with tired eyes, tired minds, tired souls, we slept

what happened to the innocence that use to be so evident? what happened to the courage that instantly gave hope to the despairing and life to the weary? sadly, life happened. it seems to give and take freely, unjustly. it pushes hearts filled with fragile strength to their limits and then abandons when they break. with fractured hearts we adapt and learn to survive the unexpected or to avoid it all together. oh how close we come all too often to cease living completely. were exhausted and have nothing left to give. and it only truly matters in the moments when the very best of who we are is being demanded and we cant deliver. its that moment we realize that somewhere along the way we either gave away or life stole away more than we thought possible. when we reach that crossroads we will find what were truly made of as we face the toughest decision of our life...achieve greatness or admit defeat. responsibility or regret. do we surrender to the complacency or defy all the odds? what are we going to do when life wears at all our struggling souls have left? it would be easy to close our eyes and allow the darkness to overtake us, but the day we allow that is the day that we truly lose ourselves.