Yep, it was one of those nights I couldn't sleep a wink. But, I enjoyed driving around a bit then sitting at the park looking at the willow trees and giggling at the ducks as they wobbled around.

   My thoughts were all over the place for a while, but I focused on the sounds of the ducks, the night crickets and the sounds around and it restored my peace.

   Nature has a gnarly way of doing that. And I was glad I forgot my ear buds so I had no choice but to just listen to nature's sounds.

   I ...

   Feels like one of those nights I'm not gonna sleep. Not surprised, I have many of nights like these. I could easily take a Tylenol PM, but I don't like relying on pills. I'd rather fall asleep naturally.
   Of course the hamster wheel is at full speed and I'm probably overthinking a lot of things, but sometimes you can't shut off thoughts and you have to let them roll until they're dead and gone or something else enters the mind.
   I may just go for a drive to clear my mind. Haven't done ...

  Stand beneath the moon and be still for a while. Breathe in the night air...

   Ask yourself, what are you grateful for today and in your life?

   Push the bullshit and negativity aside. Focus only on the positive for the moment and take it in...

   Sometimes we let the negativity override the good. We get lost in what isn't or hasn't gone right instead of what has. We lose our peace that way. We lose ourselves.

   We're human, it happens, but challenges are essential for growth. There is no sh...

  My eyes are heavy and I'm tired, but I can't seem to fall asleep. But that's nothing new. I've had insomnia for years. If it wasn't cold out, I'd probably go for a drive for a while then maybe sit at the park by the pond as my thoughts keep to its hamster wheel. I'd watch the willow trees dance in the breeze and watch the ducks wobble around and giggle at how funny they look.

   The crescent moon was sitting high in the sky earlier this evening when I sat outside during my break at work. I l...

  Do you know what's the beautiful thing about love? Love has no distance. Even when at times in life you can't be together in person with those you love, it is never far. For love is in your heart which means they're always with you.

   I miss him, but he's with me, in my heart. 

   Life's challenges are a part of life, and we must all face them. Sometimes it separates us from those we love, but we live to conquer them and find our way back to each other. Love is powerful and I've mentioned th...

  I wake to the darkness of the morning and watch as the sun rises to light up the sky as I've done many times.

   You think about life and where you've come from, the struggles and battles you've overcome. And you think about love and how essential it is to life. There is no life without love, whether that be family, your children, your friends or that special person in your life that holds your heart so tenderly and lovingly that it creates a heaven wherever you stand.

   There's a saying tha...

  I watch black birds, crows, flying in the night, landing on the oak nearby and I sometimes wish I had wings to fly through the night sky. And I say the night sky because I wouldn't want to fly in the day of the sun, yet I would the rain.

   I've said it many times, I love the night and I love the rain. Always have. Don't get me wrong, the sun is indeed beautiful, but it's just too bright for me, comical in a way, if that makes sense. The night has a certain beauty about it, like a beautiful ...

  Sleep is a distant friend and I'm staring at its back. But then again, sleep is a hovering enemy giving nightmares and giving pain.

   And I know, dreams are just dreams, but some dreams are vivid memories revisited that I care not to revisit or feel.

   To silence the mind seems impossible, like a constant audio with a broken volume button. 

   One thought leads to another and then another to the point you happen to look at the time and hours have passed. 

   Some days I wish I could just turn...