The way I walk!

Someone commented on the way I walked today. "You look 'pooped'", she said! Yeah, I guess so. It has been too much my dear happy-going young lady . Shoulders drooping I guess. Carrying too much I guess. Tired and that close from giving up my dear. Talking to a mute stupid blog here. A mute stupid blog in a world of silence and reluctance. Talking to my stupid mute blog!

You Gotta Be

Hitting a low point one more time, crushed by what I cannot conquer or overcome, hoping against hope it just goes away and I make it through the day, I stumbled upon this song by Des'Ree. I like the lyrics so much and here they are; though I changed a couple of words to have it more meaningful to me.

Listen as your day unfolds
Challenge what the future holds
Try and keep your head up to the sky
People, they may cause you tears
Go ahead release your fears
Stand up and be counted
Don't be ashamed to cry

You gotta be
You gotta be bad, you gotta be bold
You gotta be wiser, you gotta be hard
You gotta be tough, you gotta be stronger
You gotta be cool, you gotta be calm
You gotta stay together
All I know, all I know, faith will save the day

Herald what your mother said
Read the books your father read
Try to solve the puzzles in your own sweet time
Some may have more cash than you
Others take a different view

You gotta be bad, you gotta be bold
You gotta be wiser, you gotta be hard
You gotta be tough, you gotta be stronger
You gotta be cool, you gotta be calm
You gotta stay together
All I know, all I know, faith will save the day

Don't ask no questions, it goes on without you
Leaving you behind if you can't stand the pace
The world keeps on spinning
You can't stop it, if you try to
This time it's danger staring you in the face

Remember

Listen as your day unfolds
Challenge what the future holds
Try and keep your head up to the sky
People, they may cause you tears
Go ahead release your fears

You gotta be bad, you gotta be bold
You gotta be wiser, you gotta be hard
You gotta be tough, you gotta be stronger
You gotta be cool, you gotta be calm
You gotta stay together
All I know, all I know, faith will save the day

How we grow

It is peculiar how we grow. Enduring pain and sipping sweet pleasure along the way, we do learn. Nothing stays the same; be that pain or pleasure and since change is the only constant rule and life waits for no one as it goes on, then a static state is not allowed in our manual. It is true that when we decide to go on we have no clue how that road will be like without all that used to nourish us and keep us safe and sane. As we step in new terrain we are unable to see where that road would take us but since there is no way to go back then on it is. Knowledge is what we earn if we are wise enough to see through experiences we go through. Regrets? Yeah, we may have some, but if we don’t make mistakes, how else will we learn about life’s secret ways of helping us mature and mellow? And if we stand still to saturate in the pain without trying to discern through the darkness then when will we ever grow? Turning heart-wrenching suffering into stepping stones as we move on in spite of it all builds our stamina and fosters our development. As for happiness, well life is not supposed to be happy. Happiness itself would be shallow and tasteless if not mixed with pain. True pleasure is in constant attempts to rise up again and bouncing back after each time we stumble and fall.