Letter to Life

Dear Life,

"You are judged by your actions, NOT your intentions."

Nobody see's what we intend to do or what we intended on doing. They only see what we did or are doing. That is black and white, and no gray area in between. Terms like "I meant to...I was going to...I was trying to...I should have...I would have...etc" There is nothing in those terms but words, and sure we can all make it sound good and fine, but it really isn't. Don't tell me you want this, you deserve that, we should be this way, SHOW ME that all this is so. I can only see and go off your actions. Your words have no merit if the correct actions do not follow. As a child we are told, "Actions speak louder than Words." This is nothing new.

Actions brings life to words, it provides them with a defining meaning. Telling me isn't half as important as showing me. I love words, I use them to express my love, my life, my pain, as well as my pleasure. Yet aside from action, they are nothing. They mean nothing, and they represent nothing. A kiss requires no words, a hug requires no words, yet that hug or kiss with eye contact and an "I love you" afterwards means that much more. Even I find myself "talking" a good game sometimes. There is only one thing that can break a promise, and that is an comprimising action. Promises, like most words are mere intentions, and there is no action in intention.

Intention- 1. an act or instance of determining mentally upon some action or result.
2. goal. Intention, intent, purpose all refer to a wish that one means to carry out.

Action- 1. something done or accomplished
2. The state or process of doing
3. an act that one consciously wills and that may be characterized by physical or mental activity

Lets be who we say we are, and do as we say we will. Intentions mean nothing until they become actions. Dont promise the world if its not yours to give, dont promise your heart if somebody else has it, and dont confuse your intentions with your actions.

Rob Hill

Letter To Life

Dear Life,

Change is inevitable. Its a known fact, but I understand the fear of change, the spirit of contentment, and the gluttonous spirit of pain. I was reading a daily quote i receive in my e-mail and it read as so...

"I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together" - Marilyn Monroe

The greatest things that have happened in the history of life, or the world as we know have come as a direct result of change. Yes, change can make you uncomfortable and at times even scared. It is however necessary, life is change. A common prayer called the "Serenity Prayer" focuses on change as well.

"God grant me the serenity to accept the things i cannot change, Courage to change the things i can, and Wisdom to know the difference."

At this point in our lives not many things last forever, we grow, we live, and most of all we change. The changes benefit those of us who allow it to, and for others we allow it to hold us back. I have fell victim to both sides of the fold. Anger, sadness, insecurities, let dows, frustrations are things we all experience, but, "You are not here because you fell down, you are here because you got up." Life will tell you everything your not, and make you forget about everything you are. Your altitude can not change without your attitude, free your mind and the rest will follow as the song would say.

Please don;t block your own blessing.

Rob Hill

Amusement Park

The rollercoaster of love seems it has made its final stop
I got off feeling lonelier than I was before I got on
Looking back at my seat I could tell I had outgrown it
Puppy love ended with the airplanes and swings

The next ride will start soon
But for the real rides the wait is long
Patience is a virtue
So I’d rather wait and ride right
Instead of rushing and riding wrong

I have a lot of new habits
More than a few personal issues
All of them including the new pains
I respect the reason for the season
And recognize the necessity of the change

I’m learning to be my number one priority
I now recognize the importance of my own happiness
For so long in front of me my heart was being dangled
To the point where I felt like my mind was being strangled
I can’t afford to lose me making you happy

I’m focused on getting my life straight
Making a better me for ME
With dreams of those improvements one day complimenting her
I fantasize about that magic carpet ride rising higher and higher
And the butterflies in my stomach lasting forever

I snap back and fall into life’s long line of reality and realize
That today I am done with forcing relationships
What is to come will be just that
Not satisfied yet content with being single for now
Just live and learn to give time “time”

The rain is far from permanent
The sun is bound to shine
I am far from giving up
My ride is merely under construction
And only temporarily shut down

I am love
That fire still burns here
Though my eyes bury the pain
And my heart hides the scars
My soul still remembers loves’ bumper cars