We all have a road to walk...

A single mother,
working minimum wage, 3 kids
working her job as a nurse,
and effortlessly working her job as a mother.
Day in and day out.
It's not much,
but she loves.

A girl trying to fight the temptations of the flesh,
knowing what is right,
knowing what is wrong,
but being stuck in the middle.
Paralyzed by fear,
clinging to the hope of a Savior,
and the religion she almost let go.

A boy who knows he has worth,
but it told otherwise,
every day.
Constantly picking up the pieces,
and clinging to the life-
that constantly leaves his emotions
black and blue.

A man with a wife and a baby on the way,
working hard,
standing for honor, and respect.
Giving is life for his country,
and sacrificing his family for the next 6 months.

A little boy without parents,
fighting HIV,
fighting hunger,
fighting the war on poverty,
and the war on drugs
facing the choices
to change,
or live a life of the same.

A hard working woman,
single, middle aged,
hard to love,
harder to hate.
Poured her heart into someone,
who didn't do the same.
Now she's left with the pieces that remain.


I personally know each one of the people mentioned in the words above, and personally have realized how we all have a road to walk.
None of the roads are ever really easy,
none are always pretty or picture perfect.
But none the less- they are the roads that sum up this crazy thing that we all call life.

See the thing is we all have our own roads to walk,
and we all have the choice to walk them with grace,
trying to keep up and condition ourselves to the pace,
or walk them with sorrow,
just dragging on and pushing through til tomorrow.

What road are you walking today? I know theres pretty, and I know there's tough stuff in it.
How are you choosing to walk it?
It's your life, and sunshine-



you only get one.




walk it well.

where ever you find yourself.