Good morning Monday, here I am. How will you treat me today?
Saturday brought trials, Sunday brought fire, so all I'm searching for is that little bit of peace.
The sun rose in the east with the intention of a new beginning.
Songs of inspiration and love play through my head, reminding me everything will be okay.
Patience, flexibility, and strength.
Draw deep from within, find the courage to cope that was once thought impossible.
Breathe in, breathe out.         

Pause.

Things are beginning to feel better already.

This morning, for the first time in awhile, I woke up and instantly jumped out of bed, put on my running shoes, and got in some cardio. I must admit that lately, I have been rather lazy. The month of May was eventful and all, but for some reason I felt trapped. What was holding me back? My own thoughts had me bogged down, leaving me grasping for air.

This feeling of being cemented into place dragged into the first day of June. I felt like I was doing all I could to propel myself forward, yet I was going nowhere. Worldy issues of money and the like was clearly clouding my judgement. I had an altered sense of reality.

On this second day of June, while driving along on my way to work, I knew something had to change. This change had to come from within. Someone really smart told me that I don't wear depression well. In fact, that it was quite ugly.

Oh, the ugly, honest reality! Truth will set you free.

The truth is, none of us wear depression well. Or anger, or loathing, or any other emotion of the like for that matter. Why do we cling to these? It may feel good at the time in some weird, twisted way, but all it's doing is holding us back. We only live once, why spend it wallowing in misery and hate?

It was time for me to wake up.

I needed to wake up, physically and emotionally, and pull myself out of whatever it was I threw myself in. There is only now. The present is one brief moment that quickly passes by and becomes the past. Let's make the most of these little pieces of now.

Wake up, put on your running shoes, and live! Put a smile on your face and make your life exactly what you want it to be.
The power lies within yourself.