Legacy's blog: "True Love"

My heart will eventually find a partner, whether its in the shadows of the city or in the penthouse overlooking it. -legacy

"I would take back those things i've done, because I'll give you..... my heart if you would let me start all over again. " I have often wondered why I see things so differently than others, but as I explore the world and my life I see that there are many individuals that follow the same code of honor. To be honest I don't know what to make of my life at this point. The only thing that seems to be constant in my life is myself. I have envisioned myself in the future, and have spoken of a solitary path. I have seen the other side of my situation and I can't help to feel embarrassed. I realize that I expect a lot of people that I interact with, I think because I expect so much from myself. However, I have must acknowledge the fact that it is not fair to expect a lot, if not anything from anyone. This is a place where if you don't try to take for yourself, then someone will try to take from you. They don't even try to make it a "fair" deal after trying to play you...amazing that people can be so selfish. I think that everyone has had a moment in their lives that they wouldn't forget for the rest of their lives, however sometimes wished they could forget. Remember that every moment can have an impact on your life, but only if you let it. Life, more specifically someone's life is 1 in a million, because they choose to learn or not learn from every moment in their lives. They can choose to take something serious, or just fuck around enough to write it off. "Its mad hard not to act reckless." That makes a piece of us, unique from everyone else. I have chosen my path in life, and although I can see the paths to my future I have yet to have the courage to actively and whole heartily pursue them. I have been building the strength to not look back, but to be honest there are people that I have not given up on. I am convincing myself that although my life was redefined by my encounter...maybe a moment is just a moment that doesn't define oneself. I know that a lot of what I say may sound corny, cheesy, etc. But sometimes you walk along a path that you have never encountered, but someone has been there before. That doesn't make your journey any less arduous. If anything it makes the journey harder, because of the skeptics that have appeared as a result of the people that have abused people's trust, before me. I can only be true to myself and be honest with my love.

What determines a man..... Strength, leadership, passion, loyalty, compassion, love, and sometimes fear. A life born to a circumstance unknown to him. A life that has the potential to see happiness. A child scorn for the color of his skin, the size of his eyes, and even the size of his waist. As the child grows to the body of his teens, eyes start to see someone that has always been there. Flattery...starts to change his path, as he views what seems to be the friends that everyone wants. A life becomes consumed by oneself. A life in the midst of others, becomes a world of one. One life that is fill with hate, pain, payback, envy, disloyalty, and loss. A child becomes a man as a piece is taken from his life. The world that was built is lost, as the light dims. Grains fall without meaning, and as a grain becomes a mound the only thing that changes are the people around you. And those same people that have seen your back more than your face, are by your side. And a realization that life must go on, and a strength emerges. A strength and courage not to be afraid of life, and what, or who it may throw at you. A life of humility, and honor build the eventual man. A man that's destiny is unknown but met with determination. A life becomes more than just himself, but is filled with those that have changed him, and those that he has changed. -Legacy This is a disclaimer...I am not so self absorbed that I refer to myself in the third person. I just felt like writing it like that.

Was the world one big tragedy? Roaming through the shadows of traveled roads Starving for a hope fulfilled, a dream that touches your hand. Motivation through the clarity of geniune thought, of what must be done No tragedy will deter the will of man, if in his heart he believes it must be done.

The lack of emotional security of our American young people is due, I believe, to their isolation from the larger family unit. No two people - no mere father and mother - as I have often said, are enough to provide emotional security for a child. He needs to feel himself one in a world of kinfolk, persons of variety in age and temperament, and yet allied to himself by an indissoluble bond which he cannot break if he could, for nature has welded him into it before he was born. ~Pearl S. Buck

A harsh breeze whistles in my doorway. I gotta fix that damn window...now to start the daily ritual. Coffee...check. Start the shower...check. Get todays clothes out...check. Who would have known that such a normal day could bring something so extraordinary. As I emerge from my solitary, I cover up. It's starting to get a little cold. The crisp, caffeinated winds mirrors my newfound disposition. Waiting for a route to the daily destination, wasn't as bad as it usually is. A free seat....don't mind if I do. We approach the next stop, and I see an elderly couple running to catch the bus. I hit the button, to give them a fighting chance...oddly enough the bus driver waited. Hhmmm, human beings exist after all. This is where I saw true love at its finest. In a grimy, cold, public bus. Not the penthouse at the Ritz, or a fancy restaurant in Paris. I could still see the love in their eyes for each other, and a simple action defined the moment. The elderly man had a knot in his hoodie. After struggling with it for a few minutes, I could see that he was about to give up. Without a word, the elderly woman reached over and started to take the knot out. She made quick work of the knot, and retreated back into his arms. I remember when my love just begun, and I had the same look in my eye as the guy looked at his wife. After all those years, I can't imagine how it feels to have someone that you can trust to always be there. While being there for them. Beautiful things and events surround us at every turn. May we be blessed to open our eyes to see, what our lives can truly be, and the love that we can undoubtedly experience.