Sometimes I get lost. Buried in my own anxiety and fear. But then when it clears, the girl I remember rises to the surface again. It’s like she was hiding from the parts of me that she doesn’t know. The parts that strip her of her freedom of self. But when she rises to the surface, she is beautiful, strong, confident and calm.
– C.A. Sullivan
Self doubt eats away at your thoughts, Building fear deep within, Ripping the very dreams from your heart, Replacing them with nothing but regret, Eventually devouring your soul entirely, Leaving you but a shell of a being. - C.A. Sullivan
Practice being present in each moment
and find the the gifts each day has to offer.
– C.A. Sullivan
Achieving success is a dance between patience and taking action. Knowing when to take a step forward and knowing when to wait. If you’re always moving, you’ll miss all the small achievements in between where you once were and where you’re going. Being able to sit in the in between is to be content.
– C.A. Sullivan
Learn how to be content
With what you have,
Without putting a halt
To the things you’ve
Yet to achieve.
– C.A. Sullivan
In the corner, sits a smudge
It’s been mocking me
And will not budge
I try to erase it, with no such luck
It lives on my paper
Running a muck
I try to cover it, with illustrations a glow
But it’s there underneath
All the colors in tow
For it lives on my paper, forever a smudge
Bothering me greatly
With its hiss and grudge
I want it go, as it steadies its stare
Silently mocking my words
With nothing more but a glare
On and on, into the night
My smudge remains
And continues it’s blight
Then I realized, why it won’t leave
It’s because my dear friends
The smudge is me
– C.A. Sullivan
The ocean is captivating.
Vast and terrifying in size,
Yet humbling and calming.
Don’t be fooled,
By it’s beauty or wonder.
Respect the waves.
For they will crash,
And the riptide is not forgiving.
When the tide recedes,
It will give way,
To the sparkling sand,
Once again.
– C.A. Sullivan
You can change
as much as you want
on the outside.
Lift and tuck,
color and creams.
But no amount of makeup
will ever hide
the ugliness that’s
inside your heart.
- C.A. Sullivan
The orange sun sets,
Kissing the oceans edge,
Calming it’s unsettled waves,
Healing it’s lonely tears,
Warming it’s cold heart.
It’s not without sacrifice,
That the sun soothes the ocean so,
For she is swallowed up each night,
Taken from her place in the sky,
And drowned in the sea’s misery,
Until a new day,
When she can rise,
and shine again.
– C.A. Sullivan
Don’t follow the road most taken.
Lay down your own tracks,
move forward with confidence.
When you start to lose hope,
look back upon what you’ve built
and remember how far you’ve come.
– C.A. Sullivan
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