Life As Such

It isn’t what we start out as that counts so much, just what we end up being. An apple starts out as a seed, and ends up a nice looking fruit for the bobbin’ tub. An acorn becomes a mighty oak.

Even though sometimes we are broken time and time again in the process of what is called life, it’s how we end up all in all as we grow. Will we end up being lunch for someone else, because we are here to nourish their spirit or soul? Will we be the strong one, in order to bear their heart aches and losses? Will we be the water that cleanses their sins away, or the sun that brightens their day? Will we be the sentry outside the city gate?  Will we just be the hand that reaches out to them, or the smile that at that one split second they needed to see? How about just that ‘hi’ that you were least expecting…when you felt so all alone?

And you know, there are times that we know what we are to some, and then other times not know at all. We may never know the people that we have touched through our journey, and some may end up within our circle for life. We are the big brothers, sisters, daughters, sons, mommas’ and daddys’, friends and lovers  for this world. We are who everybody else depends on to be there. I think I’ve been just about everything to everybody at one point in my life (with the exception of the brother/daddy thing of course). And I have enjoyed each role that I was blessed to be given. 

Growing up, I never thought that I would be anything to anyone other than just what I was. (Which was what I was told by my peers). I never knew that anything I did would ever matter, or affect anyone else but me. But like the proverbial ripple in the pond, what I said, how I acted, what I did, where I went affected someone at any given time in my life. Only later did I ever realise how I affected some, good or bad.

Life. It is a journey and not a destination, as my boys from Beantown will tell you. Once I realised that there was no jump off point, I finally started to live it…


Love what you have. Live what is given to you. Listen to others when they talk. Reach out when someone is reaching for you.. Give advise when asked. Smile when you don’t feel like it. Show some one love in a world full of hate…


When you walk along your path, look for the ones by the wayside. You may be the only person they meet that day….