Life Is An Uphill Batte

I have been pondering life these days (as I do a lot these days whenever I have a moment to) and have been realizing how much life is like an uphill battle. I think of it as going up a hill and makes me think of that time when I went up near the Lawrence Hall of Science when I took my excursion (in my post about going somewhere new). There is a quote that immediately comes to mind when I think of life as being an uphill battle. “When everything feels like an uphill struggle, just think of the view from the top.” Once again I tie this into my excursion because it was a struggle. There were times where I wanted to give up and go back, but I kept going (yes, it did take me a lot longer than I though it would be). I got lost, I got tired, but I made the push to get to my goal.

I take that and apply it to life because I think life as an ongoing struggle. There are times where we have so struggles and want to give up, but we have to keep going until we get to where we want to go (which is the top in my opinion). The end results will be stunningly beautiful. Sometimes it is hard to put into words how beautiful the end results. I know that I have had lots of struggles in my life and I know that other people have too. Life as a journey is messy, dirty, and chaotic. We can cry, scream it out and throw a tantrum. Just do not let it go over your head. You have to tell yourself that you can do it.

I hope that you all continue on this messy (pun intended) journey with me as we resume our trek through life. Just hang in there and remember that I am right there with you always. Here are some words to get you through each and every day. As I have said in this poem (down below) do not let anything get between you, the light and the view from the top. I promise you that it will be amazing (of course once you get there).

Uphill Battle

On some days I drown in my own sorrow

And cannot see the view from the top.

On other days I want to borrow

 

Someone else’s smile. I do not want to drop

To my knees and send another prayer to make

It through another day. All I want to do is stop

 

The sadness, loneliness, and ache

In my heart. Just for one moment

I want to be able to forget my mistake.

 

I have paid dearly for it all. Release the brunt

Of the fall that has landed on me. I deserve

A happy life. I know that life has been too blunt

 

For my own liking. I miss the arching curve

Of life. Do not mistake this uphill battle

As my weakness. I am used to this swerve

 

Over the bumps. Some days life feels so dull.

On other days life tries to send me over the edge.

I miss the days when my mom would lull

 

Me when I could not fall asleep at night. The ledge

Is tempting to fall off of since it is right there.

I do not want to stuck in the hedge

 

Of the unknown. Life is trying to wear

Me down as I go on this ongoing trek and journey

I do not want to left out in the open and feel bare.

 

Although I have been down on my knee

Before I do not want to be there again.

I am not letting anything stand between me,

 

The view, and seeing the light. Just know that when

I want something I get into my mode of Zen.