Finally I awake
To remind me how meaningful my life is... A time comes in my life when i finally get it. When in the midst of all my fears and insanity i stop dead in my tracks and somewhere the voice inside my head cries out - ENOUGH! Enough fighting and crying or struggling to hold on. And, like a child quieting down after a blind tantrum, my sobs begin to subside, i shudder once or twice, i blink back my tears and through a mantle of wet lashes i begin to look at the world through new eyes. This is my awakening. i realize that it's time to stop hoping and waiting for something to change, or for happiness, safety and security to come galloping over the next horizon. i come to terms with the fact that she is not Cinderella and i am not Prince Charming and that in the real world there aren't always fairy tale endings (or beginnings for that matter). and that any guarantee of "happily ever after" must begin with me, and in the process a sense of serenity is born of acceptance.