Come on out---Live!

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed
by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do.
So throw off the bowlines.
Sail away from the safe harbor.
Catch the trade winds in your sails.
Explore. Dream. Discover.
- Mark Twain

There, hidden amongst the sticks and brush,

 next to that dying leaf,

right there in the middle of the "off-beaten" path,

that's where you can find me,

slumped down,

dejected,

just trying to get through this thing called life,

one day at a time without anyone knowing the gifts that lie

underneath this thick abode

called my protective shell.

I really kind of like it...

a place to hunker down and hide,

inside I find myself all alone but yet out there in full view

 wrapped up

protected in my shell,

encased emotions,

hidden dreams,

unfelt hurt,

unsong song.

I have rested here for such a long time

hidden among the brillant colors

thinking i was unnoticable

and

not very news worthy.

Just an ordinary, regular being

no need to share!

Most people walk on by,

don't see the beauty of what lies underneath,

but I know it is there,

feel it bubbling against the thickness of the bricklike protective shell.  I  feel it moving, transforming,

about to be birthed fully.  It scares me a bit!

The sun shines on me,

I feel its warmth,

it invigorates me,

my heart starts to beat quicker,

I feel myself warming,

and

just for a second,

I think I hear myself say,

"Come on out"...

don't be afraid...

the world can take you...

come on

LIVE!!!!

and before I know it,

I stick my timid face

outside the hole

decide

to

try

it.

Living fully that is!

May each of us,

Move on out,

push on out,

come on out

and

Live !

Happy Tuesday!

and

hugs

to all of you!

why not try it today...

come on....

Live!