necessary to come face to face
with that person and listen to what they
have to say.

Feel empowered if you use your power
to empower others.

There's a reason why the rear view mirror
is so small and the windshield is so big.

It is because where you're headed is much
more important than what you've left
behind and it allows you to search for those
things.                                                         ­                          Jon York 2022

Have  the  power  to
exorcise  ghosts  and
demons that  are still
lingering from the old
days and your old ways.

Be able to transform the
way your history affects
you.

Knot by knot untie yourself
from your past and let it
rise away from you like
a ballon.  

Become adept at the process
of  self-inquiry and symbolic
insight, leading to the growth
of faith in yourself.
                                                                                                Jon York  2022

Enjoy your problems.

Solving problems is one
of the highest and most
sensual of all  the  brain
functions.

We  define  ourselves
through  the puzzling
dilemmas  we  attract
and  solve.

We should not search
for happiness because
it always lets us down.

As soon as we achieve
what we wanted, we
always want something
new that we don't have.

Instead we should focus
on finding joy. The biggest
flaw of the heart is that it
needs love to feel better.                                                   Jon York  2022

Every  time  I open  my  eyes  I  unlock
a world of wonder. Sometimes  I'm
an angel, sometimes I'm a devil, sometimes
I'm in-between.

Sometimes I'm as bad as it can get and
sometimes as good as it can be. Sometimes
I'm a million colors, sometimes I'm black
and white and sometimes I'm all extremes.

Try to figure me out you never can.
There are so many things I am.

I have lived a thousand lives, I have
loved a thousand loves.

I have walked on many different worlds
and seen the end of time, seen life and
death so horrific that it defies description.

In small matters I trust the mind. In
large matters I trust the heart.

For important decisions I empower my
mind to do what it does best and my
heart to do what it does best.                                           Jon York  2022