"Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change."

 -Wayne W. Dryer

What do you see when you look at me?

Do you see what I see?

Maybe you don't look far enough deep,

take a step back and breathe.

What do you see when you look at me?

Do you see an escape?

One permanent, the other for a moment's sake.

Do you see the hurt, yet the strength gained?

Do you see the scars hidden, the pain?

What do you see when you look at me?

Do you see the power and muscle?

Or do you see the numbness masked away?

Take a step back and breath.

Look closer and to what could be,

the strongest battle ever won.

 The beauty of a thousand words in a picture.

You can't move on to your future until you let go of your past. Otherwise you will never fully live in the present but only for what was or what could be.

- Ashley Fincher

Does Love Still Exist?

 

   What is love? Definition says its a deep compassion or romantic attachment for someone. I keep hearing the words I love you, yet feel nothing towards it. So many mixed stories about this word yet I'm unsure which to believe anymore. I've heard the stories of old couples who die hand in hand a few hours apart because they can't seem to face life without the other. I've heard stories of people giving and risking their all for another because they love so deeply where that person becomes everything to them. Then I've heard stories of people uttering these words but with nothing to back it up. They are just words used to manipulate the human mind enough to grant whatever selfish things they are looking for. I've heard the words used to cage others up as they feel if they love someone, then they must stay together right? Because love is the greatest thing? They say that love is the greatest thing God granted to us because he made the biggest sacrifice for us out of love and that it is our goal to carry it out with ourselves and with our neighbors, but do we? I believe we have changed the definition of love in this day and age to something a lot less. It has started to be used more and more for "I care for you" and "you mean something to me", yet it never stands for long. It has become a temporary feeling for many. Its what we all strive to hear and feel so we force it into our lives. Because something feels right for a few weeks, or months suddenly its labeled as love. It makes me wonder if unconditional love is still around. That love that lasts for years upon years like the old couple who died hand in hand. That love that forgives everything because we love the people and hate the sin. That love that overthrows every obstacle in life because you can't imagine things any differently and you will do all to keep it til you take your last breath. The love that's formed with years in hand. Does true love really exsist anymore in this day and age or is it just a story? Is it just words used to describe our care or want of something from someone? I really wanna know, so let me know your opinion on it.....