Old Creative Writing

Dear World,

I decided that I wanted you to read some of my old creative writing that I rather liked.  Today you get a very old piece of prose that I posted on Facebook forever and a day ago, it seems.  I still rather like it, though I would probably change some wording now...But I thought I would reproduce it here, just as I posted it.  Enjoy!  Be kind :)

I don't write many notes...but I have something to say...

Live.

Life is a gift. It is hard, painful, sorrowful, long, arduous, distressing, tiring, and so many other bad things. But life is also wonderful. Every day, no matter how much pain or sorrow there is, no matter how tired you may be, is another day to sing, to dance, to love. Each of you has a part of the Divine in you...part of a Divine Potential. You are full of possibilities. Every day is a reflection of how much you have applied your true self to it.

All those crappy days. Why were they crappy? When was the last time you just had fun in math class? Science? Art? Have the grades become more important than what you love? Do you hate subjects because you don't get them the first time 'round? Or do you find things that you don't understand to be an opportunity? A chance to grow? When was the last time you decided to explore something just because it's interesting? Because you were curious?

When you look at the night sky, do you comment on how bright it is? On how smoggy it is?

When was the last time you just looked at the stars? When was the last time you swam through that starry space in the deepest realms of your own imagination?

Met with Orion for a game of cards and battled with Scorpio in the depths of space?

When was the last time you listened to the wind? To the ocean? When did you last look upon a valley filled with trees or snow and just marveled at how amazing the world is?

When was the last time that you realized that, for all its power, majesty, and beauty, YOU are more important than all of the physical universe? That your potential is greater than a billion billion galaxies? That your power is greater than a billion billion stars? That a loving God knows who you, personally, are? That you are NOT lost in this infinite universe?

Revel in the beauty all around you. Enjoy the beauty within you.

When was the last time you gave somebody a hug just because you appreciated how much they care for you? When was the last time you told somebody that you care about them?

Is your imagination stifled by what you think to be harsh reality? Or do you see life as it could be...as it should be? Do you see problems in people, or possibilities? Do you see the dark in them, or can you not because you see how much Light they have?

The world's screwed up. I know. The question is, do we stand apart? Do we screw ourselves up to match the world? Or do we dream? Imagine? Believe? Do we become what we would like the world to be? Or what the world would like us to be?

What have you done today that shows your Divine Potential?

Have you loved? Have you lifted? Found Light in others? In yourself?

Do what you love. Love what you do. Life is too short to spend any of it doing something you don't enjoy. If you don't enjoy what you're doing, honestly ask yourself if you need to change, if your situation needs to change, or both.

Sing, dance, love. Become the person you would like to be. Become the person God would have you be.

I want all of you to live. I love each and every one of you. You've all been important to me in some way. I have seen so much Light in each one of you. You are all amazing, wonderful, beautiful people.

Qué Dios te bendiga.
Qué Dios te perdone.
Qué Dios te ayude
En todo lo que hagas.

I give each and every one of you all my love. What strange arithmetic, that in giving away what I have, I gain more :).

With all my love and prayers,

Curtis

Well, there you go.  I hope you enjoyed old Curtis's prose :)