tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709484294262711692024-03-13T17:03:46.342-05:00The Music Of My Soul Reveals Itself In WordsSometimes I just have this feeling etched onto my heart that I want to share with the world. So I write. I LOVE to write. Whether or not it has ANYTHING to do with what's happening in my life, I love the feeling of the words falling on to the page. Such a peace envelops me when I know that another work is completed. So, here I am. These are my works. These are my words. Experience what you can, feel the words roll off your tongue, and never live to regret the things you've done. Enjoy!Jessica Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08399824750726636103noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670948429426271169.post-7635733063196578182012-05-18T17:46:00.004-05:002012-05-18T17:46:59.346-05:00Scarred<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-size: small;">It pains me to know so much of it was lies—After all I had
done, after all the inseparable ties. Inseparable. Or so I thought…That was
until I found out. . . Until you got caught. The heart becomes so fond and then
one day it gets bruised. Yeah, bruises heal but right now I feel used. I was
your cover up to make it seem like everything was alright. You were happy—or so
it seemed—but then turned on me in the night. Oh how I wish that the pains of
life were unreal, that the past never hurt us—that it never made us feel. But
there it is, an inescapable fate—we all share in life’s pains—we all can
relate. At first your heart bleeds and then it will bruise…It then becomes
wounded, a scar you’ll never lose. My scar. My wound. My mistakes—not just
yours. But hey, we get scars. Over time, they heal. The mark they make never
leaves, but rather it fades. As the days pass, the pain of the scar slowly
parts... and as we move forward, we learn. </span></div>Jessica Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08399824750726636103noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670948429426271169.post-41430931238389539572012-04-12T11:37:00.001-05:002012-04-12T11:37:18.039-05:00Daddy and Me<div class="mbl notesBlogText clearfix" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">He may be big and tall to you, but to me he’s the perfect size</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">He may be intimidating to you, but he’s gentle enough to suppress even the most subdued of cries.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">He’s always been there for me, through the good and bad</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">He’s always been there to hold me tight when I am feeling sad.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">From my youthful years, he took on a role so meaningful to me</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">He pushed me to do better, to be all that I could be.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">He held my hand when I was afraid of the dark,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">He biked with me and skipped with me to and from the park</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">His strong hands bound my hair in a pony, the same hands that work for me every day</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">The hands that are worn and beaten down, but in my heart I know they’re there to stay.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">He may be overcome with headache and fatigue, but he’d never let anyone in on his pain,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">He finds there is no reason for others to know, there truly is no gain.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Protective as fathers really should strive to be</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">He is my guardian and my guide and is always there to oversee</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">I think it’s gonna be a long time before people realize what this man means to me</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">And
I think it’s gonna be a long time before people know that I wouldn’t
give up the love that I have for him—a love as endless as the sea.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">He taught me to play sports, he taught me how to hug</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">He taught me how to run, he taught me how to love.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">He pushed me to grow in my faith each and every day</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">He strived to know the truth in every possible way.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">He doesn’t know everything, but always just enough</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Enough for him to stay in my life and always stay gentle yet tough.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">He taught me how to fight for myself, how to defend myself when I need it the most</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">He taught me to stand up for myself and never boast.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">His patience overwhelmed me as he listened to word after boring word</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Some of the craziest things I’d speak I knew he’d never heard.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">He’ll always be there for me when I need it,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">He’ll always love me and be here with me even in spirit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">I don’t need any more love than what I’ve already got,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">I’ve got a daddy who’ll love me forever and always, just as he aught</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">I don’t need anyone to tell me how to live my life,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">My daddy’s always taught me to live every moment without stress and strife.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">I don’t need anyone to push me to be more than the woman I’ve become,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">My daddy’s always loved me and will for years and years to come</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">I don’t need to impress anyone or go searching for love,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">My daddy’s been my number one fan, always cheering from front row over and above</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">My daddy and me are pals til the very end</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Father and daughter bound together forever, the very best of friends.</span></div>
</div>Jessica Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08399824750726636103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670948429426271169.post-69897303336375102012-03-30T12:43:00.001-05:002012-03-30T12:51:43.242-05:00Reach Me<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Standing so close, skin so near to skin. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Silence all around; you could not drop a pin. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">His arm brushes against my own while gentle breezes of spring softly
are blown.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"> Another gentle touch.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"> --Does he feel it too?—</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">The peace and excitement in the air that captivates all that I do.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">The hair on my arms stand tall, as trees in a deep forest-</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Never falling over so easy or pausing for a much needed rest.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">As the moon brightens the night sky, so he sits near me. . </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Perhaps his intentions are greater, because of the simplicity that I do
see.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Many men aren’t like this, they do not have the time,</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">But this one is different and people act like it’s a crime. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">I can feel it—I wonder if he can too.. .</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">He doesn’t want to rush a thing or make a move too soon.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">But there it is again—I think he’s getting closer.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">I feel the gentle touch more and more, as the midnight air stirs. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">The silver of the moon raised in the blackness of above our heads</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">So do I sink in feeling maybe this is really it. Should I listen to
what everyone has said? </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">My doubt feels unreal and flees as I feel his touch—now that much
closer to my hand. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">I’ve been dealt a full house and I’m winning as I run my fingers
