“Opportunities are never lost; someone will take the one you miss.”
--Anon.

i read this quote this morning and it hit me hard. i never thought of it this way. normally, when you pass by an oppurtunity, you do so with a closed mind. kinda like leaving it and never looking back. i highly doubt it is a conscious decision either, never thinking "what if..."

but i also notice that we are more proned to mourn for a lost oppurtunity when someone we know and care about "takes" that lost oppurtunity. we start to think "that could have been me." throughout my studying to reach my higher spiritual self, i have learned never to do things for self-glorification. it is not an easy feat. after all, i am human. i am so for the success of others around me but i still need to step back and look at myself in third person.i question what i do at all times, making sure that i do it for the bigger picture, to uplift others. i never want to do something for praise (praise is so much more sweeter when you don't ask for it), for publicity, or for an ego stroke. if anything, giving of yourself to help others should be a humbling experience.

so, i asked myself certain questions the past few days and tried to answer it truthfully:

why do i write?
because i love it. that and also because i dont want certain emotions to rule me so i harness those feelings, encompass them in a poem or painting, and i release it.

why do i volunteer?
because it is a form of "loving thy neighbor". you get what you put out, they say. i choose to put out positivity.

why do express?
because i live


shout out to shasta, fhaizroc, sophia t., jedi , kkarma, kat, candice, joy, and shorty from the bay simply because i know they read my journal and they have expressed it. peace unto you...