It's a new day
Full of possibilities
New chances
The slate has been wiped clean
A canvas ready to be painted
Ready to be filled with the bright, radiant colors of life
This day can be filled with laughter
The kind that is genuine and full of life
This day can be spent with the knowledge
That this ~ is a day of purpose
Orchestrated and destined
Long before this day ever drew near
This day holds hope in its hand
Hope for a better appreciation of time
Time that should never be taken for granted
Life lived with purpose is the goal
Love given and love received
Unconditionally woven throughout this day
No longer held back with yesterday's
Decisions or worries
Today is the day of new beginnings
Not to be spent with over analyzing
Or dissecting motives
But to just be lived
So live this day to the fullest
No regrets
Carpe diem
Seize it.

Deep within each of us
Is a desire to be
To Just be...you know
To live and let live
To not be judged or labeled
Nor criticized or belittled
Nor to be made to feel as though
Somehow we just don't measure up
To a standard that is far out of reach
That the goal is absolutely unobtainable
Deep within each of us
Is a desire to be
To just be...ourselves
And for that...to be enough.

Kristy Turnage
4/26/2009