You're invited

You may be a picture on someone's wall, but promise me
your smile will never be as crooked as the frame.
You may be a limb in your family tree, but promise me,
you will never droop or bend like your leaves.

I am young, perhaps not as wise as some of you,
perhaps not as experienced as you, but I've had my
share of heart breaks. I was clay once. Molded and
shaped in the hands of people who weren't even sculptors.

I let my levy break and invited rushing water to flood
my soul and I saved myself from drowning. See,
it starts with you. You have to keep breathing, keep
kicking to the top when you're suffocating immensely.

It's ironic isn't it, we search for a life guard when we
don't even guard our life. How can one save you,
deliver you, when you pollute your own world?
When you allow choices to drag you under?

I'm not saying you can't make mistakes. You will.
Just don't let your mistakes make you; define you.
You are more than what you've become. You
are more than what you thinks defeated you.

The mind is the devils playground. Don't let
him push you off the swing. Don't let him
kick you down the slide. Change your way of
thinking and you'll see a change in your behavior.

I invite you, join me in this challenge that's called
happiness. Live in it, breathe in it, find the beauty
in everything and everyone. Look into your mirror
and tell yourself, "I matter. I am valued."

Society is waiting for you...
waiting for those who choose to live without
smirks, without fears, without negativity.
Society is waiting for you...
To be the difference.