I was Here

I am at work and all that is going through my head is the song by Beyonce ‘I was here’ so I thought to share it with you

- BE Inspired, ALWAYS

I was here

I wanna leave my footprint on the sands of time

Know there was something that, and something that I left behind

When I leave this world, I'll leave no regrets,

Leave something to remember, so they won't forget

I was here

I lived, I loved

I was here

I did, I've done, everything that I wanted

And it was more than I thought it would be

I will leave my mark so everyone will know

I was here

I want to say I lived each day, until I die

And know that I meant something in somebody's life

The hearts I have touched will be the proof that I leave

That I made a difference, and this world will see

I was here

I lived, I loved

I was here

I did, I've done, everything that I wanted

And it was more than I thought it would be

I will leave my mark so everyone will know

I was here

I lived, I loved

I was here

I did, I've done, everything that I wanted

And it was more than I thought it would be

I will leave my mark so everyone will know

I was here

I just want them to know

That I gave my all, did my best

Brought someone to happiness

Left this world a little better just because

I was here

I was here

I lived, I loved

I was here

I did, I've done, everything that I wanted

And it was more than I thought it would be

I will leave my mark so everyone will know

I was here.

(I lived), I lived

(I loved), I was here

(I did), I did

(I've done), I was here

(I lived), I lived

(I loved)

I was here

(I did), I did

(I've done)

I was here

What lies inside...

Four barrels lay in a room identical on the outside but, the inside was different.

This is what was inside:

·         Acid that tasted like acid

·         Honey that tasted like honey

·         Acid that tasted like honey

·         Honey that tasted like acid

Let’s say the acid was everything bad in life and the honey everything good.

Which barrel then are you?                                            

What barrel has life presented you with?

Very often in life things are not what they seem to be,

the truth is not always evident

not, because it does not exist but,

perhaps our vision is clouded,

our minds maybe cluttered

 our hearts heavy

and our bodies frail.

So then, what do we do, how then do we navigate through life?

Do we go about life blindly and say “oh well, whatever comes we will see ahead”. Is life not too precious that we should employ more care, more wisdom? Is it enough too merely live from experience and never endeavour to learn? How far will our ignorance take us before all bliss is lost?

Me, like you all I have is questions but, I am not satisfied with them unanswered, so I take my journey of Greatness, where it leads is a mystery.

I AM A GLADIATOR

I can feel it in my back,

the weight of carrying life and pushing for greatness

my fists are always clenched

my chest is always out

fighting is what I do

I am a Gladiator

no one gave me an armoured suit

no my friend

I was just placed in the middle of life and told to grow

being who I am I complied…

… at some point in this journey of Greatness I think I gave up

I don’t know where

I don’t know when but I think I did

It got too hard

I got too much

I grew too tired

But, here I am again

but, I think my shoulders are lower

my eyes downcast

but, I'm still fighting, still breathing

and perhaps someone  may come along side me push me

thinking that I will fall

not me honey

I won’t

It is a mystery to me how I am still up

I am tired

I am sick

but, I am not giving up

I did not get handed the ‘this will be easy card’

No one said a word of such

This I have; HOPE

Hope that I will accomplish the desires of my heart

Hope that I will have the strength to conquer my dream

Hope that I will have the courage to love

Hope that I will see you alongside me living your dream

Hope, my friend can drive a man to do crazy things

it will drive him to see beyond his current world

it will keep him up at night,

fighting to turn a dream into reality.

My sleep is but, that sleep

I no longer dream for my life is a dream

I walk around with my mind racing

I don’t think I could quit

even if I wanted to

even if I tried

I have so many gifts in life

Quitting is not one of them

So, here I am fighting another day

Some fighters are not in a cage with bruised knuckles

Some fighters roam around the corridors of life changing the world

On battle at a time.

See you around the corner, I won't be waiting for you

That is not what I do, I am a GLADIATOR, I gotta do what I do….

 FIGHT.