Just Like a Book...

During a conversation recently I stated some words that reverberated back onto me and made me feel more happy then I have been in a long time. These words were spoken straight from the hip - without thought or hesitation on my part. It struck me because I said them and it rang more true to me then anything else negative or positive that I stated before. "You have to close one chapter of a book to open up a new one..."

When you read a book sometimes you become so captivated by simple words that you intake it into your own person. You don't want to turn to the next page because the next pages could possibly taint what greatness there was in those simple words read. You stop yourself from reading the next chapter you want to be content with what it is and how it is because you feel it reached a pinnacle that it wont top ever again. Yet how does that benefit you in the slightest? How does not finishing that chapter and starting a new one help you enjoy the book as a whole . It probably wont.

Getting to that next chapter relies on you being able to take a deep breathe know that no matter what follows this at least you are moving on. You may not like what you see or what you run into but you become a stronger person by doing so in general. It will bind you and make you become a person who can have insight and thoughts and ideas that you never had before. Its difficult , its troubling but you can never say I finished that book that chapter unless you make the effort to push forward and realize it for the better that you do this.

Whether the lovers finally get together, the hero dies, the life is saved, the little engine that could does it (lol), you got to try to finish and turn that page. It may take days, weeks but turn that page and exit that chapter you were in , finish it and when you look back you feel like a better person for finally taking the courage to simply turn the page. Get to that new chapter and breathe it in take in those new words and smile. Enjoy that new feelings and air for it can be the best thing you ever feel until of course a new chapter comes along but once you close one chapter out , you realize it can become easier to get to the next one and the next and the next.

Its a tough journey through life and time when a simple chapter holds so much weight against you that you feel a bit smothered or overwhelmed by it. DONT! Feel those pages pass by you like a flow of a river and you become stone. Yes it may sting here or there but you live . One day at a time you live and enjoy and most importantly you simply smile. I believe that next chapter will actually be better then the last because with those last chapters I gained knowledge and became wiser. I learned more about myself through this book called life then I have while being ignorant and repugnant. It pushes me but I have to allow it to go and let it flow. Allow myself to become that stone , Bear any burden face any challenge and turn around and smile just a little more.

Till next write....

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