Cheerleaders

You ever have one of those days when you have to give yourself a pep talk before you leave the house?? One of those days when you just need some words of encouragement to get you going?? Well, I’m here to tell you that I got some words of encouragement from the most interesting of places....the wrappers of my cough drops. But you know what?? I’ll take what I can get. I’ve also found a couple of fortune cookie papers that gave me some good words too. So since I had a couple of rough patches today, I looked to my little pack of pocket cheerleaders to keep me going. It said stuff like, “Conquer the day” and, “ You got this!!” Kind of sucks when life gives you a little squirt of lemon, but then out of nowhere, you get some salt and some tequila and, BOOM, everything’s alright!!So I want to give some words of encouragement to anyone out there who may be having a rough day, or maybe just feeling kinda down.
Worrying is not going to make things any better. Life will find a way to make it okay. Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end. So hang in there, you’ll be fine. Freak out and throw stuff if you have to (hopefully in an environment where it’s safe to do something like that), but know that it’s going to be okay. If you can do anything about your situation, get off your ass and do something about it!! If you can’t....why are you worrying about it?? Chuck that shit into the fuck-it bucket and move on to bigger and better things. Let life deal with the stuff you can’t do anything about.
Look at yourself in the mirror every morning and tell yourself these simple words: I’ve got this!!
And point to yourself. And believe it. Because it’s true. So get out there and do the damn thing!! Kick ass and take names!! You’ve been through tougher!! Hang in there!! You got this!! Go you!!

-Hop Along

Listening to The Greatest By Sia

Hot Off The Press!!!!

So I know I've been gone for...well far too long. Left my little bunnies to wander on their own. I’m sorry. But I’m back and I have some new rhyming words for you. Now, this is brand spanking new. I just woke up out of my sleep at 3am and wrote this. It’s now just after 4am and here’s you go. I call it “Broken”

“Someone 

Please, I need help”

I’m lying on the floor, 

hugging myself

My hair is a mess

There’s tears on my face

My clothes have been strewn 

All over the place

Gently, I’m rocking

And gasping for air

“Somebody ...please...”

But there’s nobody there

Every move I make is agony 

I feel like I’m covered in bruises

In every game ever played

Someone always loses

I try to get up

But my legs are too weak

And now my throat

Is too raw to speak

I collapse on the floor

And curl into a ball

What did I do 

To deserve this at all??

I lay my head down

My tears pool on the floor

And I whisper to myself,

“...I just can’t anymore”

My ribs feel like they’re broken

My lungs start to seize

My eyes are swollen, almost shut

But the tears flow with ease

My muscles are stiff and sore

From shivering and shaking 

No, I haven’t been assaulted

It’s just my heart is breaking 

Listening to Big Girls Cry by Sia

- Hop Along