livingbyleoni

Through the years, as we age, we know exactly what we want, where we are heading to, who’s with us or not, who supports us and who doesn’t…we learn about Love, about all sorts of Life lessons, about friendships and about Trust, about Family and about struggles.

All in all, this moulds us to become who we are. To recognize integrity, to understand that just as we support others, we can’t expect the same from them and most probably you can never will. To love is to be sincere, to not ask for anything in return, and all we can do is have an ounce of Hope, that they will remember us and that is all. That there comes a time to pay it forward and everyone will do it in their own time and their own pace, facing their own reflections. Meeting their monsters.

To do something from the Heart, honestly with no regret is to be certain that you can live another day conscience-free. Days breathing easy to know you’ve done your part in everything that you possibly can.

But know when to stop investing time, effort and love towards ungratefulness and ignorance. These two factors take away respect and gratitude, which you should put as great value. Unless your energy is infinite, then by all means, be indispensable to those who plan to harvest all your energy till there’s nothing left to harvest out of you. Till there is no Life in you. If that is good for you, then do it. You’ll get flowers at your funeral.

Remember those who did not believe in you, they are your Teachers of what not to do, the polishers of your Faith, scrubbing you till your skin disintegrate and that pumice hit you in the bones, raw and bleeding. So get up. It’s not the end. Say “ Give me more and I’ll disappoint you with my Success.” So smile at adversity. Applaud them for doing their best to put you down cos they just can’t succeed to make you falter. You just keep getting up.

But remember more for those who supported you, who believed in you. Who gave you their two cents worth of attention. They are the Awake. They are the wise and caring.
It’s tough. It affects all of us. Till your last breath, it will be tough. Never ending tests. Wars that rip your heart out, mess your mind and destroy your spirit. Trials after trials. One after another. It will never stop especially if God is crafting a warrior out of you.

Success is not easy. It never is.

Sometimes you’ll face it alone and some better times there’s someone with you. We feel blessed in both scenarios.

But be brave. Go on and have courage.
You’ll need it.

Pray but know that prayer only, won’t help you. Even God knows that.

Prayer without effort leads to a certain failure. The failure to progress. To fail is inevitable. Just like Death. To succeed is not. Just like truly Living.

But respect struggle, for only Struggle breeds Greatness.

-LM