#embracechange
— Navigating Life —
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Life is a journey,
not a straight road but one that turns;
we learn to accept the detours
as they guide us forward
forward into the busy noise of life,
where everything feels rushed and unclear;
yet in the middle of it all
we can still find calm moments
moments held in fragile hearts,
beating alongside brave souls;
a quiet balance between struggle and strength,
where we learn to keep going
going along life’s winding path,
filled with love, joy, and sorrow;
each step tells a story
and shapes who we become
becoming someone through change,
because life grows through new seasons;
in endings that lead to new beginnings
and lessons that teach us to let go
letting go, we find ourselves again
on the same winding road;
life is a journey that continues
and we still choose to embrace the detours
By Paul Baldry (LongJohn)
Mar 29
Mar 29, 2026 at 7:26 AM UTC
— Learning as We Go —
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We move through life with open hearts,
dancing through moments we don’t fully understand,
understand that even in uncertainty we are guided,
guided by something deeper than we can explain.
Explain the shadows and we begin to see their meaning,
meaning found in the lessons they quietly hold,
hold onto them and they begin to shape us,
shape us as life shifts like changing seasons.
Seasons turn and we learn to let go,
go forward into days we did not expect,
expect storms to come and test our strength,
strength that asks us to become the calm.
Calm in the middle of all that rushes around us,
around us are small moments waiting to be noticed,
noticed in the simplest and quietest ways,
ways that remind us where beauty truly lives.
Lives are shaped by paths we’ve yet to walk,
walk them and we discover who we are becoming,
becoming through change we cannot avoid,
avoid nothing, because it all helps us grow.
Grow like a flame that flickers in the dark,
dark only until its light begins to show,
showing us that even the briefest moments matter,
matter enough to guide us along the way.
— By Paul Baldry (LongJohn) —
Mar 29
Mar 29, 2026 at 7:21 AM UTC
"Life's canvas is ever-changing.
Master the art of adaptation,
blending your colours with the new—
landscapes you encounter."
Feb 13
Feb 13, 2026 at 7:15 AM UTC
I used to be a different man, bent and mad,
Until a spiritual awakening, rude enough to shake a man,
Forced my hand to take the driver's seat,
To tackle my reality.
Full force is what it takes to move snakes from the grass,
Every path you tread should never be the last.
Know that even when it snows or slows,
It shows you weren't putting on a show,
Because you made it past every single one of your episodes.
I had to cut her loose, even though her caboose could move a moose,
My knuckles are bruised from doing too much Bruce Lee to Richard.
***** you surprised?
You think if I knew I could rap like this,
I'd keep the disguise.
I euthanized the part of me that used to think
Part of me was incomplete,
Now I'm into pottery and quietly winning the lottery.
Pardon me, the oceans parted for me long ago.
If there's anything that you know that I don't, would you rehearse it?
Sometimes I feel that I've been cursed
With enough knowledge to have been bathed in the Lazarus Pit eternally.
I yearn for thee to come forth,
He who believes could spit better.
Ever since I learned to read, I had to see what they didn't want me to see.
It's deceit really to have been withheld from intimacy.
I mastered the art of plastering smiles through the anguish.
I'm an insane human who's come to disrupt the English language.
I'm fascinated by plains, dames, fractals, diamonds, societal changes, and women.
I grew up listening to mad rappers and what churches called sinning,
But I knew what was meant for me from the very beginning.
Jan 12, 2024
Jan 12, 2024 at 9:37 PM UTC
GOD BLESS OUR YOUTH
STOP POISIOING THEM
PUMPING THEM FULL OF LIES AND PILLS
THERE MESSAGES ARE QUITE CLEAR
EVIL IS NOT WELCOME HERE
THEY ARE FULL OF LOVE AND WHATS TO COME
YOUR WICKED WAYS TO BE UNDONE
THEY ARE QUITE EPIC AND STOIC IN THERE WAYS
HARD WIRED FROM THE HEAVENS
GOD SENT THEM HERE TO MAKE WAY
AMEN <3
Dec 9, 2020
Dec 9, 2020 at 7:36 AM UTC
She said "I miss the old Samira, the funny Samira". I thought about who I use to be, smirked & laughed on the inside. I whispered to myself "She didn't even really know who "the old" Samira was & this "funny Samira" had a hard time laughing when she was alone. Today, Samira is her own best friend & she finds peace in stating "I don't need peoples approval who never even knew who I really was". If you see change in someone, maybe they stopped caring about what you thought and decided to live for them only for the time being. Hopefully that time Being is for the rest of their life.
Jul 29, 2017
Jul 29, 2017 at 2:40 AM UTC