GROWING PAINS

“Growing up is never easy. You hold on to things that were. You wonder what's to come."

FROM THE TV SHOW: "THE WONDER YEARS"

We stand at the doorway to the entrace

caught between here and there

The past holds us back

The future pulls us forward

and

we have a choice

either stay the same

and hope

everything else does too--stays the same that is...

or

stick out

that shaking foot,

head up the staircase and

fall full face

into the view

as a new horizon

hidden behind the corner

rises to meet us.

The choice is ours...

Should we stay or should we go?

I choose to not be afraid...

come on...

what are we waiting for....

There's a world waiting for us.

Let's go.

Growing pains suck!

I watch my teens struggle daily...

and

every day I am thankful for every door

that I've been fortunate enough to walk through,

I am happy for

the sunsets that I've been privy to view on the horizon

and thankful

for the times when I saw only darkness...

and would mysteriously be captured inside a kalidoscope,

twirling and mixing,

 caught in a rainbow,

smothered with the colors of Joy

and feel my soul be renewed with a palate of hope.

Yep...growing up sucks...

but the choice is ours to make....

Do we stay here?

or

do we get out of the funk

and proceed into our future

yeah, that one

it  is

just up the steps,

just around the corner.

May we all have the courage

to enjoy our adventure

called LIFE..

and walk through

the doorways of the future

and live fully in the present.

growing pains suck....

I'll admit that but oh so.so.

worth it.

happy thursday

and

hugs to all of you.