Reality Crashes Down

Dreams are the building blocks of reality. Without dreams nothing would be imagined to be created. BUT, once your dream is brought into reality it loses what  once gave it a luster. The reality of a dream almost always falls short of the dream.

Life is not fair. It doesn't matter that you are nice and try to do right for others, you can still get  shit on. Sometimes nice guys finish last. A*sholes can and do sometimes win.

For the most part, we are replaceable. The person who can't live without you today can and will probably be able to find a new srtrength tomorrow. For all the love shared, open wounds become scars that fade into memories. A name that once provoked a smile and a twinkle of loving serenity in your heart can become a name on the back of a photo, a passing thought, a moment in the past.

Moms and Dads f*ck up. They aren't perfect. They are as capable of 'sin' as the rest of the world.

God doesn't care. He's there, but it doesn't matter. If he sees or hears us at all it is in passing. Maybe the pearly gates will be open when you get there, maybe not, but it is based on luck. All you did and did not do doesn't matter, no one saw, no one kept score.

The sun rises and sets reguardless of you. You can sleep for 48 hours straight and the world will continue on. Hell, if you are lucky, maybe a few will notice that you are missing, those that love you, but beyond that small circle, the world goes on with or without you.

You can NOT change others. No matter how good your intentions are or how pure your love, they are them and you are you. You can't make them what you want them to be, even using love.

Perception is a b*tch. No two can see the same thing, because even if the difference is only in the fall of shadows, it is a difference. A baby can be a new life, or a coming death. LOVE can be a fleeting emotion, or all consuming. "I Love You" can be a hope for forever or a hope for a moment of comfort. A glass can be 1/2 full or 1/2 empty depending on your view of what it sits on and where the light shines through.

A life led without pain is not bliss, it is a life of numbness. Without tears a smile is hollow. Without pain, pleasure can not truly be known. Without darkness light will eventually blind.    Numb can be comfortable, but at what price?

Life is a bed of roses, try to ignore the little pricks and enjoy the beauty that surrounds you.  It is there, just mixed in with the weeds and fertilizer, just look for it.

Just as you can not change others, others can not  'fix'  you. No matter the love they offer, only you can change you, only you can  'fix'  you, if you want to.

Yes, facts that seem obvious, things we all know, but also things that we often forget, or choose not to remember.