Just a guy with bona fide life experiences trying to give others some of the same grace that was given to me through my own dark times that led me to where I am today basking in the sunshine.
Though it may feel like you are a square going through this in a world full of circles; you are far from alone. It does not matter your income, race, sex, faith or geographic borders. This pandemic is reaching across our invisible lines.
The United States makes up 4.4% of the world’s population, and consumes over 80% of the world’s opioids.
Carl The Muse I want to be like a tree, I want to be better than I am today, tomorrow. I want to leave seeds of what I was when I am gone, and I want those seeds to give the kind of love that I got. I want to provide shelter when there is…
Carl The Muse. These images only make the pain worse. They make the bravest, toughest and the roughest of us cower in fear. What man that loves life is filled with excitement when he can feel the fear of death in the air? In the moments that other men see a brother and…
Some proclaim the end is coming, while some proclaim that it is already here. The truth is that our end will come in this life surely, but I have been taught about eternal life through my love and deeds so why would I for one second live in fear? I have the power of manifestation…
This year has been a year, like last and the one before it there is no difference besides life, it has moved on some have lived on some have died, some have healed while some are still fighting for life. Someone has just won a battle while someone else has lost the fight. It is…
You have to persevere because through the fog the coming blessings will not always be clear. You have to look forward with faith don’t focus on the rearview mirror you just keep going forward and run right over the things in your head that you fear. CarlTheMuse
It will be ok, we have been here before. In the end, the darkness will be met with the light and have nowhere to run and light will win the battle just like it always does. Darkness will never ever go away but in the end, the night always changes back into day. Its history…
Sleepless nights creep up on you in life, they come at the hardest times when your legs can’t possibly move fast enough to keep up with your mind. It’s been one of the most trying times of my life spinning all day and tossing all night. Trying to live in the new reality is easier…
It takes a leap And a whole big heap of it It’s the only thing you can call on When everything else in you says defeat Its the only thing you got to get you on your feet When you hit rock bottom It becomes easy math Only this can help you right the ship And…
Many mornings of my life I could barely open my eyes, I felt barely alive, I felt dry, inside I had no drive, a total vacuum of my pride. That was then Before the sunrise, now it’s warm, I’m embraced by the sun, I had no legs just moments ago it seems and now…
Suddenly I could only see red You would have thought an artery popped inside my head There was no denying And I was tired of fighting If there was something wrong I was now determined to right it I had been hiding Lying from the hard truths When inside I know what to do It…
Stronger Wiser Been running for years Not even close to tired My legs just hit a stride I was running uphill before Now upon a wind I’m flying I was crashing and burning Now like a Phoenix I am rising Burning up the stagnant For new growth I am suddenly a magnet A sudden inferno…
More than I could ever see More and more came Because I always believed Even when totally blinded In total darkness, I could see And not barely Very clearly It’s never been me It’s divinity If not The water, the wind The trees It all seems to be working And upon it all I am…
It has come It was packing a punch This winter was especially cold Especially long It felt that way Then I blinked And It was gone It came as fast as it went But it happened I didn’t have a millisecond to think I was taken right to the ledge To my limit To the…
I wrote this as I thought about someone who has become my brother. We have been blessings to each other in every way and one of the ways that I saw I could bless this man was to share with him my perspective on love and what it really means to be a man. I…
I was thinking today about the vow of marriage and the fact that those words once were a link that people made that became unbreakable til death. There was a time when words were more powerful than any paper contract. The words shared between people were once like treaties signed by nations, no matter the…
In the next life I will do everything right I will never get mad I will never raise my voice to my wife I will never ever be too busy for my kids I will never regret anything I ever did I will be proud of every moment and every second I have lived I…
I am my mothers son I am an example of how a boy becomes a man I am the example of how a woman can teach a boy to become one I started speaking at a young age I was just in middle school the first time I took the stage I did it because…
I Often Look Deep Inside I Make Sure I Do What I Know Is Right On The Outside Before Mine And Your Eyes The Way I Live My Life I Want To Be A Source Of My Families Pride In The Darkness I Want To Be The Light I Want To Be So Bright That…
Lately I have had trouble sleeping, I want to be awake all night, I am too excited or too content whatever you want to call it, I have been too excited to close my eyes at night and so I have been spending most of my hours the same way day or night, I am…
A few words of encouragement. 