through the sand. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">The sun set itself in the horizon over the water hours ago</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">And now all that I see are the flames dancing in a fiery show. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Then I look up and see his face, features traced by the heat</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">His deep green eyes look upon me—a look that can’t be beat.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Our eyes are locked now; I tremble in a subdued stillness.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">My thoughts cover this moment with great excess.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Butterflies seem to take over what used to be my stomach.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Nothing has happened, yet I’m nervous and a chill rides up my back.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">My head goes fleeting as I feel it finally</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">The touch of three of his fingers, gently stroking me.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Running them gently across my fingers, palm, and hand</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Sliding his body across the white and rocky sand.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">He locks my fingers in his own, with a grip as though he’d never let it
go</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">And he catches my eyes once more as my eyes raise from looking at my
hand below. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">A hair blows past my face and he tucks it behind my ear,</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">So simple yet meaningful I’m sure my head is blurred and unclear. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Everything so peaceful, so silent, all under the midnight sky</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">My gaze remains on our hands as intertwined they gently lie.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">He reached for me finally, with the most respectful touch of all</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">He reached for my hand in the darkness, as my heart sped up and
stalled.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Even with his hand in mine, I know I’ll never fall</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">He reached me in the dead of night, and he’ll reach me whenever I call.</span></div>Jessica Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08399824750726636103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670948429426271169.post-15136800980398253802012-03-29T15:55:00.001-05:002012-04-12T11:43:00.147-05:00Held<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">What is it like to feel safe in
someone’s arms,</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Removed from all evils and out of reach
of harm?</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">At war with my soul, I fight here in
pain,</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Struggling and striking my heart under a
cloud of bitter rain.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">I’m afraid of the choices and what they
might do,</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">They tear at my mind and cut me right
through.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">I’m afraid of what may come when all is
done</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Will I be covered in scorn or shrouded
by the sun?</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">I’m afraid of the things I know people
will say</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">If I give away my life for another, what
will become of each day?</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Mocked and ridiculed, lying under bricks</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">And the farther away I go, the more I
rely on Satan’s tricks.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Wrapping me around his finger, with a
grin so sly</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Following the widened trail, not even
giving me time to cry.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Struck by the drastic change in the plot
of events</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Running from the One whom breathed and
from heaven life was sent.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">I can feel Him there though, watching me
so close</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">And I’m burdened by His eyes ,of which I
fear the most.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">I fear His judgment and to me what it
will bring</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">But no matter where I am to my soul
he’ll always cling.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">I want to end it, finally flee from this
all</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">My God, you’ve forsaken me! Why don’t
you hear my call?!</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Screaming on the inside, falling short
of death of self</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">I cry to the heavens and pull the beads
from the shelf.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Heart bleeding in loss, I fall to the
ground</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Realizing in my heart that His love is
all around.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">The way I’d always wanted to be held so
close,</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">And I looked to the stars and the answer
is in front of my eyes, the one that I chose.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Choking back tears, fingers flying past
the beads</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Shaking as I turn to Him, allowing Him
to lead.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">He never did forsake me, not once did He
leave me</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">For the moments I felt down the most, He
could always see.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">I look back on the choices and He’s not
there</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">I search for Him through it all, but He
can’t be found anywhere.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">But when I look in the mirror, and see
the tears</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">He’s standing there beside me, taking
away my fears.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Following Him on this earth is so
difficult</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">And with that path always comes pain and
insult.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">But look at my God, walking along the
road</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Covered in blood and spit and carrying
my sins as His load.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">With His help, with Him holding me</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">I can do anything; I can set myself
free.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">No more running, no more will I hide,</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Rather will I follow Him and in His love
abide.</span></div>Jessica Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08399824750726636103noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670948429426271169.post-70738911540410628012012-03-29T13:04:00.001-05:002012-03-29T13:04:12.455-05:00Feel for the Blog<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Life truly is a mountainous journey. There is the flat land
at its base, the days of our youth. Then, we look up and a giant mass of rock
looms over our foreheads. Choosing to take that first step makes your life that
much more different. It makes your life that much more fruitful. The problems
we face show us that we are not perfect; we all have flaws and makes mistakes
that bring us down. As we slide off the edge of that ominous rock, we catch
hold of a branch and pull ourselves back up. As you read through my thoughts
and works, you may find that we all experience times of darkness. You will be
able to FEEL my times of darkness, and you will be able to FEEL me slip off
that rock and free fall. I, like many, had to hit the bottom first before I
could see there was something wrong with where I was. As I lay on the ground,
my heart sank deep inside of me and I made my choice. At that moment I decided
to choose life. Although we all experience pain, that is often the means of
helping us to realize how much more incredible the pleasures are that are
present in our lives. I began to write of my adventures and of my
bereavements—those that have helped me to grow as a human and as a writer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I write to share with others the peace I have
found in realizing and accepting my mistakes. I write to challenge my readers
to seek adventure, to access your inner peace and to live life every day as if
you never know what is to happen. Take the time to listen. Love deeply. Take
chances. Don’t live in the past, but rather live in the moment. We all mess up.
Rather than holding on to your mistakes in regret, live with the passion needed
to redeem yourself and work to make better the wrongs that do NOT define us as
people. We stumble and fall in our daily routine, but what defines us is what we
make of ourselves in every situation. Mistakes are simply reminders of our
humanity; they do not claim our lives unless we allow them to do so. Read this
how YOU see it. FEEL as you can or cannot relate to the words. My wish for you
is that you listen to what your heart is telling you. My prayer is for you to
make mistakes but listen to the mistakes of others, to live in the moment, and to
strive to make a difference in your lives and challenge others to do the same. Feel
the Peace. Experience the Love. Listen to the Music. </div>Jessica Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08399824750726636103noreply@blogger.com1