As I grow older I learn that pleasing everyone
is impossible but ******* everyone off is a
piece of cake and what screws us up most in
life is the picture in our head of how it is
supposed to be and we often become blind
and refuse to see what is right in front of us
moving us to disgust.

Hurt me with the truth if you have to but
never try to comfort me with lies and know
that it is during the worst times of our lives
that we get to see the true colors of some of
the people who say they care for us and
nothing worth having comes easy and
sometimes you don't get closure, you just
move on.

I am stronger because I have had to be and
smarter because of my mistakes and happier
because of the sadness I have known and
thankful for my struggles because without
them I would not have stumbled across my
strengths.

What comes easy doesn't last and what lasts
doesn't usually come easy and our greatest
pains often become our greatest strengths
so be strong enough to stand alone and smart
enough to know when you need help and
brave enough to ask for it.    
                                                         ­                    Jon  York    2016