In honor of “International SUN Day“, lemme ask you a question:

Are you focused on what YOU are after?

THE KEY TO YOUR NEXT OPEN CHAPTER?

I don’t know who needs to hear this right now, but not only is no one gonna steal The Sun for you, but literally, no one else can! Loving yourself is an inside job my friends. Yes, it IS a choice. YES, IT IS ALLOWED!

… and above all things, don’t forget to shine your Light, fly from the inside, and spread your infection everywhere you roam! Sing and scream your joy so loud that even strangers will feel it oozing from your soul!

(“When The Sun Is Hard To Find“)

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In case you didn’t know this already, there’s enough of Her to go around for all of us! She can shine simultaneously in infinite spaces and lifetimes and illuminate our independent universes at once. She’s kinda magic that way, so, there’s no competition necessary or need whatsoever to dampen or extinguish anyone else’s sunshine.

If you’re that cranky parasite running around out there that no one wants to be around, who literally make peoples’ skin crawl with an ass ugly scowl permanently etched across your face, or worse yet, who people are gonna have to find a way to “fake cry” through your funeral one day, do better! Do ya hear me? Being a toxic wasteland of a sunshine killer is gross! It’s gross, I’m tellin’ ya! IT’S GROSS!

If you are “misery” just waiting for a place to happen and don’t even wanna try to get out of your own way and CHOOSE joy, do the rest of us who are mindfully and willfully making the best of our humanity gig here beneath The Sun a favor, just stay home and save us all from YOU! As for me? Imma be SCREAM singing all damn day long today!

(pSs)

This is yet another one of those songs that has earned a place in this Diary more than once!

In closing, while in the process of writing this to you, I think I’ve discovered that in a way, these words are not just from me to you, but from me to me. It appears that we are both standing at a crossroad right now, aren’t we? Congratulations my graduate, I LOVE YOU! It’s time for you to FLY FROM THE INSIDE!

(“Fly From The Inside“)

FLY FROM THE INSIDE

Is the weight of the world on my shoulders? Is the weight of the world on my shoulders? On my shoulders … All alone I pierce the chain. And all in all the sting remains. And dying eyes consume me now. The voice inside screams out loud, I am focused on what I am after. The key to the next open chapter. Cause I found a way to steal the sun from the sky. Long live that day that I decided to fly from the inside. Every day a new deception. Pick your scene and take direction. And all in all I search to connect. But I don’t wear a mask and I have no regrets. I am focused on what I am after. The key to the next open chapter. ‘Cause I found a way to steal the sun from the sky. Long live that day that I decided to fly from the inside. I can’t escape the pain. I can’t control the rage. Sometimes I think that I’m gonna go insane. I’m not against what’s right. I’m not for what’s wrong. I’m just making my way and I’m gone. {Shinedown}