Who are you today

What is your motive for the way in which you live your life

And are you aware of just how important it is

You reach out without sight, a veil of diversions and a frenzy of hyenas all nipping at your ankles for whatever scraps of attention they may be able to receive from you. Your limbs convulse, thrashing out of habit towards whatever has won the bid for your time. There is such an abundance of time, and yet too little

So many things to choose from in which you can accomplish, yet the longer you stand still and attempt to find a direction, the longer you spend precious time lost, easily distracted, unaware of the version of you that you are yet to be. Of what will be your incentive, your inspiration, to push through the ravenous parasites that bite all along your arm, your hand, your ears, even your head

Time is ticking, and your time is running short

Do you fully comprehend how fickle life is? How blessed we are, to be able to appreciate and fully immerse ourselves in this rare experience in which we are currently residing within?

Do you understand how exceedingly fortunate we are, to be able to feel such agonizing, retching pains and yet be able to feel sick depths of passion and beauty? To be able to cherish and hold love, even if it will inevitably be pulled from our arms one day?

The scroungers are hungry. They emit a cacophony of alerts. You twist and drag them from your body, excruciatingly, one by one. Yet you still hesitate and leave a few attached to you

The hum in your head won’t go away. Complacency is the enemy, and the addiction is the direct tunnel, shooting up through your veins, into your brain for them to devour

When will it be the right time to get up? To start the project? To start ANY project?

But wait. What if you start this project, and it doesn’t work out? Or you could have been spending your precious energy on something better than what you’re currently working on? Maybe you could have discovered the right route to go down, had you just continued brain storming just a LITTLE longer

Anxiety rises, and with it the need for release

And just like that, minutes, hours, maybe even days have been stolen in an instance from your loved ones, your family, and especially from yourself

Lead to temptation and mauled apart, as they had the perfect traps laid out for you. A depressing crater, filled to the brim with distractions to keep you from ever leaving the hole

And should you leave the hole, not without another parasite or two fastened to your skin, set and determined to lull you back to their home so they may feast yet again

You need a detox

We all need a detox

For what could be more relaxing than stepping bare foot outside, the crunching of soil beneath your feet as the breeze whips around you, leaves swinging on their branches in a pleasant dance. Allowing yourself to absorb the warm amber glow of the sun as it caresses your face

What could be more meaningful than to spend time amongst loved ones while we have them within arm’s length, chortling to one another’s jokes. Exhilaration jumping like flames along your chest and arms as you take joy in games with one another, your cheeks rosy with joy. Enjoying the combined efforts of a collaboration of one another’s works or hobbies that you both share with each other, while our hearts are still pumping warm blood, our very lungs stretching and aching as they take inhale and exhale

What could be more beautiful than to be entirely present, without distraction, as your children grow and learn beside you. Watching you intently, as you in turn watch your screen intently to find some form of escapism

There are better ways to escape without finding yourself entrapped

Please, I implore you

Find what moves you

Find what motivates you

Find what gives you your reasoning to become decisive, and finally take a step, even if you are still rather blinded

Find the will to push yourself to go somewhere new, try a food you’ve never considered trying even once

Find love. Lose it. Then find it again

Find your calling. Realize you were wrong. Then build on what you’ve learned, and what you’ve now discovered is your calling

Make mistakes. Get hurt. Feel ashamed

Then learn from them. Heal. Find confidence and perception from these experiences

They shouldn’t be able to steal from us what is so rightfully belongs to us and our loved ones so easily

You are at the estuary, where you will soon discover there is so much more to encounter and undergo. So many more hardships, trials, triumphs and victories

Please find the will to oppose

(My apologies, I failed to keep it under 200 words, but I really wanted to follow the flow of what I was feeling and try to post it regardless)