Hey Little Girl

Hey Little Girl 

Chin up! There's nothing for you on the ground..as far as your eyes can see ,

Below, the ground ends but straight ahead it bends.

For the step you take creates the next, so keep moving.

Avoid comparing your footprints to another, 

You will never have the same compression as another

And another will never walk like you. 

Look up! Soak in the clouds, absorb the colours around you, ask your never ending questions, 

Be the butterfly and dissect the caterpillar,

Because a time would come when you would notice the thunder but not the lightening,

When you would run away from the thunder and forget what the clouds look like,

When you would see shapes and not colour,

When you would miss the butterfly and eat up the caterpillar,

When you would see life but not living.

When you would wish you could go back to staying a child.

I hope you stay a child. 

Because as a child, you jump into the fire to admire the flames,

You jump into the ocean to taste the salt,

Because as a child you see the unattainable,

You believe the impossible,

And others opinion of you have never robbed you of speaking your mind.

Stay a child,

It is a free gift given to us from God,

That we have traded with the world for a promise of Freedom,

And we forget freedom has always been us,

And when we made the trade,

We traded us for their version of us.

Hey Young Lady,

Smile!

Do not let them change you,

Do not let it become you.

When you were little, you dreamt of being a grown up. 

I wish someone corrected you by telling you being grown is not an end it was never an end!

It is just a concept that means you would be able to tell the difference between credit and debit.

I wish they told you growing up would be the fragrance of your existence but being grown will cause you to fold your arms too soon!

That grown is a friendly enemy,

But growth is the friend you cannot shake off.

With growth comes pain 

With growth comes risk 

With growth comes adventure 

With growth comes movement 

With growth comes fear 

With growth comes doubt 

With growth comes options

With growth comes belief 

With growth comes confidence 

With growth comes experiences

With growth comes self awareness 

With growth comes naysayers 

With growth comes friends turn family 

With growth comes feelings

In growth comes you.

From growth comes you.

Through growth comes you.

Keep growing,

Don't let one phase skew you,

Don't let it tip you over the edge,

Your biggest threat is you,

Your biggest asset is your mind.

If you trust you 

We trust you.

You are not one phase,

You are the delicious blend of it all,

Keep growing,

Not for us.

For you.