Gave you love.
Gave you more than I ever thought possible.
Thought you were the one.
The one I could tell others I truly loved.

Then he came along.
And impressed you more.
Woke up one morning and read a note stating you were gone.

Weeks and months went by.
And I kept going on.
Truly hating any type of sad mood songs.

Then one day you returned just looking sad.
Explain that your new love wasn't a good man.
And like a fool, I listen almost into the night.

Knowing you finally woke up and realized?
We didn't have a bad life.
Maybe it wasn't as fancy as you would have liked.

And it is amazing to friends and family too.
That I welcome you back into my life.
Yes, I am a fool for loving you this deep.

But they never truly saw the way you do love me.

When we ask questions
about how to be
optimally joyful and happy,
we have a chance
of discovering
some answers.

I search for happy people
and when I recognise
a joyful and happy person
I take clues
from how they are feeling, thinking and acting
to discover
how I can feel, think and act
to be optimally joyful and happy.

Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.
That's the saying isn't it?
To not let the words of someone else get the better of you?
But how can you not let them get the best of you when they haunt you daily?
How can you ignore them when they are lurking right around the corner?

We want to believe that the cushion to our wound will always be there for us no matter what.
We want to believe that there will be someone by our side through it all.
But it's the words that we use that can do the exact opposite of what we want.
Words make people leave
Words can make people stay
Words define how we live and who is involved in it.

Nothing is said without an intention,
It may not be direct but it will do damage.
Damage that could either be fix with more words or damage that will stay forever wounded.
Words cause the hurt that surrounds us today
Words cause the joy that we are all addicted to

So the next time you use the words you have been blessed with,
Think
Just think long and hard
And then, just then may you say what could very well dictate your future.

release our tensions
and dispel of this worry
after all that we've been through
your words and my words
my hurt and your guilt
to reconcile our hands
and disprove every doubt
i lend you my hand
joyful and beautiful and miserable man
you're confused and i'm tired
i'm confused and you're tired
however many times it comes back
to you, to me
let's try this again

The way you wash your hands makes me wish I was between them
I don’t profess to know the future but for it you’re my stem
My bed seems empty unless it contains your light
And when I sleep with you I’m sure I will forget the night
The words you speak are unlike others and I know they’re always true
In the end no matter what it will always be me and you
I only feel alive when I see you in my view
But when you’re not around then my thoughts will have to do