For a friend

So, I have this friend . . .

She's young and going through a rough time right now. She's experienced many a bump in her short journey, but she is definitely a fighter AND a survivor. She's learning the value of her self and realizing that she can stand on her own two feet. She doesn't need any attachments to be worthy, although she is surrounded by the steady comfort of an army of friends, relatives, and supporters.

I'm hoping, today, that she learns to focus on the future. We all make mistakes. We might make decisions that don't reflect too positively on our life. The task we are faced with is finding that silver lining. Sometimes, we have to have the good things pointed out to us.

My dear friend, my little sunflower . . . you are amazing!
You have strengths you have not even begun to tap.
You are determined, persistent, stubborn, and brilliant.
You are creative, compassionate, caring, and charismatic.
You beam.
You shine.
You ooze with a warmth and generosity known to mere few.
You eminate with a fortitude that frighten those without it.
You are capable and courageous.
You can do anything you put your heart and mind to.

Stop looking behind you. The past is in your rear view for a reason.
Your future is as bright and open-ended as you choose it to be.
Leave your baggage with the bad decisions and move toward the positive, without remorse, regret, or retribution. All those things simply drain you of your energy.

Be free of what ails you.
Go be happy!

Love you.