EVER WONDERING MINDS (man meets God)

STOP EXISTING AND START LIVING.. At the back of his home under the big old tree with branches and bright green leaves growing from its twig creating a shade like an umbrella sat the veteran, with the cool breeze, peaceful scent of the air and falling dry brown leaves arranged like cards on the floor, his chair placed strategically where he could watch the ships sailing afar off, he brought out a shiny metallic blue box, opened it, took out a stick from the arranged cigar, lit it with a lighter, then closed his shiny blue box and gently he placed the brown stick in between his lips, with his head placed backward on the wooden chair, his sharp blues eyes closed and his silverish grey hair swaying with the wind he dragged in his breath inhaling the cigar and puffed out his thoughts.. .... I like to be free, I don't know what that is, I question my thoughts and analyze my intentions. Quietly whispered the old veteran My life has not been the picture of life it h

THE ORDEAL OF A BLIND HEART (ACT OF THANKFULNESS) This life is beautiful although I don't see the beauty, is it a color or a thing? I hear people say it, I'm not doubting what I hear but all I'm saying is I can’t see what they say. Every day I'm alive I wear a smile on my face and head straight to my normal routine, prayer first, water second, brushing, bathing, dressing up and ou...... it's a wrap, the day comes to an end and I'm yet to see the beauty. Although I haven't seen with my eyes what I want to see neither have I heard with my ears what I want to hear but I can feel my breath as it escapes my nostrils so I say thank-you I'm alive to hope again. It's another morning and I hear the cock crow, the sound of morning calls and the disturbed atmosphere begins to find a balance. I stretch and turn, toss and face in my pillow as I don't know what to expect in the day. Still I lay in my bed with my eyes shut but this time ti

 life is in stages...  you take a step,                                                   you hop next                                                                                                                                           and  you jump... ... "for it is in retracing your steps you right your wrongs and in righting you wrongs you hop onto your purpose and in your purpose you find your self". THEREFORE d on't be scared to take those giant strides in life. YOU ARE NOT YOUR MISTAKES The first time I made one, my world felt like it had ended The air I breathe suddenly felt contaminated, The life I had, became thin like the line on a life support machine, The eyes I see with my eyes became my shame, I didn't keep up to their expectations of me, I hid and Found a place in me I had never been " Regret, Self-pity, and Shame " They became the me that used to walk with a head up,so high,