ActressAmiraAscending

I'm A Mess(age) From a glance at my life from afar one might come to the conclusion that I "have myself together" to some extent but I'm here to let you know that I don't "have myself together" to any extent whatsoever! I am a total & absolute mess. Despite growing up in an overall stable/healthy foundation I somehow managed to mindfuck myself to the point of the need for my own personal intervention. I have a great dad who is a wonderful example of what type of treatment I should expect from a man yet I still fall/and once upon a time even settled for less. I know that this life is short and the only shot  I get and I'm still learning not to allow fear to bully me into procrastinating on my dreams. The fortunate thing is I've been made aware of my imperfections early in life which in some sorta twisted way encouraged me to embrace the beauty of being flawed in general. And things became full circle later in my adult years once I rea...

When It Hurts-It Hurts What do you do when you’re hurting, I mean really, really hurting?  Fr om my experience there is no antidote, just time. As time goes on (which it most certainly will), the pain fades. That’s all fine & dandy but what about in the meantime while you’re in the midst/state of hurting? How exactly does one cope? Well, wisdom has whispered to my soul that hurting is healing and apart of life. Les Brown has taught me  that “its life”. That people will lie, hurt and treat me unfairly and that it’s my responsibility to keep pushing through the pain. The “hippies” told me to surrender to all of life’s happenings (the good, the bad & the ugly) and to simply “let it be”. The faithful/spiritualists suggests that I pray/meditate and to lean on God because he is the ultimate healer. But life itself has told me to let it hurt, to feel the pain and grow stronger from it.  To learn from my hurt and essentially let it hurt because quite frank...