raw truth

Peace is the ultimate gift. To be thankful regardless of any circumstance, to see a trial in its present day form, to forgive quickly when situations don’t go well..

It was 2018 when I finally absorbed the following words with clarity and acceptance. …Words so sharp, that before I’d thought them to be an exaggeration… …Words so extreme, exacting, and cutting, I’d often considered that they were used for hyperbole; I literary effect to create exaggeration, but not to be taken as hard-Truth.  …

When I was a child, I was certain that by twenty-seven, I would have a wife and children, a successful career, and financial stability.