A Little Pebble (extended metaphor)

A little pebble
Rolling along the riverbed,
Pulled and pushed along
Acquiescently.

The little pebble
Is washed and cleansed
A thousand times over
Bathing in different waters.

The little pebble
Lets the waters soak in,
Filling it with
Whole new lives.

The waters give one
Last mighty shove,And the pebble rolls up
Onto the grassy riverbank.

The little pebble
Is picked up by
The little hand
Of a dreaming child.

The little pebble
Sits quietly on the desk,
Watching the child write
Clumsy letters with an unsteady hand.

The child stops,
Unsure of where to go.
Her hand rests on the little pebble,
Small and scared and sure.

The little pebble
Gives up its lives
Learned from the river
Acquiescently.

The little child
Learns of things, of stories yet untold.
She sets them down,
Not the creator, but the
Recorder.

Self Reliance

The Self is unknown,
even to
itself.

Yet it thirsts for
Influence,
starves for
Inspiration
about what to be,
yearns to
Define
itself.

But every day it evolves.
It can never be laid out
in mere
Words.

So why do we always try
to box our Selves into
unchanging boundaries
that will never
fit
?

My Legacy

Everybody wants to live something behind them, to live on after them as evidence that they left a mark and as a testament to their lives. And yes, someday I'd like to write a book (or several) that will speak its words after I can no longer speak mine and that will live on long after I cease to.

But I believe that the greatest legacy a life can leave behind is its impact on other lives. Namely, lives such as their childrens'. I want my children to someday be my legacy, what I leave behind after I move on. I want to teach them my thoughts and my beliefs and my values and then for them to build on them, to grow them bigger and allow them to flourish. I want them to live their lives in a way that makes me proud, to carry my influence to the world, but also to expand on that and live by their own ideals. I want my children to be my legacy because I want them to be bigger than I am, bolder dreams and broader thoughts and stronger ideals. I want to leave something behind that will never die because it will never stop growing.

Favorite Quote(s)

"When things are horrible, just horrible, I think as hard as ever I can of being a princess. I say to myself 'I am a princess, and I am a fairy one, and because I am a fairy nothing can hurt me or make me uncomfortable.' You don't know how it makes you forget." -Frances Hodgson Burnett's A Little Princess

"To see that your life is a story while you're in the middle of living it may help to living it well." -Ursula K. LeGuin's Gifts