I've been loved, and I've been left. I've held on, and I've let go. I've forgiven, and I've forgotten. Death has taught me more about life than living ever could, and family is always there when the world never is. I've learned tradition is grasping your past with out holding you back, and being who you are is an obligation, not a choice.

Laugh, cry, and discover your fears so you can be strong from the hurt, happy from the pain, and know who you are from everything you've discovered you're not.

I choose to believe that people are placed in your life to teach you the things you do not understand.

I've pushed people who've cared away, to grasp the ones that didn't. I've tried so hard to make something right, when I knew it was wrong. I've thought more about what I wanted than what I had, and I've realized that no matter how many times I thought things were falling apart...they were really falling together.

I crave what everyone thinks I won't have. I'll be real towards the world so they don't get the wrong impression. I've built my future with people who I thought would be in it, and suffered the consequences of making wrong decisions. I've lost money, love, strength, and myself...but that is okay...because in the end, I'll have found happiness. I'll be strong because of my past, and for that...I am grateful.

I know where I've been, and I see where I'm going. Never forget, I walked away after you did. You can't fool me with your words because my mind is now sharper than your tongue. TRY to make me a fool and tell the world I'm something I'm not and I will make you the fool, and show the world everything I am.