Epiphany Tiffany

Today marks one year. For me being sober? No, that’s a negative. For us being together,  yes that it would’ve been. Cause I still sit  have a glass of wine or two. But not because I'm crying  anymore tears over you. These feelings aren't stemming  because I live with regrets. They are only because today, we’d be together for a year  if you didn’t do what you did. But I know that Gods timing  is better than mine. That’s why I have been solid  for all of this time. But it’s also human of me  to possess feelings like these. Especially because my heart was in it,  full heartedly. Just because a year together  is something we couldn’t have, Doesn’t mean I’m not going to remember the hurt,  Or feel sad. But a year is just a year  when you really think about it. And so much transpired in my life  without you in it. Yeah there were others that duped me Like you did this year. Like the first dude ...

"When it comes to criticism, there's no right or wrong. It's only a conflict between your choices and their judgments." -Tiffany Bales Have you ever felt upset or even hurt when someone who cares about you totally disagrees with you by criticizing you? Like, you say or do something that you are totally passionate about but get shut down like a twenty-four-hour power outage. And it seems as if that fire inside you is attempting to be put out, but by someone you love.  That totally stings right?  Yet somehow we do the same thing to others and aren't even realizing it. We are hurting the ones we love with criticism when all we think we are doing is trying to help. So there it is,  help ; that kind and effortless to the other person word. But there's a fine line between genuinely caring and criticizing. So how far does our willingness to help others end up burning ourselves and others out? Maybe that's the true issue at hand. Maybe trying to help only ...