A tribute

A tribute
As I prepare myself to turn over a new leaf in the journey of my life I would like to leave behind a tribute to those in my past, present and future

to those who have hurt me...thank you for making me stronger whether you wanted to or not...you taught what not to be and how not to treat people...you reminded me that I deserve better and allowed me the opportunity to grow...you pushed me onto my face and forced me to find strength within myself to become a better person for me first and in turn everyone around me...

to those who cared for me...thank you for reminding me that I am worth loving...for highlighting the qualities I forgot I had or never realized that I contained...you have helped me at times when all else failed and everything seemed hopeless...

To those who made me laugh...thank you for reminding me that there are things in life to enjoy...even at times when life was bleak and dull we made the best of it...you showed me that humor is essential and life will always go on...

to those who made me cry...you reminded me of my humanity and my insecurities as a person...you taught me not to fear my inadequacies for they are what make me unique...rather I embraced them as essential to who I am for without their cold embrace I forget that I was created this way...I am a nothing...and my time here is temporary...who I am as it stands does not matter...but what I make of me does

To those who have disappointed me...you taught that in life we should try to find reasons to act rather then very easily make excuses why not to do something...there is nothing more amazing then striving to make those you love happy...

As humans we walk through life pretending to be unaffected by the things we experience...many times we don’t even realize the impact people have had on our lives...as such I do not believe that there is such a thing as a pure individual...we are all the collective of all the people who have come across our lives...there are those who we emulated...those who we let into our hearts...those we allowed to trample on us...and those who simply walked through...all of these people leave us forever changed...we are never today what we were yesterday and to assume that we are is foolish...we start off as nothing more then hollow vessels that are...throughout the years...filled with what we allow ourselves to be filled with...good and bad we do nothing more then reflect that which we contain...and at times when we foolishly think we have everything figured out and we have reached our brim...we very quickly discover that we are empty yet again and our vessel has grown to contain more...


If there has ever been any good in me it is because of all of you...and if there has ever been any bad it is a result of my human nature and my own shortcomings and for that I ask for your forgiveness...while I will miss you all dearly...we will never truly depart...for the impression you have all placed in my heart has left me forever changed...