I might be having a bad day, but at least
I am having a day when for so many this
day is their last day in their journey of life
and life is like an ocean, it can be calm,
still, rough and rigid but in the end it is
all beautiful and the best thing you can
do is to believe in yourself.

Take it day by day and be grateful for
every breath that you take and realize
that you are not a product of your
circumstances but a product of your
decisions and recognize that along the
way of your journey that sometimes
you must fight a battle more than once
to win it.

Have the courage to embrace dreams
and the strength to sacrifice for them
and the determination to fulfill them
and don't wait around to do it because
life goes by us so much faster than you
think and in the end we are all just
human and that should be enough.

Learn quickly that you alone are
responsible for the quality of your life
and when you decide that your life is
your own that is when your life really
begins so decide what you want and
decide that there is no better time than
right now to get it no matter where
you are in the years of your life.

Nothing haunts us more than the
things we didn't say or the things that
we should have done but Hell is something
that you carry around with you, not
somewhere to go and sometimes we
survive by forgetting what we should
have said or done and find that courage
is that quiet voice at the end of the day
saying, "I will try again tomorrow".
                                                      ­                        Jon York     2018