Moonless Nights

 "You must first and foremost get out of denial and into clarity about what's really wrong. At this point, you have a choice: You can make peace, or you can commit to changing. The lingering is what is keeping you stuck." - Brianna West  There it is, the answer I have been looking for...It's on page 22 of  "The Mountain is You." I can read and re-read it and it's there. I feel excited to finally know the answer, I feel stupid for not realizing how obvious the answer is, and I also feel fear because I know what this means for me. On page 26 she says, "Your new life is going to cost you your old one. It's going to cost you your comfort zone and your sense of direction. It's going to cost you relationships and friends. It's going to cost you being liked and understood." That's the key to it all. I have to let go of everything...including myself in order to become the person I really want to be. It's a hard task at hand but one ...

  Music was my way of escaping the trauma I was experiencing at home. There were a couple of artists that really helped me at different times in my life. I already got to meet the duo Sin Banderas and O-Town. Today I want to talk about Servando y Florentino. When I tell you I was in love with these boys...I WAS IN LOVE! I literally used to cry of happiness whenever I listened to their music or watched them on television.  Unfortunately, I didn't get to see them ay Madison Square Garden when they were at the height of their career! But that's okay because I got to see them in a time of my life where I am healing my inner child/inner teenager. There's a picture of me at the concert and I am the happiest I have ever been in my life. It was a moment where I was finally able to give myself something that genuinely made my heart happy. My inner-child was jumping, my teenage self was jumping and my adult self was jumping. We didn't sit not one second during the concert.  Can I...