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 WHAT DOES THE WORLD MEAN TO YOU

There is a powerful saying in the world of writing, "If you can't feel it you can't write it."

I agree 100%. Recently, I have heard from people telling me how my 'words' in book GRACIE LOVE IS BLIND have changed and inspired  their lives. This is a tremendous responsibility and obligation. One that I accept with humility, gratitude, and pride.

Point one is to realize, understand and digest the fact that our feelings are so much a part of what it is to be human. Some hide their feelings for fear of appearing weak or heaven forbid not accepted by those we choose to impress.  But if the truth were known, most everyone is fighting some kind of a battle and hiding behind a veil.

Today I am going to pose a question to you that will take either a great deal of thought, or none at all.  Here goes!  What means the world to you?

You can keep this to yourself, share with trusted friends of family, but answer it truthfully. To me the answer comes with the reality that if we know, really know, what means the world to us, we are blessed with a most precious gift. A gift that shows that we can allow ourselves to be human and seen. And it is at this point we allow ourselves to be loved for all the right reasons. 
My life hasn't been a fairy tale. Most of it repercussions of horrific things I endured as a little girl. Suffice it to say I grew up to realize, to accept, and to move forward on wobbly legs to a place where I finally have found what the world means to me ~~ a lifetime of helping others.  It has been a path  out of darkness, while being present for those hurt, injured, or lost.

I am now in control of my life and life will no longer control me. I will take the pain and experiences of my life and continue to use them to the best of my ability to love someone else back into existence that might be lost in the wilderness of PTSD.

We all struggle to do small things, great and grand things by ourselves, but we come to that place in the road where we suddenly...or..finally realize that we can't do it by ourselves.

Somedays I struggle and fall, and want to relinquish the reigns to someone, anyone else. But when all is said and done, something happens that makes me realize the value and importance of my actions in helping others.  And this friends is what the world means to me .